Kitchen Briefs

Kitchen Briefs - August 24, 2026 AM The Gaza death toll has increased by another 8 people including two children and Israel is launching more strikes across southern Lebanon Iran’s currency has dropped to a record low as the US is about to announce more sanctions Trump is posting on Truth Social claiming the radical left democrats are going crazy with fake polls to try to demoralize Republicans an...

Kitchen Briefs - August 23, 2026 Israeli forces and settlers continue to attack the occupied West Bank with drones and raids. Two more Palestinians have been killed, a 14 year old was shot and killed, and 7 more have been wounded. Dozens of settlers backed by Israeli forces are also breaking into mosque compounds to perform Jewish prayer rituals Iran has announced a major gas discovery worth tens...

Kitchen Briefs - August 22, 2026 Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary says that the recklessness of the guy in the white house has only increased the desire of people around the world to acquire nuclear weapons Israel continues to attack Lebanon with drones, warplanes and tear gas The Israeli military claims it has killed a Hamas commander during an air strike on a home Canada has sa...

Kitchen Briefs - August 21, 2026 PM The newest report from the Lebanese Ministry of Health says at least 4,348 people have been killed in Israeli attacks Israel continues to attack Lebanon Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts signed a temporary order allowing construction on the ballroom to continue DHS confirmed that only 185 noncitizens voted in Nevada The Pentagon fired the editor in chief...

Kitchen Briefs - August 21, 2026 AM Turkey has requested an Interpol red notice for Netanyahu and Moskovitch over the Gaza bound Global-Freedom Flotilla China says the new US sanctions on Iran will not resolve anything and is calling for dialogue between Iran and the US Israeli settlers shot and killed a 17 year old boy in the occupied West Bank The Israeli army is setting off massive explosions r...

Kitchen Briefs - August 20, 2026 PM 94% of the population of Gaza are in need of shelter aid which is 1.98M Palestineans. Nearly 2/3s are living in tents or makeshift shelters The US is imposing new sanctions on Hezbollah and re-designating it as a global terrorist The US has told China to get with the program over the proposed sanctions on Iran Oil prices are up Russia has put Conor Kennedy, son...

Kitchen Briefs - August 20, 2026 AM Trump posted on Truth Social last night declaring the most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country Turkey, Egypt and Qatar have joined in condemning Israeli attacks on Gaza Qatar’s foreign minister is calling for a halt to blackmail in the Strait of Hormuz The Israeli army is firing heavy artillery in Lebanon CENTCOM has confirmed that the USS...

Kitchen Briefs - August 19, 2026 PM The UK is calling on Israel to ensure significantly more aid to Gaza Bahrain, Jordan and the UK have condemned Israeli attacks on Syria’s air base Senator Chris Van Hollen says Israeli forces must be held accountable for 500 war crimes in Gaza At least 3 more people have been killed by Israeli explosives in southern Lebanon Trump says the US might resume talks w...

Kitchen Briefs - August 19, 2026 AM Israeli military is claiming attacks overnight in Gaza City killing 9 including the women’s police chief. Hamas is calling it a war crime Two men have been killed in Lebanon by an explosion of munition that Israeli forces left behind The Israeli Army has ordered a criminal investigation into the killing of a 5 year old Palestinian girl in Gaza along with her fam...

Kitchen Briefs - August 18, 2026 PM This morning I shared that the UAE had detected incoming missiles. They were two ballistic missiles that targeted maritime navigation and fell into the sea launched from Iran. Iran’s foreign ministry is dismissing the accusation as baseless The UAE has announced that all trade, commercial exchange and financial transactions with Iran have been halted until furth...

Kitchen Briefs - August 18, 2026 AM Trump posted on Truth Social an image of the Strait of Hormuz with a circle and the title of New U.S. Territory. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson called him delusional Iran claims the US is begging to talk and and accused Israel of doing everything it could to sabotage and prevent the original memorandum of understanding from happening. The IRGC deputy comma...

Kitchen Briefs - August 17, 2026 PM Iranian forces have detained at least 2 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank after searching 100 buildings interrogating Palestinians on suspicion of planning attacks Israeli troops have stormed a rehabilitation hospital in Bethlehem in the West Bank Jared Kushner wrapped up his talks and went on Fox News saying if Hamas voluntarily surrenders its weapons and...

