July 9th, 2025: Russian Elites Are Dropping Dead & Mexico City Turns on Americans

In this episode of The President's Daily Brief:

• Mysterious deaths are shaking Moscow’s elite. A growing number of Russian officials and business leaders are turning up dead—from defenestrations to gunshots. Could this be the beginning of a new Putin purge?

• The Trump administration makes a controversial move, officially removing the terrorism label from a group led by Syria’s new president—a potential signal of warming U.S.-Syria relations.

• American tourists in Mexico City are facing a new wave of resentment, as locals blame them for rising rents, gentrification, and the erosion of local culture.

• And in today’s Back of the Brief—a leaked State Department cable reveals an alarming breach involving artificial intelligence: an unknown actor reportedly used AI to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio via the Signal app.

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