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April 8th, 2026: Trump HALTS Iran Strikes Before Deadline & Russia’s Secret Support of Iran
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: President Donald Trump steps back from the brink, delaying strikes on Iran just hours before a major escalation, as a last-minute diplomatic push attempts to hold. Ukraine claims Russia is helping Iran sharpen its attacks with satellite intelligence and cyber support. Russia and China block a United Nations effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. And in today’s Back of the Brief—the CIA reportedly uses a cutting-edge, classified system to locate a downed U.S. airman in Iran by detecting the electromagnetic signature of a human heartbeat. To…
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