Kitchen Briefs - May 27, 2026 AM

• The newest peace proposal between the US and Iran includes the complete reopening of the Strait of Hormuz within 30 days and the withdrawal of US troops from the vicinity. Iran’s Intelligence Ministry says the enemy has been defeated on the battleground and now moves to other means of warfare such as economic pressure, cyber attacks, weapons smuggling, assassinations and hostile media campaigns. And in he said she said, the US is calling it a complete fabrication
• Israel continues their attacks on Lebanon
• Five people were found alive in a cave in Laos after being trapped for a week due to flooding. Two more are still missing
• In Texas, Ken Paxton will be going against James Talarico for Senate
• DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin is drafting plans to suspend international traveler and cargo processing at major airports within sanctuary cities due to his immigration crackdowns
• President Biden is suing the DOJ to block the release of audio and transcripts of the President’s interview with a ghostwriter for his biography
• Trump has just appointed Pam Bondi to the Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology which is an AI Advisory role. News this morning is also that Pam is recovering from thyroid cancer treatment
• News for California, job growth in California accounted for 92% of the growth of the nation’s job creation this year
• There has been a lot of recent talk of an ICE Detention center in Gilroy, CA. I received news last night that that facility will actually be a processing facility for an ice detention center that will be in Dublin, CA.
• ICE detainees are dying by suicide at an alarming rate
• The LEGO Foundation has donated $97M to expand the International Rescue Committee’s programs to bring play-based learning to more children in conflict zones
• A new study shows that dancing is a great way to stay healthy

Kitchen Briefs - May 26, 2026 PM

• The Israeli Army is issuing more forced displacements in Lebanon telling citizens to flee for their lives. Israeli attacks have killed another 31 today, injured 10 and have killed at least 2 more in Gaza
• The Pentagon is knocking the DNC over their now deleted Memorial Day post calling it classless
• South Carolina Senate has rejected Trump’s call to redraw congressional maps
• Equipment is being set up on the White House lawn for the traditional July 4th UFC match
• Trump has announced that his physical today was perfect!
• A new video of RFK Jr shows him picking up two black racer snakes off Dr Oz’s patio
• Stephen Colbert has launched a YouTube channel
• Ball State University has to pay a former employee $225K and allow for work references to be made for violating her First amendment rights

Kitchen Briefs - May 26, 2026 AM

• The US has struck Iran again claiming self defense. The US target missile sites and boats attempting to place mines
• A source on the Iranian negotiating team says that one point Iran wants is $24B in frozen assets to be released to them
• Israel continues to attack Lebanon and Gaza and Netanyahu vows to intensify strikes against Hezbollah…even since that means taking innocent lives along the way apparently
• Federal courts have blocked Alabama’s redistricting plans that would have helped Republicans
• The Trump administration doesn’t trust federal workers and is proposing NDAs to crack down on leaks to journalists
• Yesterday, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill and Senator Andy Kim spent the day at the Delaney Hall detention center where detainees are on a hunger strike. Senator Kim was pepper sprayed by ICE agents
• Almost 90 drones fell from the sky in Sydney Australia after a light show malfunction
• Trump is going in for a physical and dental exam at Walter Reed today marking his 3rd for just this year
• It’s voting day in Texas

Kitchen Briefs - May 25, 2026

• Trump is posting a long rant about the Abraham Accords and demanding all middle eastern countries sign on to it
• Israel continues to attack Lebanon with more lives lost
• Thank you to Under The Desk News for bringing to light that the newest Trump family member, Bettina Anderson's father was Epstein's banker!
• AG Todd Blanche at the DOJ has just filed a new lawsuit to get the ballroom funded
• Pope Leo raises AI concerns and calls for regulation as he ponders the future of humanity. He also apologized for the Vatican’s role in legitimizing slavery
• Have a meaningful Memorial Day. A reminder that Memorial Day isn’t a right or left day. It’s an American day

Kitchen Briefs - May 24, 2026

• Trump is instructing negotiators to not rush into a deal with Iran because apparently "time is on our side"
• Trump is positing more weird stuff on Truth Social
• Israel has carried out another 40 strikes in Lebanon today
• A 2nd Ebola treatment center operated by Doctors Without Borders has been set ablaze in Congo with 18 suspected cases fleeing
• Shooter suspect, 21 year old Nasire Best, was known to Secret Service and local police
• Today, 4 years ago was the mass shooting at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, TX
• My friend Slade of The` Dad Briefs posted an incredible recipe called the Mango Mussolini Martini

