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The President's Daily Brief
Each morning, the President of the United States receives a highly classified briefing on the most important issues facing the country -- The President's Daily Brief. Now you can hear your very own PDB, in the form of a podcast, every morning at 6am Eastern, and every afternoon at 4pm Eastern. You'll get 20 minutes of the most important topics of the day and why you should care, arming you with what you need to know to help solve America's most pressing challenges. Former CIA Operations Officer…
Episodes
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February 12th, 2025: Is The FBI Sabotaging The Border Crackdown? & Vance To Meet With Zelensky
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: A bombshell accusation—top Trump administration officials allege the FBI deliberately leaked ICE operation…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | February 11th, 2025: Trump Threatens ‘All Hell Will Break Loose’ In Gaza & U.S. Starts Venezuela Deportations
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: President Trump issues a major ultimatum to Hamas, warning that if hostages aren’t released by Saturday, “all…
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February 11th, 2025: U.S. Spy Planes Target Drug Cartels & Trump Announces New Tariffs
In this episode of The President’s Daily Brief: The U.S. military has ramped up surveillance of Mexican drug cartels, with nearly 20 spy plane flights in the…
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PDB afternoon Bulletin | February 10th, 2025: Hamas Suspends Hostage Exchanges Indefinitely & Trump Talks To Putin
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: Hamas has announced it is delaying the release of Israeli hostages until further notice, accusing Israel of…
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February 10th, 2025: The Very Worst Of USAID Spending & Hamas Releases Emaciated Hostages
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: The Trump administration is moving to overhaul USAID—an agency that doles out billions in foreign aid with…
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PDB Situation Report | February 8th, 2025: Trump Takes A Wrecking Ball To USAID & Declassifies JFK Files
In this episode of PDB Situation Report: The Trump administration moves to reform the federal government, setting its sights on USAID; the agency responsible…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | February 7th, 2025: Soros-Backed Station Exposes ICE Agents & Alaska Plane Vanishes
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: Sabotage against immigration enforcement? A Soros-backed radio station broadcast ICE agents’ locations live on…
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February 7th, 2025: Trump Prepares Long-Awaited Peace Plan To End Ukraine War & North Korea's Major Leap In Ballistic Missile Technology
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: First, we'll discuss reports that the Trump administration is preparing to unveil their long-anticipated peace…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | February 6th, 2025: Zelensky Reveals Conditions For Ending The War & Israel Prepares For Palestinian Exodus From Gaza
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, we’ll begin in Ukraine, where President Volodymyr Zelensky has requested that the U.S. provide Kyiv with…
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February 6th, 2025: ICE Takes Down Violent Venezuelan Gang & Trump’s Gaza Proposal Sparks Pushback
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: ICE takes the fight to one of the world’s most dangerous criminal gangs. Agents raided a Tren de Aragua…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | February 5th, 2025: Trump Threatens To 'Obliterate' Iran & CIA Offers Buyouts To Entire Workforce
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, we’ll look at a wild press conference from President Donald Trump, where he warned Iran that he has left…
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February 5th, 2025: Guantanamo Opens For Business & Trump Restores ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: America’s crackdown on illegal migration ramps up as the first deportation flights to Guantanamo Bay take off…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | February 4th, 2025: Mexico's Cartel Crackdown & China's Retaliatory Tariffs
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, we’ll begin in Mexico, where authorities are beginning to crack down on the country’s violent drug…
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February 4th, 2025: Mexican Cartels Order Drone Attacks On Border Patrol & Denmark Signals Openness on Greenland
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: We start at America’s southern border, where Mexican drug cartels are reportedly ordering attacks on U.S…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | February 3rd, 2025: Mexico & Panama Capitulate To US Demands & Trump Moves To Gut Major US Aid Agency
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, President Donald Trump’s unique foreign policy strategy is starting to yield results, as Mexico partially…
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February 3rd, 2025: Trump Launches Purge Of The FBI & US Forces Strike ISIS
In this episode of The President’s Daily Brief: The Department of Justice orders a sweeping purge of FBI officials, targeting agents involved in Trump-related…
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PDB Special Bulletin: Mike Baker Speaks with Mike Slater About Trump's 'America First' Economics
President Trump has made it clear America must come first in the global trade economy. What does that mean for competition with China and Russia? Mike Slater…
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PDB Situation Report | February 1st, 2025: Is Iran Setting A ‘Trump Trap’? & America’s Own ‘Iron Dome’ System
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: Iranian leaders are reportedly instructing their proxy forces to hold back, fearing they may provoke President…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | January 31st, 2025: Trump Readies Crippling Tariffs Against Canada And Mexico & Tensions Escalate With Russia Over The Arctic
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, President Trump said Thursday he plans to make good on his threats against Mexico and Canada, and will…
