Kitchen Briefs - August 4, 2026 AM

Kitchen Briefs - August 4, 2026 AMTrump says talks with Iran are underway. Treasury Secretary Bessent says the US is securing a deal with Iran to open the Strait today or tomorrow and Iran says they’re talking to Oman about the StraitTwo vessels have been struck in the Strait of Hormuz and one crew member is missing after abandoning shipTwo more Palestinians have been killed due to Israeli strikes and 10 wounded in the last 24 hours. The death toll in Gaza is now at 73,377Yemen’s Houthis say they have hit a target near an airport in Saudi ArabiaUkraine is striking Moscow and killed 5Senator Wyden of Oregon has released a new report around the bankers who not only helped Epstein but kept in close contact with him while seemingly knowing he was a sex traffickerConfirmation of Todd Blanche as attorney general is set for a vote todayA man has been arrested for arson for one of the fires in WashingtonEdwin Lopez-Cornejo, a 41 year old man from El Salvador, has died while in ICE custody at Delaney Hall in New JerseyA US district judge issued an injunction yesterday blocking New York’s law that prohibits ICE agents from wearing masksTrump is arriving today for a fundraiser dinner at his golf club in Rancho Palos Verdes. It’s voting day in Michigan Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos are teaming up to lead a $200M project to save 100 of the world’s most threatened speciesA federal appeals court ruled in favor of Arkansas’s 2023 book-ban law, overturning an injunction that prevented the law from taking effect for the past three years