Kitchen Briefs

Kitchen Briefs - July 23, 2026 AM

• The House just voted and narrowly passed another War Powers Resolution
• The US struck a crossing on the border of Iran and Iraq which was filled with religious travelers killing 2 and wounding 11
• The Houthis are attacking Saudi tankers in the Red Sea and Qatar is calling the actions a serious violation of international law
• Iraq and Iran leaders are meeting and are pledging to have closer ties
• Turns out the nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia comes with the condition of them joining the Abraham Accords
• In Gaza there’s now an outbreak of chickenpox
• The Israeli military is saying two “terrorists” stabbed an Israeli civilian near an illegal settlement who were then neutralized by another civilian
• Israeli forces continue to push further into Lebanon carrying out explosions, drone strikes and ground incursions
• Oil prices have hit $100 a barrel
• Trump campaigned yesterday for the Georgia Governor GOP nominee Rick Jackson
• There’s a new Cyclospora outbreak
• The United States Navy says it will no longer release sailors’ service histories citing increased security threats and harassment concerns
• Norway is set to make a formal complaint to FIFA over the red card saga
• Elon and Bezos are wanting to put millions of data centers into space

Kitchen Briefs - July 22, 2026 PM

• The US has launched a new set of strikes against Iran
• Kuwait is currently intercepting a drone attack by Iran
• Another Israeli drone strike has killed a person in Gaza
• The final vote for the NDAA passed in the House today and heads to the Senate
• The NDAA bill also included $1.15T in military spending
• Also included in the bill was the official renaming of the Department of Defense to the Department of War
• Speaker Mike Johnson has combined the Stop Insider Trading Act with the Save America Act into one bill
• U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes is asking why is testosterone replacement therapy ok but there’s a ban on transgender troops
• Trump went to Dover for the dignified transfer of our four fallen soldiers and told reporters that the four deceased servicemembers supported his position
• Israel has been inspired by the US and changed wildlife rules around crocodiles
• In Madison, Wisconsin today there was a police involved shooting where an officer shot a man 3 times in the head
• Big thank you’s this afternoon go out to Sharon and Betty for the coffee!

Kitchen Briefs - July 22, 2026 AM

• Trump told reporters that we are all not thrilled with high gas prices but we aren’t against the war
• Trump is flying this morning to attend the dignified transfer of four of our fallen soldiers. The Pentagon named 28 year old Sgt Angel Rampersad of New York as who they believe is the fourth servicemember to die by Iranian strikes on a military base in Jordan
• Trump says for any ship shot at in the Strait, the US will bomb and destroy one bridge or power plant that is next to or in Tehran
• Trump said it’s been hard to negotiate with Iran while little Marco Rubio called Iran the troublemaker of the region
• Trump has just given his blessing for Saudi Arabia to have its own nuclear program
• Hamas has elected a new leader, Khalil al-Hayya who delivered his first statement today vowing to lift the harm and pain from the people of Gaza
• OpenAI is reporting that without human prompting, the artificial intelligence models independently stole login credentials and hacked into another startup company
• Oil is now at $94/barrel
• Yesterday the House passed a stopgap funding bill to avoid a government shutdown months in advance
• Modeling scout Daniel Siad whose name appears thousands of times in the Epstein files was found dead this morning in Paris
• Warren Hudson who was one of the friends of Nolan Wells and was with him the day he died chose to break his silence by going on a podcast
• Cyclospora has now been reported in 41 states
• The wreckage of a Pan Am DC-4 that went down in the waters off of Puerto Rico on April 11, 1952 has been found on the bottom of the ocean. It was this flight that changed aviation safety with passenger briefings and protocols

