The Brutalist Report

The Guardian

• Senate approves funding deal to rally behind deal struck by Trump and Democrats [24d]
• Emails reportedly show Epstein scouted women for New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch [24d]
• Atlanta FBI boss reportedly ousted after questioning DoJ’s renewed interest in 2020 election [24d]
• Trump commerce secretary Howard Lutnick arranged to visit Epstein island, files show [24d]
• More than 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in eastern DRC, officials say [24d]
• Man accused of falsely confessing to killing Charlie Kirk faces up to 15-year sentence [24d]
• Once Upon a Time in Harlem review – remarkable Harlem Renaissance documentary [24d]
• The arrest of Don Lemon is blatant censorship. And he is not the only one | Seth Stern [24d]
• Nascar’s Greg Biffle wasn’t flying his plane before crash that killed him and six others [24d]
• Elon Musk had more extensive ties to Epstein than previously known, emails show [24d]
• Catherine O’Hara managed to make difficult characters utterly delightful [24d]
• The week around the world in 20 pictures [24d]
• Harry Brook adds to England woes by admitting he lied about nightclub incident [24d]
• Arsenal’s terminally online Premier League title pursuit is a symbol of our times | Barney Ronay [24d]
• US DoJ opens federal civil rights investigation into killing of Alex Pretti [24d]
• Press freedom groups denounce arrests of two journalists including Don Lemon after Minnesota anti-ICE protest [24d]
• Andrew went to intimate dinner with Epstein after his prison release, files suggest [24d]
• Jeffrey Epstein sent money to Mandelson’s husband after prison release, emails reveal [24d]
• Novak Djokovic thanks doubters for giving him strength after Sinner success [24d]
• Catherine O’Hara, award-winning actor of big and small screen, dies aged 71 [24d]
• Sam Curran takes hat-trick before Salt eases England to DLS win over Sri Lanka in first T20 [24d]
• ‘A place of two halves’: how Margate’s art-led renewal has left it ‘splintered’ [24d]
• Epstein files updates: DoJ releases more than 3m new files as Todd Blanche says it ‘did not protect’ Trump [24d]
• Mexico’s president says Trump’s tariffs on Cuba’s oil suppliers could trigger humanitarian crisis [24d]
• ‘Isolation isn’t the way forward’: readers on their unusual living arrangements [24d]
• Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest [24d]
• Israel accepts Gaza death toll compiled by health authorities is broadly accurate [24d]
• The unexpected stars of the Premier League season so far [24d]
• The Guardian view on China’s military purge: the risks grow in an age of strongmen | Editorial [24d]
• Is it time to break up with US big tech? - The Latest [24d]
• Jayasree Kabir obituary [24d]
• US justice department releases more than 3 million new pages of Epstein files [24d]
• Galopin chases Gold Cup glory but waits on Leopardstown inspection [24d]
• Displacement Film Fund review – Cate Blanchett masterminds short film collection that brims with life and intensity [24d]
• It is beyond naive for Democrats – and Europe – to think Trump’s retreats are real. He never backs down for long | Jonathan Freedland [24d]
• West Ham fan hit with ban after holding up ‘oversized’ anti-board banner [24d]
• Is it time to break up with US tech? – The Latest [24d]
• Thierno Barry ‘dreams big’ after finding goalscoring touch at Everton [24d]
• New York nurses hold candlelight vigil for Alex Pretti amid strike – in pictures [24d]
• Jack Kerouac’s 37 metre-long, first draft scroll of On the Road to be auctioned [24d]
• Another blast of freezing weather moves into the US south-east [24d]
• Martin Rowson on Keir Starmer, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping – cartoon [24d]
• Groundbreaking director Reginald Hudlin: ‘It’s taken a lot of effort but the reward is always worth it’ [24d]
• Judge rules Luigi Mangione will not face death penalty in healthcare CEO case [24d]
• Chinese car firm Chery to open European base in Liverpool [25d]
• Islamic State claims attack on international airport and airbase in Niger [25d]
• Crystal Palace leave Mateta out of squad for Forest trip as they weigh up Milan deal [25d]
• ‘Deeply ideological’: the rationale behind Iran’s insistence on uranium enrichment [25d]
• Eggs, hats and unfettered ambition: what we learned about Melania Trump from her documentary [25d]
• Antifa used to unmask neo-Nazis, now it’s exposing ICE: ‘Predators don’t get anonymity’ [25d]
• ‘They’re taught that showing feelings is shameful’: eight reasons men don’t go to therapy – and why they should [25d]
