Kitchen Briefs - May 14, 2026 AM

• Dozens of ships are passing through the Strait of Hormuz today, including Chinese owned ones while CENTCOM says it’s redirected 70 and disabled 4
• Admiral Brad Cooper told a Senate committee today that Iran has a significantly downgraded threat and no longer threaten regional partners or the US
• Hezbollah has fired artillery at 2 Israeli military sites in southern Lebanon
• Netanyahu has instructed the initiation of a defamation lawsuit against the New York Times over the op-ed alleging sexual violence by Israeli prison guards against Palistinian detainees
• China’s President warns Trump that their differences over Taiwan could bring conflict between China and the US
• Miami residents are suing Gov DeSantis and Trump over the donation of downtown land for the future Trump library stating it’s unconstitutional to give a financial benefit to a sitting president
• There are new allegations that FBI Director Kash Patel has been inflating arrest numbers and actually put people on the Most Wanted list just before arresting them
• Senator Rand Paul’s son ran into Rep Mike Lawler at a Washington Bar and allegedly went on a drunken antisemitic and anti-gay tirade
• FIFA has announced that the World Cup half time show will feature Shakira, Madonna and BTS
• Today in 1804 Lewis and Clark began their expedition
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