Kitchen Briefs - July 28, 2026AM

Kitchen Briefs - July 28, 2026 AM Trump threatened to use Iranian frozen assets to fix and replace any damage and Iran says any country using their frozen assets will not be allowed in the Strait of Hormuz Trump took some time from posting on Truth Social to call into Fox News and say once again that if talks with Iran don’t go well, he could take out most of their bridges in less than one hour and knock out the power plants within a day Oman has sent a proposal to Iran for a joint regional mechanism to manage the Strait of Hormuz with voluntary fees Israel says the US used Israeli bases to refuel and take off in recent weeks to carry out strikes on Iran because Iran is striking everywhere except Israel Israel’s Defence Minister said he has issued instructions to expand the scope of the military assault on the occupied West Bank 3 more Palestinians were killed and 14 injured by Israeli attacks on Gaza Netanyahu is meeting with Trump and also meeting separately with Zelensky Today is the funeral for Lindsey Graham A 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit south west Japan today and a shopping mall has collapsed trapping many people Uganda has declared itself ebola free as the last patient was discharged in mid-June The administration notified Congress last week that it intends to spend $175.8M to replace outdated and aging undersea telecommunications cables in the Caribbean and Central America to prevent China from moving in The Federal Transit Administration hasn’t approved a single new infrastructure grant under the Capital Investments Grants The Tate brothers will spend at least the next two weeks in a US jail until their extradition hearing