Kitchen Briefs - July 21, 2026 PM

• Trump is now threatening to attack the reportedly new Iranian nuclear site very heavily
• Trump posted to Lies Social today stats about the length of various wars and how many deaths there were
• What has this war cost you and I? According to Secretary Hegseth’s testimony today, it’s currently at $37.5B and he needs another $67B
• The Lebanese president met with Trump today and told him he needs Israel to leave Lebanon
• The IRGC claims they destroyed radar systems in Kuwait
• Kuwaitis are rationing electricity since their power grid was hit by an Iranian strike
• Yemen’s Houthis have declared a blockade of Saudi Arabia which has the potential to wide the war in Iran
• Speaker Mike Johnson says he wants more restrictions on relationships between lawmakers and staff
• The Senate Intelligence Committee voted 9-8 today to advance Jay Clayton as the nominee for Director of National Intelligence
• In New Jersey it was announced that the motor vehicle commission software glitched and around 6600 non-us citizens were registered to vote between 2023 and 2024
• The DOJ who can’t be bothered with releasing the Epstein files is now accusing UC San Diego medical school of bias in admissions because data shows 6.18% of Black applicants were admitted versus 2.45% of white applicants
• The current administration announced today the deferral of $1B in medicaid payments to Minnesota and California
• The US sent the first humanitarian flight to Cuba today under the new aid package with 700 packages of food and hygiene kits
• 32M in the northeast, including NYC are under a tornado watch until 9pm ET tonight as severe thunderstorms loom
• The US passport was once the most powerful in the world but has since plummeted. Today, Singapore secured the top spot
• I’m heading out tonight to be the conversation partner for my friend Elizabeth Svoboda for her new book The Art of Pacing

Kitchen Briefs - July 21, 2026 AM

• Bahrain and Kuwait are currently under Iranian attack. All citizens have been told to find a safe place. Iran again struck Kuwait’s desalination and water plants
• At least 2 more have been killed in central Gaza by an Israeli air strike on a civilian car
• The Pentagon now says nearly 100 troops were injured in the last two weeks
• Secretary Hegseth will face Congress today as he testifies his reasoning for needing billions of dollars for the current war
• The soldier killed in Iraq has been identified as 30 year old Sgt Michael Emmanuel Swinton from North Carolina. Sgt Swinton was killed while trying to disarm a drone
• Trump said Iran wants to meet with the US desperately, but the US has no interest in meeting
• Oil prices are up to $90
• The Justice Department is investigating whether Harvard University is allowing Chinese donors to create scholarships that exclude American students
• JPMorgan and other banks are set to help finance Japan’s $550B US investment
• House Democrats led by Congressman Jamie Raskin are investigating whether Epstein acted as a foreign agent
• An appeals court blocked President Biden’s bid to have audio recordings of his ghostwriter interviews released. The Heritage Foundation filed a public records request because they want to show Biden had diminished faculties and a faulty memory
• Tropical Storm Bertha is on track to reach the Gulf Coast
• We still haven’t seen Mitch McConnell since June 14th

Kitchen Briefs - June 20, 2026 PM

• The US continues to strike Iran and Trump says that every time Iran kills an American soldier they will pay for that killing many times over
• Iran’s president is saying this is a full scale war with the US
• At least 3 more people have been killed in northern Gaza from Israeli strikes and at least one has been killed in central Gaza from an Israeli drone strike
• Trump has invoked a new 50% tariff on Canadian goods to take effect in 30 days
• The FDA is saying that was a false positive in regards to Taylor Farms lettuce testing for Cyclospora
• The man arrested this morning in New York for setting off fireworks, lighting a fire and firing a pellet gun has been identified as former US Army soldier Andrew Arrabacca who was a mechanic on Patriot missile systems
• Lindsey Graham’s sister, Senator Darline Graham says she’s now running for the full term
• Netanyahu is concerned about traveling to the US since divisions among Republicans are widening over the Middle East
• Reverend Al Sharpton and Tyler Perry are offering a $50k reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction in the death of Nolan Wells
• Last week Trump had the 5th statue installed in the Rose Garden
• In some good news, a federal judge has paused the Paramount Warner Brothers merger and issued a restraining order for 2 weeks while she considers a broader antitrust legal challenge brought by a coalition of 12 states including California

Kitchen Briefs - July 20, 2026 AM

• 3 US servicemembers have been killed, many injured, and one is missing. The US military identified 25 year old 1st Lt Tyler Feehan of Hawaii and 19 year old Pvt Isabella Gonzales of Texas as the two servicemembers killed in Jordan and an additional unidentified service member has been killed in northern Iraq
• Warning sirens are going off in Bahrain at the moment and Kuwait is under Iranian missile and drone attack
• It seems a lot of supporters of Trump are confused as to how Iran is still striking because they actually believed him when he said the US obliterated them
• At least 3 more have been killed in an Israeli drone strike in Gaza
• Gas prices are back up over $4/gallon
• The Tate brothers were arrested over the weekend after the UK brought on further assault charges against them
• An incendiary device was deployed this morning outside of a New York federal building
• Usha and JD have a new boy offspring
• The gifted Qatari Air Force One has been grounded
• The Freedom Fuel network that the guy in the White House has been promoting is apparently run by an NFL kicking coach, a GOP fundraiser and a New Jersey entrepreneur
• On my flight yesterday I finished Whistler by Ann Patchett and I highly recommend it!

