Kitchen Briefs - May 12, 2026 AM

• At least 3 more killed and 4 wounded in Lebanon due to Israeli attacks
• Iran’s chief negotiator has said the US must either accept peace terms or face failure
• According to CNN, Trump is frustrated so he’s thinking of restarting combat
• Trump posted to Truth Social images including a $100 bill, AI images of blowing up Iran’s boats and planes, Obama, Biden and Pelosi in the Reflecting Pond but with sewage, claiming 300K children have been trafficked out of America, and called for Obama’s arrest
• Yesterday Trump praised AG Todd Blanche saying he’s good because he kept him out of jail for years
• The Pentagon has publicly revealed that nuclear submarine USS Alaska has arrived in Gibraltar
• On Sunday 60 Minutes interviewed Netanyahu. He said that he would like to draw down to zero the American financial support
• Secretary Hegseth will be back defending his $1.5T budget
• The US is in talks with Greenland about opening a US military base there
• The House Oversight Committee is currently just miles away from Mar-A-Lago where Epstein survivors are testifying
• Arcadia, CA mayor Eileen Wang has resigned and agreed to plead guilty to charges from the DOJ of acting as an illegal agent of China
• Santa Clara county is suing Meta over scam advertising. Meta earns over $7B annually from fraudulent ads
• The DOJ has filed criminal charges against two companies and the ship’s technical superintendent in the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge two years ago that killed 6
• Ebay has rejected GameStop’s takeover offer
• General Motors has announced they are laying off 500-600 employees amid the need for new skills
• Let me know what city you're tuning in from