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 Mike Baker hosts new episodes daily.
Episodes
July 27, 2024 • 65 mins
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief:
We'll start things off with this week's resignation of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump and her disastrous testimony before the House Oversight Committee. Former Secret Service agent Michael Matranga will join us to provide some insight.
Later in the show, it's been described as the largest IT outage in ...
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July 26, 2024 • 13 mins
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was reportedly blindsided by critical remarks made publicly by Vice President Kamala Harris following a private discussion they held earlier on Thursday. She is now facing criticism from Israeli officials, who said her remarks could jeopardize ongoing ceasefire negotiations.
Just hours before the Paris Olympic games are set to open, saboteu...
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The latest provocations from North Korea, as the US, UK and South Korea warn the Kim regime is intensifying its sprawling cyber espionage campaigns in an effort to steal sensitive western military secrets and expand its nuclear program.
Ukraine’s top diplomat met with China’s foreign minister this week to seek assistance in ending the war with Russia, as a new poll reveals growin...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a deeply divided Congress in a joint session on Wednesday, his first foreign trip since the 7 October attacks, where he warned of the existential threat posed by Iran and their proxies.
The U.S. intercepted a number of Russian and Chinese bombers in international airspace near the coast of Alaska on Wednesday, marking the first ti...
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July 25, 2024 • 22 mins
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief:
FBI Director Christopher Wray reveals new details about Thomas Crooks, the would-be assassin of President Trump, including the FBI’s analysis of Crooks' laptop and bizarre details of his internet search history.
As the presumptive presidential nominee, Kamala Harris faces renewed scrutiny over her role in overseeing the border crisis, with new details emerging about her first and o...
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In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin:
As Vice President Kamala Harris shores up support as the new presidential candidate for the Democrats, with party leaders and the mainstream media all falling in line this week, some European officials fearful of a second Trump term are expressing cautious optimism about her prospects in November.
Ahead of the opening of the summer Olympic games in Paris on Friday, French police ha...
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July 24, 2024 • 21 mins
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief:
We’ll start today in the Middle East, where details are emerging of a secret meeting between the U.S., Israel, and the United Arab Emirates reportedly to discuss plans for Gaza after the war ends. We’ll have the details.
Later in the show, we examine the rising risk of war in Europe as NATO announces it has placed half a million troops on high readiness to defend the alliance agai...
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In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin:
Questions are swirling around President Joe Biden in the wake of his decision to bow out of the presidential race, as his office cancels at least nine official trips and he extends his stay in Delaware to recover from COVID.
Embattled Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has resigned following a disastrous Congressional hearing and mounting bipartisan calls for her step down ov...
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July 23, 2024 • 23 mins
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief:
Breaking political news: Top Democrats are clearing the way for Vice President Kamala Harris to secure the party’s presidential nomination following President Biden’s announcement that he’s stepping aside. We’ll have the latest updates.
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle faced tough questions on Capitol Hill on Monday, appearing evasive and unprepared. We’ll examine the highl...
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Reactions are pouring in from across the world to President Joe Biden’s decision to step down as the Democrat nominee for president, as leaders adjust to the bombshell development in U.S. affairs.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been sentenced to 16 years in prison by the Putin regime in an unprecedented first since the Cold War.
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July 22, 2024 • 23 mins
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief:
We’ll start things off today with the big news: President Joe Biden has officially decided to end his reelection campaign, choosing instead to endorse his Vice President Kamala Harris. We’ll have the latest details.
A major escalation of hostilities in the Middle East as Israeli fighter jets bomb targets in Houthi-controlled regions of Yemen, following a deadly drone attack in Tel A...
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July 21, 2024 • 5 mins
In this special edition of The President's Daily Brief:
Mike Baker looks at President Joe Biden’s announcement that he will not be seeking reelection.
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July 20, 2024 • 65 mins
In this episode of The PDB Situation Report:
A week after the failed assassination attempt on President Trump, new details have emerged about critical security failures by the Secret Service. Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent James Gagliano joins us to break it all down.
Just hours after the attempt on Trump's life, we learned that US authorities had intelligence on a recent Iranian plot to assassinate him. Richard Goldberg, ...
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In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin:
The world was rocked by what may be the largest tech outage in history, which knocked out operations for airlines, emergency services, banks, media companies, and more on Friday morning, and exposed the glaring global risks posed by our technologically interdependent modern economies.
The Houthis of Yemen have launched their most provocative strike yet, hitting the Israeli city of ...
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In this episode of The President's Daily Brief:
A brief update on the attempt on the life of former President Trump.
A report details how Iran’s supreme leader carefully orchestrated their recent presidential elections in order to safeguard his ruling Shi'ite theocracy from internal challenges to his power.
An ongoing Israeli investigation into the intelligence failures that allowed Hamas to carry out the 7 October attacks ha...
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In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin:
In our continued coverage of the attempt on the life of former President Trump, investigators have uncovered a disturbing social media post as they attempt to piece together a motive for the tragic shooting. We have also learned that Secret Service snipers had Crooks in their sights for some 20 minutes before the shooting took place.
Ukraine launched a massive aerial drone offensiv...
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Butler County police are firing back at the Secret Service for their attempt to shift blame for this weekend’s attempted assassination of President Trump.
Evidence of growing dissension within Hamas, as CIA Director Bill Burns reveals that the terror group's leader, Yahya Sinwar, is facing increasing pressure from his own commanders to bring the Gaza war to an end.
Ukrainian Presid...
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July 17, 2024 • 15 mins
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin:
Calls are growing for the director of the U.S. Secret Service to resign over the security failures that allowed a shooter to come within a hair of taking former President Donald Trump’s life at a rally on Saturday.
More than nine months after the savage 7 October attacks on Israel by Hamas terrorists, a leading human rights organization has finally determined that the militants com...
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July 17, 2024 • 21 mins
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief:
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief:
With the nation still reeling from Saturday’s attempted assassination of President Trump, we take a closer look at the would-be assassin, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who remains a mystery.
A bombshell report is claiming the Secret Service boosted security for former President Donald Trump in recent weeks after learning about a s...
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In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin:
We'll dig into the timeline of events that proceeded the shocking assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, as we learn that authorities spotted the shooter nearly 30 minutes before he opened fire.
The little dictator of North Korea has suffered a major diplomatic embarrassment, as reports emerge that a senior official of the hermit kingdom stationed in Cuba has defec...
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