Kitchen Briefs - July 21, 2026 AM

Kitchen Briefs - July 21, 2026 AMBahrain and Kuwait are currently under Iranian attack. All citizens have been told to find a safe place. Iran again struck Kuwait’s desalination and water plantsAt least 2 more have been killed in central Gaza by an Israeli air strike on a civilian carThe Pentagon now says nearly 100 troops were injured in the last two weeksSecretary Hegseth will face Congress today as he testifies his reasoning for needing billions of dollars for the current warThe soldier killed in Iraq has been identified as 30 year old Sgt Michael Emmanuel Swinton from North Carolina. Sgt Swinton was killed while trying to disarm a droneTrump said Iran wants to meet with the US desperately, but the US has no interest in meetingOil prices are up to $90The Justice Department is investigating whether Harvard University is allowing Chinese donors to create scholarships that exclude American studentsJPMorgan and other banks are set to help finance Japan’s $550B US investmentHouse Democrats led by Congressman Jamie Raskin are investigating whether Epstein acted as a foreign agentAn appeals court blocked President Biden’s bid to have audio recordings of his ghostwriter interviews released. The Heritage Foundation filed a public records request because they want to show Biden had diminished faculties and a faulty memoryTropical Storm Bertha is on track to reach the Gulf CoastWe still haven’t seen Mitch McConnell since June 14th