The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• The Strait of Hormuz crisis threatened Asia’s oil and gas lifeline. Here’s how the region is rewriting its energy playbook [13d]
• Amid high gas prices and shrinking crude stockpile, Trump says U.S. to take control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves [14d]
• DOJ is turning to an ancient body of law to capture Iranian oil tankers. It’s been so long since the U.S. used it, ‘we’d have to conduct a séance’ [14d]
• Meta’s $17 billion teen safety settlement is really a 1% tax — and a play to box in TikTok and YouTube [14d]
• Dolly Parton likely wrote 2 of her biggest hits on the same day [14d]
• ‘Like at McDonald’s’: Sports nurse practitioner sold opioids to athletes like ‘you gotta pay for your burger,” DEA investigation finds [14d]
• ‘We have work to do’: Fed Reserve Chair Warsh suggests rate hike in coming months amid high inflation [14d]
• New York City sends 11,000 more pied-à-terre tax letters as it apologizes to the 1,200 wrongly targeted because it didn’t check 2025 tax returns [14d]
• Fired Stars and Stripes staffers sue Pentagon, claiming retaliation over reporting on deteriorating aircraft carrier [14d]
• Trump officially signs executive order directing government to rename Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ [14d]
• Flock is going from the center of the surveillance debate to bipartisan target in record time [14d]
• An 87-year-old American billionaire bought the first Ferrari Luce for $40 million, and the purchase could save him $13 million in taxes [14d]
• Kevin Warsh finally threw Wall Street some crumbs on what he’s thinking: ‘There is one signal nobody can miss: 65 months of elevated inflation’ [14d]
• Dolly Parton’s advice on running a successful, sprawling business empire: ‘Rely on “higher wisdom,” look your best, and don’t boss anyone around’ [14d]
• After decades in the music industry, Pharrell Williams admits he never stops working: ‘If you do what you love everyday, you’ll get paid for free’ [14d]
• Billionaire Panda Express co-CEO says he never got burned out—even after years of working 12-hour days: ‘That’s life’ [14d]
• DeSantis administration diverted $10 million meant to help poor children, Florida grand jury finds [14d]
• Trump looks at Republican midterm hopes and has a message for voters: ‘Pretend, please, that I’m on the ballot’ [14d]
• Judge: Pentagon punished Anthropic for ‘arrogance,’ and that’s illegal [14d]
• ‘I don’t have to announce everything, do I?’ Trump bristles at questions over blocked Hormuz, sanction-free China [14d]
• Why Exelon’s CFO is stepping into a new strategy role [14d]
• My volleyball coach yelled ‘puka’ when nobody covered the open spot. I built a career on it. [14d]