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The President's Daily Brief

December 16th, 2025: New Year’s Eve Terror Plot Foiled in the U.S. & Ukraine’s Underwater Drone Strike

The President's Daily Brief

The First TV

News, Politics

4.73.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: First up— a New Year’s Eve terror plot disrupted. Federal authorities arrest multiple suspects accused of planning coordinated bombing attacks across Southern California and Los Angeles. We’ll break down what investigators say was planned—and how close this came to becoming something far worse. Later in the show— a potential shift in naval warfare. Ukraine claims it used an underwater drone to cripple a Russian Kilo-class submarine in the Black Sea. If confirmed, it could reshape how modern naval conflicts are fought. Plus, an Israeli strike kills a senior Hamas commander in Gaza, drawing sharp criticism from the Trump administration over an alleged ceasefire violation. And in today’s Back of the Brief— the latest on the Brown University shooting, as police release the person of interest and continue their search for the suspect. 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 Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold True Classic: Upgrade your wardrobe and save on @trueclassic at https://trueclassic.com/PDB#trueclassicpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.2

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0:59.3

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.

1:07.8

First up, a New Year's Eve terror plot disrupted. Federal authorities arrest

1:12.9

multiple suspects accused of planning coordinated bombing attacks in Southern California and Los Angeles

1:18.4

area. We'll examine the plots who was involved and how authorities prevented what could have been

1:24.0

significant mass casualty events. Later in the show, a new chapter in naval warfare.

1:30.5

Ukraine says it used an underwater drone to cripple a Russian kilo-class submarine in the Black Sea.

1:36.4

If confirmed, well, it could change how this war is fought at sea.

1:41.2

Plus, an Israeli strike kills a senior Hamas commander in Gaza, drawing sharp criticism

1:46.7

from the Trump administration over an alleged ceasefire violation. Ha, of course, Hamas has refused

1:54.1

to disarm, which would also appear to be a ceasefire violation. And in today's back of the brief,

2:00.5

police are back on the hunt,

2:02.2

after releasing the initial person of interest in the Brown University shooting

2:05.6

and admitting they made a mistake.

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