Kitchen Briefs - September 12, 2026

Kitchen Briefs - September 12, 2026 Israel continues to launch air strikes on southern Lebanon Emergency alerts are going off in Saudi Arabia warning of potential danger At least 10 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks on Gaza in the past 48 hours Ireland’s president has told the guy in the white house that the normalization of war and genocide is not acceptable Iraqi investigators are searching for the drone launch sites after Saudi Arabia’s main oil pipeline was attacked. The attack is being blamed on Iran backed militias in Iraq The July Iranian missile that killed 3 US troops in Jordan utilize Chinese satellite technology A federal judge has blocked the administration from requiring civil service job applicants to answer a loyalty question as part of the Merit Hiring Plan A federal judge has ruled that the plan by Trump to cut FEMA by 50% was unlawful Trump is in Ireland Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick claims the $5,000 Trump is promising American adults if Republicans win the midterms wouldn’t come from tax money Anthropic's CEO says the AI industry needs to give safety measures time to catch up Mississippi police have arrested one man in the murder of Tasia Fortune who was found last month hanging from a tree Ted Cruz was on ESPN’s College GameDay and you could hear the fans behind him chanting Ted you suck The conservative group called Defending Education has filed a complaint with the Dept of Education against an Oakland Unified program that offers mentorship and academic support to Latino male teenagers saying it discriminates against white students The CDC is claiming cyclospora is over A federal judge has just ordered ICE to halt construction on the proposed detention center in Gilroy For San Jose, I shared the arrest of Lindsay Hansen. She was arraigned yesterday and has a plea hearing on September 29th