Kitchen Briefs

Kitchen Briefs - May 15, 2026 PM The ceasefire in Lebanon has been extended 45 days but Israel killed another 11 people and injured 3 more paramedics. Israel says they have killed Hamas’ top military commander in Gaza today A judge has declared a mistrial for Harvey Weinstein after the jury was deadlocked Turns out Elon Musk didn’t go alone to China…he brought along his son Those who were travelin...

Kitchen Briefs - May 15, 2026 AM Israel has issued new forced orders for 4 Lebanese villages making Lebanese citizens of nearly 100 villages displaced. New attacks today have killed another 6 Lebanese Trump is heading back to the US. He told reporters on Air Force One that in regards to Iran’s missile launchers, “we’re hitting them like pinatas” Congressman Ed Case told a Senate committee that the...

Kitchen Briefs - May 14, 2026 PM Hezbollah targeted Israeli soldiers in north Israel and Israel is reporting several Israeli civilians were injured China has vowed not to provide military equipment to Iran China has agreed to purchase 200 Boeing Jets 4 Palestinians have been killed due to Israeli strikes in Gaza with more wounded, including children A new giant dinosaur fossil has been found in Th...

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 Le...

Kitchen Briefs - May 13, 2026 PM VP Vance says he believes progress is being made in negotiations with Iran Vance announced the deferment of $1.3B in medicaid reimbursements from California because he says California hasn’t taken fraud seriously and because people are being prescribed drugs they don’t even need A member of Iran’s negotiating team said the two demands from the US are the Complete o...

Kitchen Briefs - May 13, 2026 AM Israeli strikes have not only killed another 12 people, including 2 children in Lebanon but they’ve also bulldozed down at least 50 Palestinian shops for a settlement road project Iran says they are on standby and ready if the ceasefire goes away The ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine is over and Russian drone attacks have already killed 13 in Ukraine Trump has a...

Kitchen Briefs - May 12, 2026 PM Trump said, "I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation." For the first time in three years inflation is outpacing wages Trump also told reporters that it won’t be long before the War in Iran ends Epstein survivors testified today in a shadow hearing The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to trump’s request to delay his payment of $83M to E. Jean Carr...

Kitchen Briefs - May 12, 2026 AM At least 3 more killed and 4 wounded in Lebanon due to Israeli attacks Iran’s chief negotiator has said the US must either accept peace terms or face failure According to CNN, Trump is frustrated so he’s thinking of restarting combat Trump posted to Truth Social images including a $100 bill, AI images of blowing up Iran’s boats and planes, Obama, Biden and Pelosi i...

Kitchen Briefs - May 11, 2026 PM Just in, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority allows Alabama to eliminate a congressional district held by a Black democrat Iran says they are ready to deliver a response to any aggression and the US will be surprised Israeli military is saying they intercepted a suspicious aerial target over southern Lebanon where their own military was occupying the area whi...

Kitchen Briefs - May 11, 2026 AM Iran foreign ministry spokesperson says the US has unreasonable demands while Trump says their response is stupid and is considering reviving Project Freedom. He said the ceasefire is on life support During a Maternal Health Care event hosted by Trump, he claimed he’s the father of fertility and then said Trump Derangement Syndrome is an actual disease. Dr Oz said...

Kitchen Briefs - May 10, 2026 Iran has sent their response to the US proposal and Trump says they’re playing games Israel continues to attack Lebanon today Israel secretly established a military base in Iraq’s western desert ahead of their attacks On Friday an email from Susie Wiles ordering White House staff to stop leaking things to the press was leaked Voice actor Hunter Peterson launched a Tik...

Kitchen Briefs - May 9, 2026 Israeli strikes in Lebanon are being called a massacre today with at least 19 people killed due to strikes on a residential building In Putin’s annual speech, he denounced NATO Canada is doubling down on work to reunite Ukrainian children 'stolen' by Russia A person has died at the Denver airport after jumping the fence and being struck by a Frontier airlines plane dur...

Kitchen Briefs - May 8, 2026 PM We are still awaiting Iran’s response to the 14 point proposal sent to them by the US Israeli strikes have killed 4 more in Lebanon Trump says Russia and Ukraine will observe a 3 day ceasefire during celebrations of the Soviet Union’s victory over nazi Germany A Virginia court has ruled their redistricting maps which citizens voted on are unconstitutional. This enco...

