The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer leaves Trump’s Cabinet after allegations of having an affair with a subordinate and drinking on the job [46d]
• Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin grounds New Glenn rocket after a bad engine put a satellite in the wrong orbit [46d]
• Nike’s ‘Walkers Tolerated’ sign at the Boston Marathon was meant to fire up runners. Instead, it insulted them. [46d]
• Struggling AI power startup Fermi loses its CEO and CFO for ‘2.0’ reset [46d]
• ‘Tethered to a galaxy far, far away’: former diplomats doubt Trump’s Iran talks can deliver in final 48 hours [46d]
• $166 billion in tariff refunds just became available, but small businesses may already be at a disadvantage [46d]
• Meet John Ternus, the 51-year-old former swimming champ who will succeed Tim Cook as Apple CEO [46d]
• Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down, and hardware boss John Ternus will be new CEO [46d]
• White House-backed USA Rare Earth makes $3 billion acquisition into South America to combat Chinese dominance [46d]
• Palantir wants to bring back the draft just as the Selective Service preps for automatic registration [46d]
• Two Southwest Airline planes narrowly avoided a collision in Nashville on Saturday [46d]
• Half of all new electricity demand in the U.S. last year came from data centers—just as public opinion of them plummets [46d]
• Ford’s CEO says Tesla doesn’t have an ‘updated vehicle,’ and now he’s pivoting to catch up with his real competitor: China’s BYD [47d]
• This talent CEO says laid-off tech workers are ignoring a $300K ‘white-collar trade job’ with 81K openings a year [47d]
• FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic over ‘malicious hit piece’ alleging excessive drinking [47d]
• Billionaire Connie Ballmer just donated $80 million to support NPR after Trump cut $1.1 billion from public broadcasting [47d]
• UAE officials reportedly warned they may be forced to use yuan or other currencies if they run low on dollars amid the Iran war [47d]
• Italian court rules every Netflix price hike from 2017 to 2024 unlawful and orders the company to refund subscribers up to 500 euros [47d]
• Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says AI assistants will act more like overbearing managers rather than job destroyers: ‘They’ll be micromanaging you’ [47d]
• French prosecutors summon Elon Musk over X’s alleged “complicity” in spreading child abuse materials [47d]
• Rubber bullet carnage as 1,000 animal welfare activists storm beagle breeding lab in Wisconsin [47d]
• Spirit Airlines looked it was in the clear of reemerging from bankruptcy, but rising fuel costs threaten its exit [47d]
• At first meeting of Obama, Mamdani, they read to preschoolers and led a singalong [47d]
• It’s crunch time for Kevin Warsh: Here’s how he might begin selling the idea of rate cuts—it requires some complex economic gymnastics [47d]
• Current price of oil as of April 20, 2026 [47d]
• The AI layoff trap: How cutting headcount could backfire on corporate America [47d]
• The AI layoff trap: How cutting headcount could backfire on corporate America [47d]
• Warren Buffett’s favorite market indicator is flashing a warning [47d]
• The crypto industry and prediction markets share a mission of disruption—but it’s not clear where crypto fits in [47d]
• The hidden ROI of AI: What leaders should actually measure [47d]