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It's Thursday, the 18th of September.

Welcome to the President's Daily Brief.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears, on the world stage.

And yes, yet another random hotel background for the Where's Wally Tour, still on the road.

All right, let's get briefed.

First up, Israel's prime minister

admits the country is increasingly cut off from the world and may have to transform into

what he's calling a self-reliant, quote, super Sparta to survive. I'll have those details.

Later in the show, fresh U.S. sanctions spark a sharp warning from Tehran.

Iran says America could face a, quote, crushing military response. I don't think that word means

what they think it means. Plus, a suspect is in custody after what officials are calling a targeted

terrorist attack on the FBI's Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania office.

And in today's back of the brief, we're learning more about the proposed TikTok deal.

Oh, there's that TikTok again, with a U.S.-led group of tech giants poised to take control of the

app's American operations. We'll let you know who's in on the big sale, and if you'll still be able to get those excellent raccoon videos.

But first, today's PDB spotlight.

We talk a lot on the PDB about the day after for Gaza.

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