The President's Daily Brief

May 12th, 2026: Tehran’s Internet Blackout Is Backfiring & North Korea’s Dead Man’s Switch

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In this episode of The President's Daily Brief:

  • Iran’s months-long internet blackout is exposing growing cracks inside the regime itself, as politically connected elites reportedly receive privileged online access through controversial “white SIM cards” while millions of ordinary citizens remain digitally cut off from the outside world.


    • North Korea reportedly adopts a chilling new constitutional provision requiring automatic nuclear retaliation if Kim Jong Un is assassinated, raising fresh concerns about a potential “nuclear dead man’s switch” inside the isolated regime.


      • An international maritime operation delivers a major blow to global drug cartels after authorities crack down on what investigators describe as a transatlantic “cocaine highway” stretching across the Atlantic Ocean.


        • And in today’s Back of the Brief—the man accused of targeting President Trump during last month’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner pleads not guilty to multiple federal charges as questions surrounding the security breach continue mounting.


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