The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• Trump says he is nominating former Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer as ICE director [24d]
• The contrarian view for Fed rate cuts: Payrolls will weaken, inflation will plunge, and Kevin Warsh was ‘largely performative’ in his hawkishness [24d]
• 3 million Americans have dropped Obamacare health coverage over past year, after Republicans let federal subsidies expire [24d]
• Amazon Prime Day total online spending surpasses Adobe estimate [24d]
• The end of Putin’s regime will spring from war spending chaos, former central bank advisor says, amid military mutiny threat and fuel-shortage brawls [24d]
• Forget the ceasefire — The U.S. and Iran are still exchanging attacks over the Strait of Hormuz as Tehran tries to shut down a competing route [24d]
• The 2 billion-print, $2-pack last hurrah for a World Cup legend: the Panini sticker album’s last ride [24d]
• ‘I’ll listen to ‘Only the Young’ at home on my own’: Zohran doesn’t know about a Swift-Kelce wedding at MSG, but he’s not going [25d]
• Australia to strengthen enforcement of under-16 social media ban [25d]
• It’s so hot in Germany the Autobahn literally burst open at the seams and had to be closed down [25d]
• Apple seeks U.S. approval to buy chips from blacklisted CXMT: FT [25d]
• Atlanta Fed chief selection delay gives Warsh a say [25d]
• SpaceX, Charter discussed mobile phone partnership in U.S. [25d]
• S&P keeps U.S. sovereign rating at AA+ with stable outlook [25d]
• Anthropic’s Mythos 5 AI model cleared by U.S. for wider use [25d]
• Tit-for-tat attacks continue across the Persian Gulf despite U.S.-Iran ceasefire while a new flashpoint emerges [25d]
• ‘It’s not going away’: The Stanford economist who called the AI entry-level jobs crisis early has the receipts [25d]
• Nobel laureate economist warns AI jobs apocalypse fears could become a self-fulfilling prophesy [25d]
• This rural Maine factory made 100 million COVID swabs a month. Its CEO says manufacturing’s best days are ahead [25d]
• The uncertainty paradox: believe it or not, today’s massive uncertainty creates the best conditions for disruptive growth [25d]
• The 30-year fixed mortgage was supposed to be predictable. Two costs quietly broke that promise [25d]
• One in 10 Gen Zers want their boss to be replaced by AI—they’re already being polite to ChatGPT just in case [25d]
• ‘Don’t look at the résumé’: Elon Musk admits he’s ‘fallen prey’ to flashy credentials and says conversation matters most when hiring [25d]
• Stop blaming Gen Z for resisting RTO: 71% say they want a hybrid balance—and now they’re quietly leading the office comeback [25d]
• Philanthropy leader at Warren Buffett and Bill Gates’ Giving Pledge says children of billionaires are pushing them to give their wealth away faster [25d]
• The 33-year-old executive Satya Nadella is trusting to fix Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant [25d]
• Big Short legend Steve Eisman says everyone is buying the wrong AI stocks [25d]
• Job scams are getting more sophisticated, and they’re costing Americans millions [25d]
• Qualcomm’s big AI gamble: Breaking Nvidia’s chips stronghold [25d]