The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• Starting Monday, businesses can claim refunds for Trump’s unconstitutional tariffs. But it will take 60-90 days to get paid [47d]
• Feds arrest a Los Angeles woman at LAX on suspicion of helping Iran traffic weapons to Sudan [47d]
• Markets shudder as Strait of Hormuz starts resembling a combat zone. ‘We’re prepared to subject you to disabling fire’ [47d]
• UAE in talks with U.S. for possible financial lifeline, WSJ says [47d]
• 8 children between the ages of 1 and 14 are dead after a Louisiana shooting that was ‘unlike anything most of us have ever seen,’ police say [47d]
• Canada’s PM says strong U.S. economic ties were a strength but are now a weakness that must be fixed. ‘We have to take care of ourselves’ [47d]
• Trump says Marines have seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship that tried to evade blockade after Navy blew a ‘hole in the engineroom’ [47d]
• The explosion of U.S. debt is wiping out the ‘safety premium’ of Treasury bonds, and time is running out for an orderly fiscal solution, IMF warns [48d]
• Federal government launches broad probe into mysterious disappearances and deaths of top scientists. ‘We haven’t found anything alarming yet’ [48d]
• Blue Origin launches New Glenn, suffers issue deploying craft [48d]
• The FBI is easing hiring requirements and turning to social media to attract applicants to rebuild workforce depleted by firings and resignations [48d]
• Elon Musk bans résumés and cover letters in hiring for his chip team. These are the 3 bullet points he’s looking for instead [48d]
• About 1,000 animal welfare activists tried to storm a beagle research facility protected by a manure-filled trench, hay bales and a barbed-wire fence [48d]
• Thousands of CEOs admit AI had no impact on employment or productivity—and it has economists resurrecting a paradox from 40 years ago [48d]
• Trump can continue building his $400 million White House ballroom, appeals court says after judge tried to block above-ground construction [48d]
• Humanoid robot runs faster than any person ever has in a half marathon during all-bot race in China [48d]
• Trump sends JD Vance to Pakistan again for more talks with Iran but repeats threats against its infrastructure as Hormuz stays closed [48d]
• Gen Z is ‘Chinamaxxing’—and it’s less a love letter to Beijing than an indictment of America [48d]