Kitchen Briefs - May 8, 2026 AM The US is expecting a response to their proposal from Iran today while the US claims it’s blocked 70 ships from entering or exiting Iranian ports. The ships have the capacity to hold 166M barrels of oil and is worth over $13B Israel continues drone strikes in Lebanon and has arrested a renowned Palestinain activist Mohammad Abu al-Hummus. He has been repeatedly arre...

Kitchen Briefs - May 7, 2026 PM The US has launched attacks on Iran again and please remember this is still day 69 of this war. Iran says attacks targeted two ships and civilian areas while CENTCOM claims American forces intercepted unprovoked Iranian attacks. The US says this is not an end to the ceasefire or a restart of the war The CIA says the administration is wrong about Iran, they can econo...

Kitchen Briefs - May 7, 2026 AM A Federal Judge ordered the unsealing of Epstein’s alleged suicide note yesterday US Treasury Dept has issued new sanctions on Iraqi individuals and companies who they claim have ties to Iran backed entities Israel continues to attack Lebanon while Hezbollah says they hit an Israeli bulldozer with a drone Marco Rubio met with Pope Leo while Trump claims the Pope is...

Kitchen Briefs - May 6, 2026 PM Trump claims he had some very good talks with Iran and yet a US fighter jet shot out the rudder of an Iranian oil tanker today Israel is bombing Beirut’s southern suburb Trump said his autocorrect kept changing Melania to Melody and the military fixed it for him A massive crude oil short position worth roughly $920 million was reportedly placed about 70 minutes befo...

Kitchen Briefs - May 6, 2026 AM Project Freedom has been paused due to the great progress made in the Strait. Probably the best ever but Trump said if an agreement isn’t reached, the US will start "bombing Iran at a much higher level and intensity" Oil prices have dropped and stocks rose this morning According to the Washington Post, satellite images reveal Iranian attacks caused significantly mor...

Kitchen Briefs - May 5, 2026 PM Russian attacks have killed 26 in Ukraine Secretary of State Marco Rubio played his hand today as Press Secretary A Newsmax reporter today asked Hegseth and Jt Chiefs of Staff Caine when Trump decided to capitulate on his promise to the Iranian people that they would have control of their government Iran is saying their attacks on the UAE were actually aimed for the...

Kitchen Briefs - May 5, 2026 AM Israel is extending the detention of 2 activists they took from the Gaza bound mutual aid flotilla boat until at least May 10th. They are from Spain and Brazil The UAE says it has intercepted 15 missiles and 4 drones from Iran Israel continues its attack on Lebanon and launched raids on two more towns. Since the so-called ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 834 Pa...

Kitchen Briefs - May 4, 2026 PM This is the 100th Kitchen Brief!!!! Trump is hitting social media early today sharing posts about how his ballroom is necessary, AI images of how he’s a leader because he doesn’t kneel or bow and claims he’s made the US $45B with his intel investment There’s a new documentary called Everyone Is Lying To You About Money by Ben McKenzie Hegseth will be holding a press...

Kitchen Briefs - May 4, 2026 AM Project Freedom is what Trump is calling a naval mission guiding stranded ships out of the Strait. Iran says this is a breach of the ceasefire and claim two missiles hit a US frigate which is a warship. The US denies that. The UAE is responding to Iranian drone attacks and are reporting a fire at an oil facility Israeli strikes have struck 6 new Lebanese towns and 6...

Kitchen Briefs - May 3, 2026 Trump is reviewing Iran’s proposed plan in between posting about how low IQ Bill Maher is and comparing him to a less funny Jimmy Kimmel. The IRGC says Trump “must choose between an impossible military operation or a bad deal” Israel has approved a deal to buy F35 and F15 fighter jets from Lockheed and Boeing which equates to an approximately $118B deal Russian drone s...

Kitchen Briefs - May 2, 2026 In Lebanon, the death toll after 2 months is now 2,659, with 8,183 people injured, another 41 in the last 24 hours. Israeli forces also killed 7 in Gaza in the last 24 hours with their current death toll since October 7, 2023 to 72,608. Since their so-called ceasefire in October, 828 people have been killed. Israel has also just carried out further air attacks in Leban...

Kitchen Briefs - May 1, 2026 PM Federal Appeals Court has rejected access to abortion pills via mail Trump is not happy with the new proposal from Iran and said we might just not be able to get to a deal Trump also said today that the US has already won the war but he wants to win by a bigger margin Israeli attacks have killed 12 more in Lebanon Trump said he’s hiking tariffs on cars from the EU f...