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1660 - April 13th, 2026: Trump Announces BLOCKADE Of Hormuz & China Arms Iran

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1660 - April 13th, 2026: Trump Announces BLOCKADE Of Hormuz & China Arms Iran

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April 13th, 2026: Trump Announces BLOCKADE Of Hormuz & China Arms Iran

PDB Situation Report | April 11th, 2026:CEASEFIRE IN NAME ONLY? Why the Ceasefire Is Already Failing

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 10th, 2026: Trump Blasts Iran as Hormuz Standoff Deepens & Putin Declares Orthodox Easter Truce In Ukraine

April 10th, 2026: Netanyahu Signals Diplomacy With Lebanon & China's Devastating Cyber Breach

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 9th, 2026: Iran’s Demands Revealed & Russia’s Submarine Operation

April 9th, 2026: Iran Closes The Strait Of Hormuz Again & Israel Unleashes on Hezbollah

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 8th, 2026: Why The Iran Ceasefire Is Already Struggling & American Hostage Freed

April 8th, 2026: Trump HALTS Iran Strikes Before Deadline & Russia’s Secret Support of Iran

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 7th, 2026: U.S. Strikes Iran’s Kharg Island & First Look at Moon’s Far Side

April 7th, 2026: Top IRGC Commander Eliminated & Hormuz Traffic Rises

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 6th, 2026: Iran Ceasefire Collapse & China Cyber Intrusion

April 6th, 2026: Inside the Daring U.S. Rescue Mission in Iran & ICE Detains Soleimani Relative

PDB Situation Report | April 4th, 2026: Iran War at a Crossroads & Japan Goes Long-Range

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 3rd, 2026: Iran Shoots Down U.S. Fighter Jet & Army Chief Ousted As Pentagon Purge Deepens

April 3rd, 2026: Trump Threatens NATO Over Iran Conflict & U.S. Commandos In Ecuador

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 2nd, 2026: Inside The Pentagon Plan That Could Change The Iran War & Artemis II Takes Off

April 2nd, 2026: Iran War Enters “COMPLETION PHASE” & Iran Escalates Cyber Campaign

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 1st, 2026: First Gulf State Ready To Join The War & North Korea Hacks U.S. Software

April 1st, 2026: Trump Reveals Who He’s Talking To In Iran & Russia’s Oil Crisis

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | March 31st, 2026: U.S. May Declare Victory Soon & IDF’s CNN Controversy

March 31st, 2026: Russia’s Hidden Hand In Iran War & Trump Relents On Cuba Energy Blockade

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | March 30th, 2026: Trump Threatens Obliteration As Iran Rejects U.S. Proposal & Israel Deepens Fight In Lebanon As Iran’s Grip Holds

March 30th, 2026: Pentagon Plans Next Phase Of Iran War & Houthis Enter The Conflict

PDB Situation Report | March 28th, 2026: The Most Dangerous Phase of the Iran War Yet & Ukrainian Forces Gain Ground Against Russia

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | March 27th, 2026: Calls Grow Inside Iran For A Nuclear Weapon & Russia Faces Worst Oil Disruption In Modern History

March 27th, 2026: U.S. Prepares "Final Blow” On Iran & Russia’s Satellite Scramble

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | March 26th, 2026: Mystery Solved: Trump's 'Present' From Iran Revealed & UK Goes After Russia’s Shadow Fleet

March 26th, 2026: Hardliners Seize Control In Iran & Russian Drones Violate NATO Airspace

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | March 25th, 2026: U.S. Rushes 82nd Airborne Toward Iran & Israeli Strikes Caspian Sea Targets

March 25th, 2026: Why Reopening Hormuz Won’t Be Easy & Gulf States Inch Toward War With Iran

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | March 24th, 2026: Trump’s Iran Oil Move Raises Big Questions & U.S. Strikes Militias in Iraq

March 24th, 2026: Is Iran Being Run By An AI Supreme Leader? & Ukraine Strikes Russia’s Oil Hub

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | March 23rd, 2026: Trump Calls Off Strikes—Is Iran’s Regime Breaking Apart? & Terror Attack in the UK

March 23rd, 2026: Iran Launches Attack On Diego Garcia & Putin Plans A New Offensive

PDB Situation Report | March 21st, 2026: The Fight With Iran Takes A Dangerous Turn & Inside China’s Iran Problem

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | March 20th, 2026: Report: U.S. May Launch Ground Operation Inside Iran & Ukraine Deploys Drone Defense Teams To Middle East

March 20th, 2026: U.S. Airpower Is Now Hitting Iran In The Strait & An American Cartel Takeover

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | March 19th, 2026: The Fight With Iran Just Got More Dangerous & FBI Probe Into Former Trump Official

March 19th, 2026: Gulf Leaders To Trump: Finish Off Iran & Israel Targets Iranian Energy

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | March 18th, 2026: Iran’s Security Forces Are Now On The Run & Russia Boosts Tehran’s War Effort

March 18th, 2026: Who’s Actually In Charge Of Iran Right Now? & Trump Delays China Trip

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | March 17th, 2026: Iran’s De-Facto Leader Killed & Ecuador Declares War on Cartels

March 17th, 2026: Iran’s Missile Campaign Breaking Down & Hezbollah Link In Michigan

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | March 16th, 2026: Trump’s Hormuz Coalition & Israel Pushes Into Lebanon

March 16th, 2026: U.S. Rushing Marines To The Middle East & Chaos in Cuba

PDB Situation Report | March 13th, 2026: The Strait Of Hormuz Showdown: How The U.S. Can Secure The Gulf

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | March 13th, 2026: Terror Attacks Raise U.S. Security Concerns & Cuba Signals Diplomatic Opening as Trump Pressure Mounts

March 13th, 2026: FBI Alert Reveals Possible Iran Drone Threat to California & Israel Expands War In Lebanon

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | March 12th, 2026: Mojtaba Khamenei Issues First Message & Iran Launches Cyberattack on U.S. Company

March 12th, 2026: Iran Fires Dangerous New Missile & Emergency Oil Release