The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• China demands answers after a man dies hours after entering ICE custody—the fifth Chinese national to die in U.S. immigration custody since 2025 [9d]
• Tiger Woods pleads no-contest to a reckless driving charge and loses his driver’s license for five years [9d]
• Iran fires on U.S. allies in Gulf after night of American strikes it claims killed four at a wedding [9d]
• Head’s up: The $1 coin showing the president’s face is officially on sale [9d]
• ‘What a fool I was’: Reported scams reach record high of $15.9 billion, and estimates reach upwards of $500 billion annually [9d]
• China builds ‘soft power’ with Egypt as Jinping cultivates relationships with Middle East allies [9d]
• Senators say scrapping specialized Army drone unit ignored the fact that ‘the character of warfare is changing’ [9d]
• The Trump Administration says more oil exited the Middle East this week than before the Iran war, but the data says otherwise [9d]
• Big tech is investing millions in data centers and saving a quick tax buck while doing it—leaving some states collecting revenue loss [9d]
• ‘Critical employees will begin to retire’: Trump’s new pay plan will deny most federal roles a raise, and it has workers warning of a retention crunch [9d]