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January 31st, 2025: Chaos Erupts During Gaza Hostage Exchange & Rubio Prepares For First Foreign Test As America's Top Diplomat
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: We'll start things off with an update on the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, where three more…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | January 30th, 2025: Plane Collides With Army Black Hawk In Deadly DC Crash & Trump Preps Guantanamo Bay For 30,000 Criminal Migrants
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, tragic news out of Washington, DC, where an American Airlines plane carrying 64 people suffered a midair…
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January 30th, 2025: Iran Warns Proxies: Don’t Provoke Trump & Syria Demands Reparations From Russia
In this episode of The President’s Daily Brief: Iran has ordered its proxy forces across the Middle East to lay low, as the regime grows increasingly concerned…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | January 29th, 2025: Trump Axes $50 Million For Condoms In Gaza & Ukraine Gets Major Delivery Of Patriot Missile Interceptors
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, as they work to trim waste across government agencies, the Trump administration has pulled $50 million…
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January 29th, 2025: How Trump Is Shaking Up The US Military & A Russian Hit Job in Germany
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: President Trump issues a wave of executive orders reshaping the U.S. military—banning transgender service…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | January 28th, 2025: Mexican Cartel Gunmen Open Fire On Border Agents & Trump Orders Pentagon To Build US 'Iron Dome'
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, we’ll begin at the U.S. southern border, where US Border Patrol agents came under fire on Monday from…
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January 28th, 2025: Is Russia’s Economy Cracking? & Hamas Hostage Tragedy
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: A fresh blow for President Vladimir Putin as the European Union extends sanctions against Russia, raising…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | January 27th, 2025: Trump Pressures Colombia Into Submission & Violence Erupts In Lebanon Amid Ceasefire Extension
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, the Trump administration claimed a victory over Colombia this weekend after forcing the country to…
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January 27th, 2025: Denmark Reportedly ‘Freaked Out’ Over Trump Greenland Call & US Pauses Foreign Aid
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: Reports emerge of a fiery clash between President Trump and Denmark’s Prime Minister over Greenland, with…
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PDB Situation Report | January 25th, 2025: The Border Crackdown Has Already Begun & Trump Cleans House in DC
In this episode of The PDB Situation Report: President Trump begins his second term with sweeping actions on the southern border, including executive orders to…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | January 24th, 2025: Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire Faces Major Test & Syria's Islamist Rulers Issue Warning To Jerusalem
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, tensions are once again flaring with Hezbollah, as Israeli leaders say they will not withdraw their…
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January 24th, 2025: Russian Spy Ship Taunts Britain & Trump Floats New Iranian Nuclear Deal
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: We'll kick things off in Europe, where threats to the continent's critical undersea cables are intensifying, as…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | January 23rd, 2025: Trump To Deploy 10,000 Troops To Southern Border & Iran Floors The Gas On Their Nuclear Ambitions
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, we’ll begin at the U.S. southern border, where President Donald Trump plans to deploy some 10,000 troops…
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January 23rd, 2025: Trump Gives Putin An Ultimatum & The Stargate Project Explained
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: Donald Trump warns Vladimir Putin of massive tariffs and sanctions if no deal is reached to end the war in…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | January 22nd, 2025: Trump's Immigration Crackdown Begins & Zelensky Calls On Europe To Commit 200,000 Peacekeeping Troops
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, we’ll begin with President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown, as the U.S. Mexico border…
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January 22nd, 2025: The Trump Purge Begins & Biden Pardons a Murderer
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: President Donald Trump has launched a sweeping removal of Biden appointees from his administration, starting…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | January 21st, 2025: Hamas Reasserts Control Over Gaza & Trump Reverses Biden Policy With Cuba Crackdown
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, we'll discuss a Wall Street Journal report that details how, in the hours following the start of the…
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January 21st, 2025: Putin Issues ‘World War III’ Warning to Trump & Houthi Rebels Back Down
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: The world reacts to Donald Trump’s inauguration, with Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulating him on…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | January 20th, 2025: Trump's Deluge Of Executive Orders, Biden's Preemptive Pardons, & Israel Releases 90 Palestinian Prisoners
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to kick off his second term in office by signing as many as…
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January 20th, 2025: Hostages Released in Israel & TikTok In Limbo
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: A ceasefire is now in effect between Israel and Hamas, with the release of the first three hostages in exchange…
