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It's Tuesday, the 5th of August.

Welcome to the President's Daily Brief.

I'm Mike Baker.

Your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right.

Let's get briefed.

First up, Russia's government, never really won for transparency, is taking additional steps to obfuscate when it comes to the state of Russia's economy.

And yes, I did use the word obfuscate. You're welcome.

Restricting access to key data, as analysts warn of a deepening slowdown in their economy.

We'll have those details.

Later in the show, U.S. President Trump says India is buying Russian oil and bankrolling the war in Ukraine.

Well, he's correct about that.

Now he's threatening to hit them where it hurts.

But India says, meh.

Plus, Hamas releases another propaganda video featuring an Israeli hostage.

World leaders and, frankly, anybody with a pulse and a sense of empathy, are calling it cruel and inhumane.

And in today's back of the brief, fighter jets scrambled over New Jersey after multiple planes violated restricted airspace over President Trump's Bedminster property.

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