Kitchen Briefs - August 12, 2026 PM

Kitchen Briefs - August 12, 2026 PMCorrection on this morning: Darline Graham heads to a runoffThe Israeli army is carrying out an air attack on Gaza along with bombs and demolitions in LebanonThe Israeli defense minister pledged today indefinite military presence in Lebanon, Syria and GazaAn Israeli rights group says settlers are accelerating ethnic cleansing in the occupied West BankIran says that claims and repeated posts by the US saying the Strait of Hormuz is no longer blocked does not change the reality that it’s blocked and will remain blocked until their conditions are acceptedMajor Russian grain export terminals have been hit in a Ukraine Black Sea port attack Sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are facing even worse conditions than originally reported. Their deployment began November 21st and was expected to be done in May but has been extended indefinitely. Reports from the Military Times and family members are that in addition to a lack of food, water, laundry outages and more, some sailors have attempted to jump overboard and inflict self-harmThe attorneys for Tyler Robinson who is accused of killing Charlie Kirk are arguing that he shouldn’t face the death penaltyI shared last week how a Texas law firm was offered a $150M federal contract to represent migrant children and the firm has ties to the guy in the White House. Well, they’ve said no thanks Karoline Leavitt has resigned as White House Press secretary saying she wants to spend more time with her kids2 people are dead after a military helicopter crashed in Central Texas New York City Council is launching an investigation into marketing schemes of 4 prediction market platforms that include Polymarket and KalshiThe LA Lakers have just sold for a record $12.5B to ex Disney CEO Bob Iger and Jared Kushner’s brother Josh