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PDB Situation Report | January 18th, 2025: Gaza Ceasefire Deal Reached & Why Greenland Matters
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: A major breakthrough in the Middle East as Israel and Hamas strike a deal to halt the fighting in Gaza. We’ll…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | January 17th, 2025: Israel's Ceasefire With Hezbollah Risks Collapse & US Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, as momentum builds behind finalizing the breakthrough ceasefire agreement in Gaza, advisors to…
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January 17th, 2025: Rubio’s Foreign Policy Vision & Israel’s Nuclear Sabotage
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: Senate confirmation hearings in Washington, D.C., reveal insights into President Donald Trump’s foreign policy…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | January 16th, 2025: Last Minute Crisis For Gaza Ceasefire Deal & Russia's Schemes To Lure Indians To Ukraine's Front Lines
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, it appears the breakthrough ceasefire deal reached yesterday between Israel and Hamas is already at risk…
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January 16th, 2025: Israel, Hamas Reach Ceasefire Deal In Gaza & Biden's Parting Gift To Cuba Angers Democrats
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: We'll begin in the Middle East, where after 15-months of war, Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | January 15th, 2025: Impeached South Korean President Arrested & The Threats Facing Trump's Inauguration
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: Today, we’ll begin in South Korea, where impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol has been arrested as the fallout…
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January 15th, 2025: French Troops to Ukraine? & A Russian Mercenary in Texas
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: Ongoing talks between Paris and Kyiv could see French troops deployed to Ukraine, even as the war with Russia…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | January 14th, 2025: Gaza Ceasefire Reaches Final Stages & DC Braces For Trump's Historic Inauguration
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, we’ll have the latest on the elusive ceasefire in Gaza, as reports indicate that a tentative agreement…
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January 14th, 2025: Russia And Iran Sign Historic Partnership & China Builds Taiwan Invasion Barges
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: The growing partnership between Russia and Iran, as the Islamic Republic engages in secret talks with Moscow to…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | January 13th, 2025: Iran's Underground Missile Cities & Gaza Ceasefire Breakthrough
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, an update out of Iran, where the Islamic regime recently released footage of so-called underground…
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January 13th, 2025: The Grim Reality For North Koreans in Russia & Gaza Ceasefire Hopes
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: We begin in Russia, where the diary of a dead North Korean soldier reveals the grim conditions faced by…
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A PDB Special Announcement: Mike Baker’s Big Adventure
In this special episode of The President’s Daily Brief, Mike Baker announces an exciting journey to the Middle East, where he’ll be trekking through the…
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PDB Situation Report | January 11th, 2025: Ukrainian Counter-Offensive & South Korea's Political Crisis
In this episode of The PDB Situation Report: We begin with a surprising counter-offensive by Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk region, targeting critical…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | January 10th, 2025: Calmer Winds Offer Hope Amid LA Wildfires & Trump Reveals Meeting With Putin Is Being Arranged
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, we’ll continue our coverage of the historic wildfires tearing through Los Angeles, as a weekend of calmer…
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January 10th, 2025: Iranian General Accuses Russia of Betrayal & Maduro’s Protest Problem
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: A top Iranian General accuses Russia of betrayal, alleging their jets bombed empty deserts while claiming…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | January 9th, 2025: LA Wildfires Intensify & Israel Mulls Plan To Break Up Syria
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, we’ll begin with an update on the devastating fires in Los Angeles, where firefighters are battling to…
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January 9th, 2025: World Reacts To Trump's Threats Of Expansion & Russia's Troop Losses Fuel Fears Of Population Collapse
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: We’ll begin with an update on President-elect Donald Trump’s bombshell press conference on Tuesday, as world…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | January 8th, 2025: Trump Suggests US Could Take Greenland, Panama Canal By Force & Multiple Wildfires Tear Through Los Angeles County
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, President-elect Donald Trump gave a wild press conference on Tuesday where he spoke about his intent to…
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January 8th, 2025: Iran Retreats From Syria & Zelensky’s Approval Crisis
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: We begin in Syria, where the nation struggles to return to normalcy as Iran largely withdraws—marking a major…
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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | January 7th, 2025: Will Trump Strike Iran's Nuclear Program? & Biden Frees Gitmo Prisoners For Resettlement In Oman
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, we’ll look at Donald Trump’s plans for the Iranian regime, as Israeli officials say they are confidant…
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January 7th, 2025: Trudeau Announces His Resignation & Hezbollah Ceasefire on the Brink
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: Major news from Canada as Justin Trudeau announces his resignation as Prime Minister after nearly a decade in…