The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• Dow futures drop and oil jumps as first day of U.S.-Iran talks sees Trump threaten Tehran on Hormuz: ‘You close it and you won’t have a country’ [30d]
• U.S.-Iran talks just started and Trump is already threatening to attack, causing negotiations to pause [31d]
• Why men keep dropping out of the labor force: It starts in childhood, when kids see how males around them struggle, economists say [31d]
• The union behind California’s billionaire tax is blinking, but Gavin Newsom wants to inflict total defeat [31d]
• Meet Labour’s ‘King of the North,’ the 56-year-old representing Greater Manchester and challenging Keir Starmer [31d]
• Rural America’s farms are already being crushed by an economic crisis. They now face the risk of a ‘mini-Dust Bowl’ as a rare Super El Niño looms [31d]
• Oil keeps flowing through Hormuz despite Iran saying it’s shut [31d]
• Ground beef is up 20% since last year. A parasite, a drought and a July 1 trade deadline could push it higher [31d]
• Your quartz countertop is the new asbestos — for the workers who cut it [31d]
• Almost 4 in 10 Americans have a ‘junk drawer’ full of their old electronics. It’s because of a very specific anxiety [31d]
• Russia-occupied Crimea halts gas sales to civilians as Ukraine ramps up attacks on fuel supplies while speculators sell at double market prices [31d]
• A better sunscreen has been available in Europe for 25 years. It just became legal to sell in the U.S. [31d]
• A stock trader’s guide to navigating a rare ‘Super El Niño’ [31d]
• Harvard scholar: the data-center backlash is just getting started [31d]
• Over 40,000 American bridges have structurally deficient ratings. Why aren’t we using quantum sensors on them? [31d]
• The tribe called the world’s best fathers gets outpaced by rich American dads [31d]
• Britain marks Brexit’s 10th anniversary with an economy 4%-8% smaller than if it never voted to leave [31d]
• Vice President JD Vance meets top Iranian officials to begin peace talks, seeking to ‘change relations in the Middle East permanently’ [31d]
• Taylor Swift’s Rhode Island summer town is on high alert for a sudden wedding as rumors fly [31d]
• The U.K. just banned social media for kids under 16. The founder of ‘safe TikTok’ says the U.S. is next [31d]
• If you’re surprised by how well the stock market is doing, so is Jamie Dimon—he says there’s a ‘little tsunami’ heading for the economy [31d]