The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• UAE stock markets to close for two days amid Iran strikes [46d]
• Dow futures plunge nearly 500 points as U.S. attack on Iran sends oil prices soaring, while first American casualties reported [46d]
• Cyber retaliation from Iran is a problem for U.S. companies — ‘It’s in the hands of a 19-year-old hacker in a Telegram room,’ ex-NSA operative says [46d]
• Trump says he plans to speak with Iran’s new leadership as military reveals B-2 stealth bomber attack on ballistic missile facilities [46d]
• NBA star’s partnership with a prediction market raises new questions for a troubled sports betting landscape [46d]
• U.S. military gives Iran a taste of its own medicine with cheap copycat Shahed drones, while concern shifts to munitions supply in extended conflict [46d]
• American schools weren’t broken until Silicon Valley used a lie to convince them they were—now reading and math scores are plummeting [46d]
• As Iran attacks Dubai, the tax-free haven for the global elite could see ‘catastrophic’ fallout — ‘this can also send shockwaves globally’ [46d]
• FBI says a fatal shooting in Austin by gunman driving by a bar in an SUV is potentially an act of terrorism [46d]
• MacKenzie Scott’s close relationship with Toni Morrison long before Amazon put her on the path give more than $1 billion to HBCUs [46d]
• Gen Z can’t afford the American Dream—so they’ve traded homeownership for paying off debt. ‘Their debt feels heavier because it hits earlier’ [46d]
• Oil prices soar 10% as tanker traffic halts near the Strait of Hormuz amid Iran attacks while IRGC warns against passage. ‘Our ships will stay put’ [46d]
• Trump said ‘we must abandon the failed policy of nation building and regime change’ in 2016. So what changed? [46d]
• Weeks before his death, Iran’s 86-year-old Supreme Leader heard shouts of ‘Death to Khamenei’ and unleashed a bloody crackdown [46d]
• YouTube’s cofounder and former tech boss doesn’t want his kids to watch short videos, warning short-form content ‘equates to shorter attention spans’ [46d]
• Slack cofounder says workers and CEOs can get stuck doing ‘fake’ work like pre-meetings and slide shows [46d]
• Top diplomat on Middle Eastern regime change as a losing game: ‘U.S. history in that area of the world is not good with this’ [46d]
• 3 U.S. military service members killed, 5 wounded in Iran operation, Central Command says [46d]
• Former Trump security advisor sees no off-ramp this time around for Iran, Israel and America [46d]
• Secret Service boosts security at key sites after Iran attacks [46d]
• OPEC+ to resume oil output increases as Iran conflict rages [46d]
• Iran will pick a new supreme leader in ‘one or two days’ as retaliation attacks spread to more targets after Khamenei’s death [46d]
• Air fares could rise if Iran conflict lingers as carriers reroute flights and burn more fuel to dodge airspace closures across Mideast [46d]
• Gen Z men are eating ‘boy kibble,’ the human equivalent to dog food, to load up on protein cheaply [46d]
• USAA CEO says Gen Z ‘are not going to be as well off’ as boomers and Gen Xers—they need to take ownership of their success, he urges [46d]
• Here’s how to build something that lasts, from the founder of a $300 million bootstrapped company that’s been growing for 28 years straight [47d]
• Ray Dalio, Scott Bessent and House members from both sides of the aisle are rallying around a ‘3% solution’ to tame the out of control national debt [47d]
• Your grandparents are the reason the U.S. isn’t in a recession right now. That won’t last forever [47d]
• Your utility bills keep going up. Here’s everyone you can blame—AI data centers included [47d]
• Israel, U.S. stiff-arm U.N. during emergency Security Council meeting [47d]
• Thomas Massie among few Republicans to criticize Trump over war powers: ‘This is not ‘America First” [47d]
• A month before Iran strikes, Trump told Iranian protesters help was on the way amid a government crackdown [47d]
• Marjorie Taylor Greene rips Iran strikes as Trump betraying America First: ‘It’s always a lie and it’s always America Last’ [47d]
• Russia accuses America of ‘pre-planned and unprovoked act of armed aggression’ against Iran [47d]
• American, Israeli strike on Iran came 2 days after latest talks, as theocracy struggled with nationwide protests [47d]
• Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei dies after major attack by Israel and the U.S., Iranian state media confirms [47d]