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It's Tuesday, the 26th of August. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker,

your eyes and ears on the world stage. And still on the road. All right, let's get briefed.

First up, a new report exposes how Beijing's political machine is working in New York City. Oh, you didn't see that coming.

We'll explain how China is quietly shaping elections in America's biggest city. Later in the show,

the Coast Guard delivers a $473 million blow, no pun intended, to Latin America's cartels, offloading their largest drug

seizure in history. Plus, America's top spy chief slams the brakes on intel sharing, ordering

that U.S. allies be cut out of the loop on Russia-Ukraine peace talks, which doesn't sound very neighborly. And in today's back of the brief,

an Israeli airstrike on a hospital in southern Gaza leaves at least 20 dead, including

five journalists reporting for international outlets. As you might imagine, the backlash was

immediate. But first, today's PDB spotlight.

We begin with a fascinating and yet not entirely surprising report.

Beijing is quietly manipulating elections in America's biggest city.

The New York Times has revealed how the Chinese consulate in Manhattan

has quietly mobilized community groups, many of them tax-exempt

non-profits, to sink the campaigns of politicians who dare to criticize the Chinese Communist Party,

the CCP, and in their place, they've elevated candidates who tow Beijing's line.

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