• Syrian government and Kurdish forces reach truce agreement [25d]
• Djokovic shocks Sinner in late-night thriller to reach Australian Open final [25d]
• From ICE to Melania’s black carpet, are Trump’s techlords getting pangs of buyer’s remorse? | Marina Hyde [25d]
• Royalty, Bardot … White Lotus? HBO hit books in to €21,000-a-night chateau for series four [25d]
• This isn’t the film you are looking for: the Star Wars franchise is hamstrung by a massive identity crisis [25d]
• South Africa expels top Israeli diplomat over ‘insulting attacks’ on president [25d]
• Labour accuses Reform candidate of ‘toxic politics’ after Tommy Robinson endorsement [25d]
• My family motto? It’s amazing how lucky you get if you work really hard [25d]
• Sequel to The Time Traveler’s Wife to be published this autumn [25d]
• Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù: ’If the west doesn’t say a film is good, that doesn’t mean it’s no good’ [25d]
• Court cancels Hong Kong company’s Panama canal contracts [25d]
• Who are the UK MPs and peers who had sanctions imposed on them by China? [25d]
• The premiere of Melania and Alcaraz celebrates: photos of the day – Friday [25d]
• Brian May says US is currently too dangerous for Queen to tour there [25d]
• Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon arrested on charges connected to Minnesota church protest [25d]
• Former CNN anchor Don Lemon arrested after protest at Minnesota church – US politics live [25d]
• Asylum seeker jailed for at least 29 years for murdering Walsall hotel worker [25d]
• Sri Lanka v England: first men’s cricket T20 international – live [25d]
• Killing Khamenei? Hitting military sites? It is unclear what a US attack on Iran would achieve | Dan Sabbagh [25d]
• Cocktail of the week: El Pirata’s el toro – recipe | The good mixer [25d]
• ICE’s surveillance app is a techno-authoritarian nightmare | Moustafa Bayoumi [25d]
• One adult for the 9.40am in Sittingbourne: a front row seat for Melania’s ominous UK opening [25d]
• Breakdown in cricket relations with Bangladesh rings alarm bells for India’s Olympic bid [25d]
• David Moyes resigned to being without Jack Grealish for rest of Everton’s season [25d]
• Sports quiz of the week: Australian Open, Winter Olympics and Six Nations [25d]
• ‘Begging my boyfriend to get one’: Paul Mescal inspires yet another fashion craze with Hamnet earring [25d]
• The hill I will die on: Martinis should be served with a sidecar, or not at all | Josh Sharp [25d]
• Edinburgh tomb of philosopher David Hume vandalised with ‘satanic’ symbols [25d]
• Arteta compares Arsenal’s Max Dowman with young Messi as teenager commits future [25d]
• Zelenskyy cautious on Russian bombing pause during extreme cold weather [25d]
• China has lifted sanctions from six serving British MPs and peers, Starmer says [25d]
• The Arsenal fan psychodrama: Big Defeat Headloss hits hard after United setback | Chris Godfrey [25d]
• Add to playlist: the boundless bedroom-made black metal of Powerplant and the week’s best new tracks [25d]
• On Polymarket, ‘privileged’ users made millions betting on war strikes and diplomatic strategy. What did they know beforehand? [25d]
• FBI raid an aggressive new front in Trump’s bid to sow election doubt [25d]
• Settler-only IDF units functioning as ‘vigilante militias’ in West Bank [25d]
• Saudi dissident awarded £3m damages threatens enforcement action if he is not paid [25d]
• ‘I was overwhlemed, it was a miracle’: the jailed mothers getting a second chance in Colombia [25d]
• Donald Trump nominates Kevin Warsh as chair of Federal Reserve [25d]
• Digested week: ICE’s performance is intimidating and deadly, but also farcical | Emma Brockes [25d]
• ‘Do the leg thing’: Mark Carney jokes with Heated Rivalry star on red carpet [25d]
• Lindsey Vonn airlifted from course after crash in final downhill before Olympics [25d]
• I was told to accept chronic migraines. Then a keto diet gave me my life back | Natalie Mead [25d]
• British American Tobacco accused of helping North Korea fund terrorism in lawsuit [25d]
• Anti-ICE protests to be held across US as organizers urge national strike [25d]
• The AI bubble will pop. It’s up to us to replace it responsibly | Mark Surman [25d]
• What we’re reading: George Saunders, Erin Somers and Guardian readers on the books they enjoyed in January [25d]
• Trump tells Iran: end nuclear ambitions and stop killing protesters or face US military [25d]
• Weather tracker: Winter storms cause death and outages across eastern north America [25d]