The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• Kevin Warsh confirmed as Fed chair in party-line vote amid Elizabeth Warren’s ‘sock puppet’ criticism [22d]
• The crypto industry’s Clarity Act hits a critical juncture: Where things stand going into Senate markup [22d]
• America’s data centers are thirsty. Rural towns are paying the price—from tanked water pressure to stolen desert groundwater [22d]
• Debbie Gibson, Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath want you to adopt a beagle rescued from an experimental lab in Wisconsin [22d]
• Los Angeles may have its own Zohran in the form of ex-reality star Spencer Pratt [22d]
• King Charles lays out government agenda as Starmer fights for survival: ‘absolutely preposterous’ [22d]
• After nearly a year of delays, Trump Mobile’s CEO says the gold-plated Trump phone will begin shipping to buyers this week [22d]
• Malaysia is shocked, shocked to find Iranian-linked tankers slipping through its waters [22d]
• American overdose deaths decline for third straight year to 2019 levels [22d]
• ‘Maybe me too’: Elon Musk accepts some of the blame for Claude learning to blackmail users from ‘evil’ online AI stories [22d]
• Trump asks Xi to ‘open up’ China so that ‘brilliant people can work their magic’ [22d]
• How HubSpot got all engineers to use AI without any mandates [23d]
• National debt fears are where Democrats and Republicans are most aligned—more so than on inflation, healthcare, or even the jobs market [23d]
• NC State graduates showed up for a commencement speech. They left with their senior-year loans paid off [23d]
• Targeted by Trump, Soros’ foundation answers with a $30 million bet on fighting antisemitism—and Islamophobia [23d]
• Goldman sees an AI bottleneck that can’t be vide-coded away. Ford’s CEO warns it’s already a ‘full-blown’ crisis [23d]
• “I had to turn down President Obama” [23d]
• Despite having a $165 million net worth, Scarlett Johansson says work-life balance doesn’t exist—and the first step to success is admitting that [23d]
• Lloyd Blankfein just put his finger on why even Goldman Sachs doesn’t trust AI agents [23d]
• White House names former prison executive to become ICE acting leader [23d]
• Current price of oil as of May 13, 2026 [23d]
• I spent 8 years building Google Sheets. Now I think apps are on their way out [23d]
• Four ways to create a lasting cost advantage from AI [23d]
• For 250 years, America didn’t just invent the future—it built it. That connection is breaking. Here’s how to restore it [23d]
• What Twilio’s CFO learned about management from spending nearly 20 years at GE [23d]
• Your grandma should be using AI. really [23d]