The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• Despite a $156 million contract, Knicks star Jalen Brunson still calls his parents for financial advice any time he makes a big purchase [25m]
• HUD suspends disaster funding to U.S. Virgin Islands housing authority, saying mismanagement has kept $1.3 billion from hurricane survivors [2h]
• Rich countries have cut road deaths by more than 30% in 30 years—but about 90% of fatal crashes now happen in poorer nations [2h]
• The rare ‘great conservation success story’ is happening off New England as $10 million over 10 years brings back the quirky oystercatcher bird [2h]
• Kalshi’s ‘chronically online’ war room figured out World Cup virality — and realized AI might be bringing back the monoculture [2h]
• Gen Z entrepreneur found a Wilt Chamberlain Lakers warm-up for $3.07 outside Portland — it was a $90,000 genuine article [3h]
• Harvard took hundreds of millions from Chinese donors—now the DOJ is asking if Americans were left out on purpose [3h]
• Army veteran with ‘ICE Off Our Streets’ sign sets fire and opens pellet gun attack outside Manhattan immigration court, injuring three: authorities [3h]
• Alaska pilot takes six-pack plane seizure case to Supreme Court, citing ‘duty’ to make sure the Bill of Rights ‘actually means something’ [3h]
• Trump’s $3.47 ‘Freedom Fuel’ gas network leans on an NFL kicking coach, a GOP fundraiser and a N.J. entrepreneur with a fuel theft rap sheet [3h]
• Trump-backed hopeful to succeed DeSantis unveils plan to protect local water, electricity from data centers [3h]
• What I keep hearing from Fortune 500 CEOs: ‘We have no idea what we’re actually paying for power’ [3h]
• The CEO who fired HR was right. About the wrong thing. [3h]
• ‘We all failed’: Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner on Hollywood, video games and the big question of IP [3h]
• Jersey Mike’s tests how far investors will stretch on restaurant IPO valuations [4h]
• SkyPilot, from Databricks’ cofounder, raises $20M to be the Switzerland of AI compute [4h]
• Jamie Dimon won’t put more of his own money into the long end of the bond market right now—thanks to the $39 trillion national debt [5h]
• Current price of oil as of July 21, 2026 [5h]
• Iran calls for ‘full-scale war’ but behind the scenes a peace proposal might reopen the Strait of Hormuz—if Trump can stomach it [5h]
• Money talks—as the Iran war continues, options for the Strait of Hormuz are coalescing around one solution – tolls [5h]
• Exclusive: KPMG and OpenAI bet the future of software is ‘headless’ — and the future of work is mostly talking [5h]
• Alliance for America’s Skilled Trades: Skilled trades shaped America’s past. Here’s how they can build America’s future [5h]
• Shipping transits slow to a trickle as Strait of Hormuz faces “worst-case scenario” [5h]
• United Airlines’ growth strategy is all about selling customers a better version of what they already buy [5h]
• $5 billion tech CEO says unemployed Gen Z should be out 3 days a week building their network: ‘Sometimes those jobs you want, they’re never published’ [8h]
• FIFA’s $15 billion World Cup payday shows commercialization is the real tournament champion [8h]
• Jersey Mike’s IPO valuation could reach eight times Sweetgreen’s market cap [8h]