Kitchen Briefs - May 13, 2026 PM
- VP Vance says he believes progress is being made in negotiations with Iran
- Vance announced the deferment of $1.3B in medicaid reimbursements from California because he says California hasn’t taken fraud seriously and because people are being prescribed drugs they don’t even need
- A member of Iran’s negotiating team said the two demands from the US are the Complete opening of the Strait of Hormuz and the withdrawal of all 60 percent-enriched material from Iran
- The Pentagon is busy coming up with a new name for the War in Iran if the ceasefire fails and right now Operation Sledgehammer is winning
- Another war powers resolution was put to vote in the Senate today and once again didn’t pass BUT Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska joined Republicans Susan Collins of Maine and Rand Paul of Kentucky for the first time to vote with Democrats against the war
- I shared on Monday on "What's Going On In The House?" how Interior Secretary Burgum is defending his proposed cuts. Representative Jared Huffman schooled him!
- Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has called for a special session to redraw some district maps
- Kevin Warsh was confirmed today to replace Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Chair
- Kouri Richins, an author who wrote a children’s book about grief after her husband died was found guilty today of murdering him
- Researchers are warning that the US is in a reading recession with our kids. Join Pizza Hut's Book It Program
