The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• Nancy Pelosi’s husband could face misdemeanor charges after hit-and-run collision in Napa wine country that left one car with ‘major damage’ [17d]
• Treasury rolls out currency signed by Trump for Fourth of July [17d]
• Russia’s fuel crisis is so bad that a mom and her baby waited in line for 18 hours to get gas — ‘Are we in the Soviet Union?’ [17d]
• U.S. debt is a looming crisis today but was once its own revolutionary masterstroke that helped launch a global financial superpower [17d]
• The Taylor Swift economy: Star-studded wedding at Madison Square Garden lifts luxury brands Christian Dior, Christian Louboutin, and Cartier [17d]
• Trump Accounts are now available for kids. Here’s where the money will be invested in the stock market—in line with Warren Buffett’s advice [17d]
• Iran’s envoy to China says Beijing to get Hormuz concessions [17d]
• Trump allies double down on efforts to reshape Federal Reserve [17d]
• Ukrainian drones target more Russian oil infrastructure as fuel crisis adds political pressure on Putin, who shrugs off attacks as ‘not critical’ [17d]
• Costco CEO promises the $1.50 hot dog isn’t going away: ‘The price will not change as long as I’m around’ [17d]
• A quarter of young baby boomers and Gen Xers who’ve been laid off in the last decade are still unemployed—and 11% have taken pay cuts to work [17d]
• Before independence, America tried — and failed — to conquer Canada [17d]
• The 1964 box set that predicted Dylan going electric — and still explains American music today [17d]
• 69% of Americans think the founders would be disappointed in democracy today. A French philosopher predicted why [17d]
• Trump White House can reinstall its sanitized history of slavery at George Washington’s house, appeals court rules [17d]
• ‘I can understand the, um, obesity here’: The World discovers American cuisine at the World Cup [17d]
• A retired insurance executive found a lost Declaration of Independence in Britain’s National Archives [17d]
• Belgium got its tariffs cut. Then it sent Trump a diamond Superman ring [17d]
• FIFA engineered a plan to get the USMNT and their fans singing ‘Country Roads’ — and it worked [17d]
• Pope Leo marks July 4 at migrant graves, not U.S. celebrations [17d]
• ‘I AM SETTING THEM ALL FREE, RIGHT NOW!’ Trump’s pre-July 4 Friday news dump included pardons for 11 people including ex-Abramoff partner [17d]