The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• 26% of CEOs think the greatest threat to their job security is their own CFO [43m]
• The next generation of senators has a ticking time bomb in its lap: Social Security’s impending insolvency and no plan for the national debt [1h]
• U.S. and Iran begin peace talks as Trump’s White House goes to war against the media, insider traders, and the Pope [2h]
• Defense executives worry Trump’s proposed military splurge could backfire [2h]
• The job market is so bad, workers now think they have worse odds of finding a role than during the pandemic [3h]
• Schools across America are quietly admitting that screens in classrooms made students worse off and are reversing years of tech-first policies [4h]
• What Anthropic’s too-dangerous-to-release AI model means for its upcoming IPO [4h]
• Eva Longoria says she refused to be a ‘struggling actor’—so she worked part time as a headhunter, closing deals from her soap opera dressing room [5h]
• ‘We owe it to the next generation’ to get national debt under control, says think-tank boss, as U.S. borrowing hits $1.2 trillion in just six months [5h]
• ‘Good for Russia, good for China, bad for America’: how the Iran war is reshaping global economies and power [5h]
• The world’s 500 richest people made more than a quarter trillion yesterday as volatile markets react to fragile Iran war ceasefire [15h]
• Only five ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz Thursday, far below Iran’s pledge as negotiations begin [17h]
• Levi’s 517 jeans sales jump 25% thanks to ‘Love Story’ and the Carolyn Bessette Kennedy effect [18h]
• A global food emergency: Why the closed Strait of Hormuz puts half the world’s calories at risk [19h]
• Jet fuel supply disruptions are comparable to 9/11 and could take months to replenish even if Hormuz Strait is reopening, airline trade group warns [19h]
• Americans hate the economy so much, they’re buying $22 smoothies [19h]
• Even Nvidia’s own research teams can’t get enough GPUs amid the race for AI computing power [19h]
• Mark Cuban admits he made a mistake letting go of the Mavericks: ‘I don’t regret selling. I regret who I sold to’ [20h]
• You’re looking at the AI revolution all wrong, top economist says: 40% unemployment and a 3-day work week are the same thing [20h]
• Deutsche Bank says China is energy ‘winner’ in age of war [20h]
• JPMorgan’s CEO Jamie Dimon says don’t make big decisions when you’re tired—especially if it’s a Friday [21h]
• ‘This utter lack of communication and consultation flies in the face of federal law’: states push against immigration detention plans [21h]
• Hormuz traffic still blocked as Iran tries to formalize control [21h]
• Goldman flags $100-plus Brent if Hormuz shut another month [21h]
• Zoom CEO predicts a 3-day workweek is just five years away—and he’s happy about it: ‘I hate working 5 days’ [21h]
• Claudia Sheinbaum wants Mexico to start fracking to get away from Trump’s natural gas. But she won’t call it that [22h]
• The cease-fire that wasn’t: Here’s why Trump and Iran never really agreed to the same terms [22h]
• Nutella jumps on the best product placement money can’t buy: a trip to the far side of the moon [22h]
• Trump’s ‘cease-fire’ won’t stop Iranian hackers for long, cyber experts say [22h]
• First, Iran and Hormuz, second, China and Taiwan? The dangerous implications of a tollbooth on the open sea [23h]
• Democrats begin to realize that an illegal war and a threat of genocide are grounds for Trump’s removal [23h]
• AI-savvy pro-Iran groups troll America with Lego Movie-style propaganda videos mocking American failure [23h]
• A serial killer stalked Long Island’s Gilgo Beach for 30 years. A blank-faced 62-year-old architect just pleaded guilty [23h]
• Data centers are destroying states’ clean energy dreams [23h]
• ‘In rural, urban, red, blue, Democrats have overperformed everywhere’: GOP wakes up to freight train heading their way [23h]
• ‘Every time you see that power bill, you’re just sick’: Meet a West Virginian whose $900 electric charge is more than her fixed income [23h]
• The 2026 Masters winner will earn 113 times more than the first champion did in 1934 [23h]
• U.S. just had its hottest March ever, in records dating back 132 years [23h]
• European far-right loved Trump for years until he went to war next door in Iran [23h]
• Oil climbs back toward $100 a barrel, stock futures fall as Wall Street digests botched cease-fire [23h]
• Trump and Iran both claim they have a cease-fire. They don’t agree on what they agreed to [23h]
• Iran closes strait, challenges U.S. to rein in Israel: ‘the world is watching whether it will act on its commitments’ [23h]