The President's Daily Brief

By The First TV

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 (50)

March 31st, 2026: Russia’s Hidden Hand In Iran War & Trump Relents On Cuba Energy Blockade

27m3/31/2026

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | March 31st, 2026: U.S. May Declare Victory Soon & IDF’s CNN Controversy

15m3/31/2026

April 1st, 2026: Trump Reveals Who He’s Talking To In Iran & Russia’s Oil Crisis

23m4/1/2026

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 1st, 2026: First Gulf State Ready To Join The War & North Korea Hacks U.S. Software

12m4/1/2026

April 2nd, 2026: Iran War Enters “COMPLETION PHASE” & Iran Escalates Cyber Campaign

21m4/2/2026

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 2nd, 2026: Inside The Pentagon Plan That Could Change The Iran War & Artemis II Takes Off

16m4/2/2026

April 3rd, 2026: Trump Threatens NATO Over Iran Conflict & U.S. Commandos In Ecuador

20m4/3/2026

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 3rd, 2026: Iran Shoots Down U.S. Fighter Jet & Army Chief Ousted As Pentagon Purge Deepens

12m4/3/2026

PDB Situation Report | April 4th, 2026: Iran War at a Crossroads & Japan Goes Long-Range

53m4/4/2026

April 6th, 2026: Inside the Daring U.S. Rescue Mission in Iran & ICE Detains Soleimani Relative

23m4/6/2026

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 6th, 2026: Iran Ceasefire Collapse & China Cyber Intrusion

14m4/6/2026

April 7th, 2026: Top IRGC Commander Eliminated & Hormuz Traffic Rises

22m4/7/2026

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 7th, 2026: U.S. Strikes Iran’s Kharg Island & First Look at Moon’s Far Side

15m4/7/2026

April 8th, 2026: Trump HALTS Iran Strikes Before Deadline & Russia’s Secret Support of Iran

24m4/8/2026

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 8th, 2026: Why The Iran Ceasefire Is Already Struggling & American Hostage Freed

15m4/8/2026

April 9th, 2026: Iran Closes The Strait Of Hormuz Again & Israel Unleashes on Hezbollah

24m4/9/2026

April 10th, 2026: Netanyahu Signals Diplomacy With Lebanon & China's Devastating Cyber Breach

25m4/10/2026

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 10th, 2026: Trump Blasts Iran as Hormuz Standoff Deepens & Putin Declares Orthodox Easter Truce In Ukraine

16m4/10/2026

PDB Situation Report | April 11th, 2026:CEASEFIRE IN NAME ONLY? Why the Ceasefire Is Already Failing

1h 2m4/11/2026

April 13th, 2026: Trump Announces BLOCKADE Of Hormuz & China Arms Iran

25m4/13/2026

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 13th, 2026: The High-Risk Operation to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz & & Orbán Ousted in Hungary

15m4/13/2026

April 14th, 2026: WHY The Iran Negotiations Collapsed & Israel Decapitates Hezbollah

24m4/14/2026

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 14th, 2026: Why The Blockade Could Cripple Tehran & Chaos Continues In Haiti

16m4/14/2026

April 15th, 2026: Iranian Infighting Derails Negotiations & Israel And Lebanon Meet In Washington

25m4/15/2026

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 15th, 2026: U.S. Sends More Troops To Middle East & Kim’s Growing Nuclear Threat

15m4/15/2026

April 16th, 2026: IED Bomb Hits Tehran, Basij Member Injured & Iranians Using Chinese Satellites?

24m4/16/2026

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 16th, 2026: U.S. Expands Naval Crackdown Worldwide & Pentagon Turns To Auto Manufacturers

14m4/16/2026

April 17th, 2026: Iran’s Economic Crisis Is Growing & Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire

25m4/17/2026

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 17th, 2026: Iran Surrenders? Tehran Gives In To Key Demand & Cuba’s Secret Message to Trump Intercepted

18m4/17/2026

PDB Situation Report | April 18th, 2026: U.S. Expands Blockade Of Iran & Russia Feeling the Strain

1h 7m4/18/2026

April 20th, 2026: Iran Reopens Hormuz, Then Attacks Ships & U.S. Diplomats In Havana

27m4/20/2026

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 20th, 2026: U.S.-IRAN TALKS AT RISK: Tehran Sends Mixed Signals & A Deadly Lebanon Ambush

14m4/20/2026

April 21st, 2026: Iran's Secret Power Struggle Is About to Blow Up Negotiations & Russia’s Oil Revenue Up In Smoke

23m4/21/2026

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 21st, 2026: U.S. Forces Board Oil Tanker in Indian Ocean & Americans Killed In Counter-Narcotics Mission

14m4/21/2026

April 22nd, 2026: Iran’s Internal Crackdown Just Took a Dark Turn & UAE Dismantles Iran Terror Cell

25m4/22/2026

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 22nd, 2026: Iran Just Changed Its Strategy in the Strait of Hormuz & U.S. Squeezes Iraq Over Militias

14m4/22/2026

April 23rd, 2026: Iran’s Hardliners Are Turning Against Each Other & Russia Threatens Europe

23m4/23/2026

April 24th, 2026: Why Clearing The Strait Of Hormuz Could Take MONTHS & China’s AI Espionage

22m4/24/2026

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 24th, 2026: TALKS BACK ON: U.S. and Iran Set Face-to-Face Meeting & Soldier Charged After Betting on Maduro’s Capture

17m4/24/2026

PDB Situation Report | April 25th, 2026: Iran Talks Collapse—What Happens Next?

1h 7m4/25/2026

April 27th, 2026: ASSASSIN’S MANIFESTO: The Plot Against Trump Explained & Washington Pulls Plug on Pakistan Talks

27m4/27/2026

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 27th, 2026: Iran Just Offered To Reopen Hormuz & Israel Deploys Iron Dome To UAE

14m4/27/2026

April 28th, 2026: Trump Security Breach: The Details Are Worse Than Expected & China’s Economic Strain

25m4/28/2026

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 28th, 2026: Iran’s Oil Crisis Is About To Get Much Worse & Cartel Boss Taken Down In Mexico

15m4/28/2026

PDB April 29th, 2026: Iran’s Generals Seize Control Of The Government & UAE Breaks From OPEC

26m4/29/2026

April 30th, 2026: Trump Rejects Iran Offer — Says Blockade Will Continue

25m4/30/2026

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 30th, 2026: Trump Weighs Hypersonic Strike & Europe Faces Coordinated Attacks

13m4/30/2026

May 1st, 2026: IRAN IN “DEATH SPIRAL”: Economy Crumbling Fast & A Russia-Ukraine Ceasefire?

25m5/1/2026

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | May 1st, 2026: DOLPHIN WARFARE? Iran Signals New Threats in Strait of Hormuz & DHS Shutdown Ends Without ICE Funding

16m5/1/2026

PDB Situation Report | May 2nd, 2026: EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT: Inside the DC Security Breach & Russia’s Economic Strain

1h 15m5/2/2026

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