Kitchen Briefs - July 21, 2026 PM

Kitchen Briefs - July 21, 2026 PMTrump is now threatening to attack the reportedly new Iranian nuclear site very heavilyTrump posted to Lies Social today stats about the length of various wars and how many deaths there wereWhat has this war cost you and I? According to Secretary Hegseth’s testimony today, it’s currently at $37.5B and he needs another $67BThe Lebanese president met with Trump today and told him he needs Israel to leave LebanonThe IRGC claims they destroyed radar systems in KuwaitKuwaitis are rationing electricity since their power grid was hit by an Iranian strike Yemen’s Houthis have declared a blockade of Saudi Arabia which has the potential to wide the war in IranSpeaker Mike Johnson says he wants more restrictions on relationships between lawmakers and staffThe Senate Intelligence Committee voted 9-8 today to advance Jay Clayton as the nominee for Director of National IntelligenceIn New Jersey it was announced that the motor vehicle commission software glitched and around 6600 non-us citizens were registered to vote between 2023 and 2024The DOJ who can’t be bothered with releasing the Epstein files is now accusing UC San Diego medical school of bias in admissions because data shows 6.18% of Black applicants were admitted versus 2.45% of white applicantsThe current administration announced today the deferral of $1B in medicaid payments to Minnesota and CaliforniaThe US sent the first humanitarian flight to Cuba today under the new aid package with 700 packages of food and hygiene kits32M in the northeast, including NYC are under a tornado watch until 9pm ET tonight as severe thunderstorms loomThe US passport was once the most powerful in the world but has since plummeted. Today, Singapore secured the top spotI’m heading out tonight to be the conversation partner for my friend Elizabeth Svoboda for her new book The Art of Pacing