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Again, text PDB to the number 989-898. 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

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