Kitchen Briefs - July 28, 2026AM

Kitchen Briefs - July 28, 2026 AMTrump 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 HormuzTrump 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 dayOman has sent a proposal to Iran for a joint regional mechanism to manage the Strait of Hormuz with voluntary feesIsrael 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 IsraelIsrael’s Defence Minister said he has issued instructions to expand the scope of the military assault on the occupied West Bank3 more Palestinians were killed and 14 injured by Israeli attacks on GazaNetanyahu is meeting with Trump and also meeting separately with ZelenskyToday is the funeral for Lindsey GrahamA 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit south west Japan today and a shopping mall has collapsed trapping many peopleUganda has declared itself ebola free as the last patient was discharged in mid-JuneThe administration notified Congress last week that it intends to spend $175.8M to replace outdated and aging undersea telecommunications cables in the Caribbean and Central America to prevent China from moving inThe Federal Transit Administration hasn’t approved a single new infrastructure grant under the Capital Investments GrantsThe Tate brothers will spend at least the next two weeks in a US jail until their extradition hearing