Kitchen Briefs - August 17, 2026 AM Trump says Iran should wave the white flag but that he has no timeline and isn’t in any hurry Trump has decided to scale back military drills in South Korea The Houthis are claiming an attack on Saudi vessels in the Red Sea At least 5 more Palestinians have been killed and 18 injured in new Israeli attacks on the Gaza strip Russia and Ukraine continue to trade m...

Kitchen Briefs - August 16, 2026 The death toll in Lebanon due to Israeli invasion since March 2nd is at 4,346 and includes men, women, children and medical workers Jared Kushner has arrived in Egypt to meet with Hamas and discuss a peace plan before he heads off to meet with Netanyahu Iran has placed a $30,000 bounty for any Iranian who kills or captures an American soldier Israel’s genocidal war...

Kitchen Briefs - August 15, 2026 Iran says the waterway blockade will continue until the US accepts defeat At least 11 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon Israel is accusing Hezbollah of deliberately placing civilians in harm's way after they attacked Lebanon and are continuing to attack Lebanon right now A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia killing 47 people...

Kitchen Briefs - August 14, 2026 PM Trump said today that pretty soon he’ll declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory. Iran's deputy foreign minister responded and said the strait cannot be seized by tweet. Trump said that gas is at $4 and he’ll never apologize Trump also said the USS Lincoln deployment was not nearly long enough An air traffic controller in Phoenix acted quickly when he heard t...

Kitchen Briefs - August 14, 2026 AM Treasury Secretary Bessent says the US will apply economic measures against Iran that have never been seen before Iranian forces say they intercepted a MQ-9 drone An Iranian cleric says the US failed to destroy Iran’s missile capabilities which has humiliated America and will continue to do so Two more Palestinians have been wounded by Israeli military gunfire l...

Kitchen Briefs - August 13, 2026 PM According to Secretary Hegseth, the US says it can maintain its blockade on Iran indefinitely by rotating its aircraft carriers An Israeli strike on a car has killed the Gaza City head of police A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the guy in the White House’s administration that alleged Harvard university failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students I shared yes...

Kitchen Briefs - August 13, 2026 AM The Iranian intelligence ministry has said two members “affiliated with American and Israeli intelligence agencies” were killed during a confrontation with security forces in the southeast of the country Iran’s Foreign Minister said the US “has long miscalculated due to intelligence failures,” including when launching its war on Iran Israel has killed at least o...

Kitchen Briefs - August 12, 2026 PM Correction on this morning: Darline Graham heads to a runoff The Israeli army is carrying out an air attack on Gaza along with bombs and demolitions in Lebanon The Israeli defense minister pledged today indefinite military presence in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza An Israeli rights group says settlers are accelerating ethnic cleansing in the occupied West Bank Iran sa...

Kitchen Briefs - August 12, 2026 AM The Houthis have launched another attack in Yemen at a strategic port Two more Palestinians have been injured in more Israeli attacks on the Gaza strip The Israeli military has arrested 3 Palestinians including a journalist in raids of the occupied West Bank and have blown up and destroyed a public school in southern Lebanon The 14 point Memorandum of Understand...

Kitchen Briefs - August 11, 2026 PM Pakistan’s Interior Minister has arrived in Iran for mediation efforts between Iran and the US US Central Command said it’s fired two Hellfire missiles at a Panama flagged cargo ship after it ignored warnings and attempted to sail towards an Iranian port The UN is warning that the occupied West Bank is at the breaking point with over 3800 Palestinians displaced,...

Kitchen Briefs - August 11, 2026 AM Yemen’s Houthis attacked a ship in the Red Sea killing 3 Iran launched a missile in northeast Iraq’s Kurdish region Israel is claiming to have killed a Hamas sniper in northern Gaza An Israeli drone targeting paramedics has injured one in Lebanon Zelensky says that Russia is using North Korean missiles to strike Ukraine Oil prices are back up Last month when Tru...

Kitchen Briefs - August 10, 2026 PM Trump has said the US will seek compensation from Iran for all the people they have killed in many conflicts In regards to responding to Netanyahu, Trump said he’d reply via Truth Social A 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit Colombia and has killed at least 111 Trump claimed today that our children are getting vats of vaccines so he’s signing an executive order to limi...

Kitchen Briefs - August 10, 2026 AM Israeli forces open fired in southern Lebanon and have injured at least 6 people in Gaza Yemen’s Houthis have attacked a port in the Red Sea killing at least 7 Iran says it will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the US meets specific conditions such as compensation, ending military threats and lifting sanctions At least 13 have been killed in a Ukrainian dro...