Kitchen Briefs - May 16, 2026

• Israeli settlers are attacking the West Bank and the Israeli army says it has attacked 100 sites in southern Lebanon over the past two days. At least 2 civilians have been killed by an Israeli drone in Gaza city and multiple casualties in Lebanon
• Iranian hackers are suspected of breaching multiple gas stations in multiple states monitoring fuel storage
• US and Nigerian forces joined together to kill the second-in-command of ISIS in Nigeria
• The USS Gerald R. Ford returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, on Saturday, ending a 326-day deployment—the longest for an American warship since the Vietnam War
• RFK Jr says he wont’ run for President in 2028
• The Long Island Railroad, North America’s largest commuter rail system is shut down after unionized workers went on strikes for the first time in 30 years
• Sean Duffy been filming a new reality tv show with his family called The Great American Road Trip
• The Supreme Court rejected Virginia's bid to restore a congressional map that would have given Democrats a chance to pick up four seats in the House of Representatives.
• Two Bay Area USDA employees are among a group of federal workers suing Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, alleging she violated the First Amendment by sending agency wide messages that promoted Christianity to thousands of employees
• Also in the Bay Area, work is starting on a planned ICE detention facility near Gilroy and Santa Clara County is suing to have it stopped
• On Tuesday, deputies documented vandalism at Old Memphis Cemetery in Palmetto, Fla., where 17 gravesites at the 122-year-old burial ground were damaged with cracked concrete and red spray paint
• Thousands of people today are in Mobile, Alabama, the birthplace of the civil rights movement attending the All Roads Lead to the South rally to defend Black political representation