Massie Ousted, Trump, Vance and Iran, San Diego Mosque Shooting Investigation
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🗓️ 20 May 2026
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President Trump said he was "an hour away" from launching new military strikes on Iran this week before calling them off and he's now giving Tehran a few more days to reach a deal.
Police have identified the three victims killed in the San Diego mosque shooting, including security guard Amin Abdullah who is credited with saving 140 children. Authorities are investigating links the two teenage suspects had with a global white supremacist movement.
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(0:00) Introduction
(02:02) Massie Ousted in Kentucky Primary
(06:03) Trump, Vance and Iran
(09:35) San Diego Mosque Shooting Investigation
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| 0:00.0 | President Trump unseated another Republican incumbent who didn't fall in line. |
| 0:06.5 | Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massey is out. |
| 0:09.0 | Democratic voters turned out in force in six states that held primaries last night. |
| 0:13.6 | What does it all mean for November's midterm elections? |
| 0:16.0 | I'm E Martinez. That's Leila Foddle. |
| 0:17.5 | And this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:22.2 | President Trump said he was an hour away from launching news strikes on Iran this week before calling him off. |
| 0:28.4 | Yeah, it's all done. The boats, the ships are all loaded. |
| 0:31.5 | He's now given to Iran a few more days to reach a deal. |
| 0:34.2 | And police and community leaders have identified the three victims of the San Diego |
| 0:38.8 | Mosque shooting, including a security guard credited with saving 140 children going to school inside. |
| 0:45.3 | We call them our martyrs and our heroes. |
| 0:48.3 | Authorities are also discovering the suspects had ties to a global white supremacist network. |
| 0:53.7 | Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to |
| 0:55.8 | start your day. Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massey is the latest Republican |
| 1:05.6 | lawmaker to lose his seat for crossing President Trump. Yeah, the race was another display of the president's hold on Republican voters. |
| 1:13.3 | Massey lost his primary to Trump-back candidate Ed Gowryne by nearly 10 percentage points last |
| 1:18.7 | night. |
| 1:18.9 | That was just one race among six states that held elections Tuesday, the busiest primary |
| 1:24.4 | day of the midterms. |
| 1:25.9 | Democrats in Georgia and other states continue to see large voter turnout, which could be a good sign for them in November's midterm elections. |
| 1:33.2 | NPR, Stephen Fowler, stayed up late last night to watch these results and joins us here early this morning. |
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