INSIDE PUTIN’S BUBBLE: How Yes-Men Run the Kremlin

In this episode of The President's Daily Brief:

- Moscow is feeling the strain of slumping oil revenue, slowing economic growth, and a staggering human toll from the war in Ukraine. Despite those pressures, new reporting explains why the Kremlin is not moving toward peace—and how the internal dynamics around Vladimir Putin are shaping Russia’s decisions.

- Two American soldiers and a civilian interpreter are killed in what the Pentagon says was an ambush by a suspected Islamic State attacker. We break down what happened and what it says about the ongoing threat posed by ISIS remnants.

- Authorities say a person of interest is now in custody after a shooting during a final exam review session left two students dead and nine others injured. We have the latest on the investigation.

- And in today’s Back of the Brief—At least eleven people are dead after a shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach that officials say deliberately targeted the Jewish community, an attack authorities have classified as terrorism.

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