Real Estate
Mortgage rates are soaring, with little relief in sight
Economists expect that mortgage rates surpassing the psychologically significant 7% threshold will have a chilling effect on home sales.
Molly is a reporter for the daily newsletter and is based in New York City. Prior to working at Morning Brew, Molly ran a weekly interview series for McKinsey Global Publishing. Molly has also spent time as a writer and editor in Madison, Wisconsin, where she dined on cheese curds and reported on campaign finance, education reform, and other political news.
Media
Reporters return to White House after weeklong ban
Kelly granted CNN, MS NOW, and Politico a 14-day restraining order against Trump’s media ban, while their First Amendment lawsuit challenging it progresses.
Government
Oil leaders panic as US mulls limiting diesel exports
Trump expressed support for a ban on diesel exports on Tuesday, startling oil execs and lobbyists.
Business
Peloton pins future on ‘a big move beyond the bike’
Citing the rising popularity of marathons and run clubs, the company is launching three new AI-equipped treadmills.
Travel
FAA launches AI tool to reduce flight delays
SMART is designed to suggest alternate routes to air traffic controllers, who will still have the final say, according to transportation officials.
Entertainment
Gaming is dead. Long live gaming.
It seems that the bigger gaming gets, the less you own of the games you play...
Finance
SEC: Go ahead and trade stocks like they’re crypto
The SEC’s long-anticipated move comes two days after the Clarity Act failed to move forward in the Senate.
Culture
The Ed Sheeran tour fallout continues
So far, the singer has lost 200k+ Instagram followers since Macklemore was ousted from his tour for voicing support for Palestine.
Tech
Anthropic researcher quits, warns AI ‘could kill us all’
“The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt,” the departed employee, Jacob Coxon, wrote online.
US Economy
Labor Day gas prices have never been this high
Gas never surpassed $4/gallon on Labor Day before this year.