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The President's Daily Brief

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | May 15th, 2026: CIA Director Makes Secret Visit To Cuba & FBI Hunts For Ex-U.S. Intel Agent Turned Iranian Spy

The President's Daily Brief

The First TV

News, Politics

4.7 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin:  First—Just hours after protests erupted across Havana over catastrophic blackouts and fuel shortages, CIA Director John Ratcliffe quietly arrived in Cuba for rare high-level talks with senior regime officials. Later in the show—A former U.S. intelligence operative accused of defecting to Iran is suddenly back in the spotlight, as the FBI launches a renewed push to finally bring her to justice for exposing classified American secrets. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief ZBiotics: Go to https://zbiotics.com/PDB and use PDB at checkout for 15% off any first time orders of ZBiotics probiotics. Goldbelly: Make Father's Day unforgettable with iconic foods delivered—get free shipping and 20% off your first order at https://GOLDBELLY.com with code PDB. Brunt Workwear: Get $10 Off at BRUNT with code PDB at https://www.bruntworkwear.com/PDB#Bruntpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Subscribe now at Bloomberg.com. It's Friday the 15th of May. Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get

1:13.5

briefed. First up, just hours. After protests erupted across Havana over catastrophic blackouts

1:19.6

and fuel shortages, CIA director John Ratcliffe quietly arrived in Cuba for rare high-level talks

1:26.2

with senior regime officials. I'll have the details.

1:30.0

Later in the show, a former U.S. intelligence operative, accused of defecting to Iran, is suddenly

1:35.8

back in the spotlight as the FBI launches a renewed push to finally bring her to justice

1:41.0

for exposing classified American secrets to the regime. But first, the afternoon

1:46.3

spotlight. We begin with a major update concerning Cuba, where the Trump administration appears to be

1:52.4

pursuing a two-track strategy toward Havana, escalating pressure on the island's communist government,

1:57.8

while simultaneously reopening rare high-level talks behind the scenes.

2:02.9

Just hours after widespread protests erupted across Savannah over fuel shortages and blackouts,

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