Kitchen Briefs is a quick daily update on the headlines that matter. From her kitchen, Michelle Glogovac breaks down the news in three minutes or less, explaining what’s happening in politics, what it actually means, and what you should be paying attention to.
Kitchen Briefs - October 22, 2026 PM
NPR is reporting that AIPAC or the American Israel Public Affairs Committee has announced it will no longer endorse candidates or make direct PAC contributions or earmark funds for candidates
Another Israeli attack on Gaza has killed 4 more Palestinians
The EU has designated the Houthis a terrorist organization
Saudi’s Aramco says the amount of oil moving through a pipeline to bypass the Strait of Hormuz has more than tripled in volume
Trump says the US has knocked the hell out of Iran and might do it a little bit further
The New York Times is reporting that Secretary Hegseth met with Netanyahu to discuss major strikes on Iran after the midterms
A federal judge ordered the administration to stop investigating noncitizen voters in 9 states
Trump told Vivek to keep up his ad against Amy Acton
SCOTUS today allowed New Hampshire officials to limit when voters may use a student ID to receive a ballot
New York City Council voted to ban horse horse drawn carriage rides by June 2028
Politico issued a correction in regards to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles
Actor Tom Skeritt of Picket Fences, MASH and Top Gun has died at the age of 93
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Kitchen Briefs - October 22, 2026 AM
Kitchen Briefs - October 22, 2026 AM
The IRGC has said if the US continues to urge vessels to pass through mined waterways illegally, Iran will extend confrontation to US bases
Iran claims it has hit 7 tankers
An Israeli drone strike has killed one Palestinian and wounded several others while Israeli gunfire killed a 17 year old girl in Gaza
A man with downs syndrome was killed in Syria by Israeli forces doing a raid
The remaining activists who’d been detained for harvesting olives in the West Bank have been released and are being deported from Israel
The Pentagon has given the Department of Homeland Security permission to test a military-grade heat ray and develop tactics to potentially use it in operations at the southern US border
A federal judge has ordered Trump to sit for a deposition in his defamation lawsuit against the BBC by December 11th
Last night the DOJ dropped its two appeals on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Elon Musk is threatening any Democrat who investigates him
The White House gave Politico 48 hours to retract a story about the potential replacement of Chief of Staff Susie Wiles
Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, a top Democrat who championed marijuana legalization, has been indicted with several family members on racketeering, drug distribution, and money laundering conspiracy charges
Mark Zuckerberg is threatening to leave California if the billionaire tax goes through
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the first detection of New World screwworm in U.S. wildlife in Texas
Violent storms in Phoenix, Arizona brought golf ball sized hail, falling trees and wind damage
Trump is heading to Mississippi because Scott Colom is doing an amazing job at running for Senate
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Kitchen Briefs - October 21, 2026 PM
Kitchen Briefs - October 21, 2026 PM
Qatar and France reaffirmed their support for a two-state solution in Palestine and Israel
Israeli attacks have killed seven Palestinians in Gaza in the last 24 hours
Israel continues to demolish homes in southern Lebanon
New York Democratic Congressional candidate Brad Lander has been released by Israeli authorities
Missiles have hit Kyiv
The US has ordered diplomats to depart Saudi Arabia
The Washington Post photojournalist who was attacked last week by Israeli’s is crediting Palestinian youth for saving her life
Government websites went dark worldwide after researchers and AI exposed two critical vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language
JD Vance says anyone criticizing the ad against Amy Acton should stop whining and says whether the ad is appropriate or not isn’t his concern
Illinois First Lady MK Pritzker donated $500,000 to Amy Acton’s campaign
Super PAC MAGA In has spent $277 Million since September on GOP candidates
The Supreme Court is refusing to allow the administration to immediately enforce new medical restrictions for transgender people in prison
Meta has been ordered to pay $25 billion dollars in the New Mexico
Pope Leo will not need further cancer treatment
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