Kitchen Briefs - May 23, 2026

• Breaking news between 20 and 30 shots were fired near the White House. Reporters on the lawn were rushed inside to the briefing room and secret service says 2 have been shot.
• Negotiations continue this weekend between the US and Iran with Iran saying it’s time consuming
• Israeli attacks in Lebanon have wounded 25 healthcare workers and killed at least 5 more civilians. In Gaza, attacks today killed 5 police officers
• Everyone is back in DC and Polymarket bets on Cuba are up
• France has joined Poland in banning Israel’s national security minister from entering their country after the abductions and torture of flotilla activists
• At least 82 people have been killed in a coal mine explosion in China
• Russia has launched a missile attack on Kyiv
• 40K people in Garden Grove, CA, have been evacuated due to a chemical tank leak in which authorities are trying to prevent a storage tank from exploding
• Yesterday an explosion at a Staten Island shipyard killed 1 and injured 36 others
• The DOJ has scrubbed its website of press releases concerning January 6ers saying it’s partisan propaganda
• New York Giants Quarterback Jaxson Dart introduced Trump at a rally in New York
• Trump is posting weird stuff on Truth Social today
• An FDA analysis found that no child deaths were linked to the covid vaccine
• Rapper Rob Base who is famous for It Takes Two has passed away at the age of 59 after battling cancer

Kitchen Briefs - May 22, 2026 PM

• Tulsi Gabbard has resigned from being Director of National Intelligence
• A judge has dismissed the human smuggling charges against Kilmer Abgrego Garcia
• The Trump administration is now requiring non-citizens on temporary visas to return home to apply for green cards unless there are extraordinary circumstances
• Donnie Jr and Bettina got married today at her twin sister’s house in West Palm Beach
• OpenAI model has disproved Erdò's Geometry conjecture after 80 years. This is stunning mathematicians as the biggest breakthrough in mathematics yet
• California Gubernatorial Race
• As we head into this 3 day weekend which because of Memorial day, I’d like to remind you to find some time on Monday to remember those who have died for us
• My shirt is from Kind Cotton

Kitchen Briefs - May 22, 2026 AM

• An Israeli attack in Lebanon today has killed six, including 2 rescuers and a Syrian child
• Flotilla activists who have been released are reporting rape and torture after their Israeli abductions. Several activists were hospitalized with 15 reporting sexual assault, being shot by rubber bullets, broken bones and being denied basic legal rights. 430 people from 50 vessels were abducted by Israeli forces this week in International waters
• Trump is sending 5,000 troops to Poland despite last week saying he was reducing troops in Europe
• According to ProPublica and the NY Times the IRS says Trump improperly claimed the same tax losses twice on his Chicago tower project which surprisingly flopped, potentially exposing him to more than $100 million in taxes, penalties, and interest
• Trump said he gave up a lot of money in “allowing” the Anti Weaponization Fund to go forward and he’s helping others
• CNN reported this morning that consumer sentiment is at the lowest of all times
• The Pentagon has released more videos and documents of UFO files
• Donnie Jr is getting married this weekend to Bettina Anderson
• Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is having to pay Brittany Brown $435K after they fired her over being alerted by Libs of TikTok that she had reposted a meme on her personal Instagram account that said Charlie Kirk wouldn’t care about children being shot in school

Kitchen Briefs - May 21, 2026 PM

• Nascar driver Kyle Busch has died at the age of 41. Busch was hospitalized earlier today due to a severe illness. Kyle leaves behind his wife and two young children
• Marco Rubio says that Cuba is a national security threat to which Cuba says Rubio is trying to instigate military aggression
• Rubio also said he sees some good signs in talks with Iran but won’t say what they are.
• The US has lost or damaged at least 42 aircraft in the War in Iran
• Israel has struck a Lebanese hospital wounding at least 9 including 7 hospital workers
• Senators just left for recess without voting on the $70B bill to fund ICE and CBP because they’re at an impasse over The Anti Weaponization Fund
• Meta has settled the first case over school costs tied to youth mental health blamed on the addiction of social media with Kentucky’s Breathitt County School District
• The House Oversight Committee interviewed Epstein's former assistant Sarah Kellen who identified 3 more individuals previously unknown as alleged participants in the abuse
• The executive order I mentioned this morning no AI has been canceled
• A federal arts commission approved a revised version of President Donald Trump’s proposed 250-foot triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery
• My current read is Emily Giffin's upcoming novel, Love You More

Kitchen Briefs - May 21, 2026 AM

• Iran is currently reviewing the US’s response to a proposed ceasefire framework. A US intel report says that Iran is rebuilding their military faster than expected
• Italy is asking the EU to sanction Israel’s far right minister over the treatment of flotilla activists while Poland is banning him from their country. The US, the UK, France and Canada have also all expressed outrage. Israel says all activists have been deported
• Israeli attacks are hitting multiple towns in Lebanon today and at least 4 more Palestinians have died in attacks across Gaza
• World Central Kitchen says it is scaling back Gaza food operations over funding pressures
• Republicans are not aligning with the Trump ally fund
• Another executive order is expected today establishing voluntary government review of AI models before public release
• Elon Musk’s new $1B compensation plan from SpaceX requires him to establish a permanent human colony on Mars with at least 1M inhabitants
• Tonight the Late Show with Stephen Colbert show will air for the last time
• The DNC has released it’s autopsy report of what went wrong in the Presidential election
• Check out Under The Desk News’ LIVE from earlier with PoliticsGirl Leigh McGowan