Kitchen Briefs - August 14, 2026 PM

Kitchen Briefs - August 14, 2026 PMTrump 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 apologizeTrump also said the USS Lincoln deployment was not nearly long enoughAn air traffic controller in Phoenix acted quickly when he heard two American Airlines flights with the same flight number which could have caused them to both fly at the same altitude with one arriving and one departingHomicides in the US dropped 18.1% in 2025 making it the lowest rate since 1956 Tropical Storm Lala is expected to strengthen to a hurricane before reaching Hawaii’s Big Island this weekend