Kitchen Briefs - July 15, 2026 PM

• The US has launched a new wave of strikes on Iran targeting their military capabilities
• Kuwait says they have intercepted 21 drones and 4 cruise missiles from Iran
• 3 drones have been intercepted near the US consulate in northern Iraq
• Iran has summoned the British Ambassador in Tehran after the UK designated the IRGC a threat to national security
• Airlines have cancelled flights to the Middle East for literal weeks and months
• Aaron Parnas just reported that military planning for an invasion in Cuba is being discussed
• 103 House Democrats just voted to block $3.3B of military aid to Israel
• White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and Director Patel have been overseeing an investigation to try to figure out who leaked the info about the Qatari gifted Air Force One and it’s lack of security capabilities
• Secretary Hegseth announced he’s rolling out a new screening program for testosterone deficiency for troops 30 years of age and older
• Senator Jon Ossoff asked Director of National Intelligence nominee Jay Clayton who won the 2020 election
• House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a $95 billion legislative plan focused on boosting defense, aiding farmers and of course the SAVE America act
• The federal government replaced panels of a slavery exhibit on George Washington’s home in Philadelphia in the dark of night per a court order after they had removed them
• Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said today that he’s restoring trust in the justice department
• And another big thank you goes out to follower Angela for buying me multiple cups of coffee!
• Program update for tomorrow…one brief tomorrow

Kitchen Briefs - July 15, 2026 AM

• The US is currently striking Iran duing the day which is rare. The US has killed 7 soldiers in addition to over 30 civilians and wounded 260 in Iran. Iran is vowing retaliation
• Another Israeli strike in Gaza struck an apartment building killing 3 Palestinians in one family leaving a child as the sole survivor of his family
• Netanyahu is coming to Lindsey Graham's funeral
• The confirmation hearing for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is currently underway and he admits mistakes were made over the Epstein files
• Epstein survivors are urging Senators to vote no on confirming Todd Blanche
• Trump says that ICE should resume traffic stops
• Treasury Secretary Bessent unveiled the new $1 Gold coin design which has the face of the guy in the White House on it
• Rescuers in San Francisco are searching for 3 people off Alcatraz Island after a boat carrying 20 for a memorial service sank. 1 person died along with a dog and 16 were rescued
• Captain "Sully" Sullenberger who safely landed a US Airways plane on the Hudson River in 2009, announced that he has been diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer's disease at age 75
• Another thank you to follower Dianella for providing me with coffee this week!
• I’ll be back later today with more news. Stay cool and hydrated

Kitchen Briefs - July 14, 2026 PM

• Let’s kick off the afternoon with some great news! E. Jean Carroll’s bank account just became $5.6M bigger because Trump had to finally pay her!
• Trump just backtracked his call for a 20% tariff on the Strait of Hormuz
• Additional US strikes are launching this evening on Iran
• Trump said US representatives held talks with Iran today. He also said that strikes will continue until he says stop. He said quote We will knock out all their power plants. We will knock out all their bridges until they get to the negotiating table.”
• Trump met with Iraq’s Prime Minister and says he had tremendous chemistry with him
• Israel’s security cabinet has approved a budget of $434M to establish 34 new illegal settlements in the West Bank
• Two more people have been killed in Gaza City from Israeli attacks
• The cloture vote failed on the National Defense Authorization Act. Call your reps!
• The House passed the bill that could make daylight saving time permanent. It now heads to the Senate
• New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed a first in the national moratorium on the construction of new data centers in New York
• Wisconsin says Elon Musk broke the law by promising voters a $1M payout
• A federal judge has awarded $314 million in damages to three Americans who were jailed and allegedly tortured by what he called a “criminal enterprise” led by former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
• The Writers Guild of America has become the latest group to challenge Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Brothers
• A rare T. Rex fossil has sold for $50.1M to an unnamed buyer. The skeleton, named Gus, is 67 million years old and features a skull that is 82% intact
• A huge shoutout and thank you to follower Pam for supplying me with my coffee fix