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

The President's Daily Brief

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🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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In this episode of The President’s Daily Brief: A new warning from the White House on Iranian mine-laying in the Strait of Hormuz, as officials say clearing them could take far longer than expected. U.S.-brokered talks between Israel and Lebanon wrap in Washington, even as Hezbollah continues to trade fire with Israeli troops. The U.S. accuses China of running “industrial-scale” operations to steal advanced American AI technology. And in today’s Back of the Brief—Republicans take a first step toward funding ICE on their own, aiming to break the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting https://PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Chapter: Compare every medicare plan call 915-671-5252 today! Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact https://Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options. DeleteMe: Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to https://joindeleteme.com/PDB and use promo code PDB at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.3	Well, look at that. We've made it to the end of another week.
0:47.4	Welcome to the President's Daily Brief.
0:50.0	I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.
0:53.7	All right, let's get briefed.
0:56.0	First up, a new warning from the White House on Iranian regime mine-laying activity in the Strait of Hormuz,
1:03.1	as officials say that clearing them could take far longer than expected.
1:08.3	Later in the show, U.S. broker talks between Israel and Lebanon finish up in
1:12.6	Washington with a ceasefire extension, even as Hezbollah continues to trade fire with Israeli troops.
1:19.8	Well, that's because Hezbollah isn't a party to the ceasefire. Plus, the U.S. accuses China of running,
1:26.2	quote, industrial-scale operations to steal advanced
1:30.1	American AI technology. And in today's back of the brief, Republicans take a first step toward
1:36.2	funding ICE on their own, hoping to end America's longest ever partial government shutdown.
1:42.3	But first, today's PDB spotlight.
1:46.3	President Trump issued a blunt warning this week, saying the U.S. Navy has been ordered to, quote,
1:50.8	shoot and kill any Iranian boats caught laying mines in the Strait of Hulmuz.
1:56.2	He added, quote, additionally, our mine sweepers are clearing the straight right now. I am hereby
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