San Diego Mosque Shooting, Primaries Test Trump Influence, Trump IRS Suit
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🗓️ 19 May 2026
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Primaries in six states today are testing President Trump’s influence over the Republican Party, including a high-stakes congressional race in Kentucky where Trump is trying to defeat a sitting GOP member who has crossed him.
President Trump dropped his lawsuit against his own IRS over the leak of his tax returns and instead agreed to create a nearly 1.8 billion dollar anti-weaponization fund that critics say could use taxpayer dollars to compensate his allies.
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(01:54) San Diego Mosque Shooting
(05:20) Primaries Test Trump Influence
(09:23) Trump IRS Suit
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| 0:00.0 | San Diego authorities are investigating a shooting at the city's largest mosque. |
| 0:06.9 | Three people were killed and two teenage suspects were found dead in a car. |
| 0:10.1 | Police are investigating the attack as a hate crime one of the suspects' mothers called police hours before. |
| 0:14.8 | I'm Leila Fald. That's A. Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:21.2 | Primaries in six states today are testing President Trump's grip on the Republican Party. |
| 0:26.2 | In Kentucky, Trump's allies are spending tens of millions to defeat Thomas Massey for opposing the president. |
| 0:32.0 | And Massey's ads are highlighting where he and the president align. |
| 0:35.7 | And President Trump dropped his lawsuit against his own IRS over the leak of his tax returns. |
| 0:39.8 | Instead, he's creating what he calls an anti-weaponization fund that could award taxpayer money to January 6th defendant. |
| 0:46.4 | Stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:53.9 | San Diego Police are investigating what may have motivated two teenagers to shoot at a mosque and kill three people there. |
| 1:01.0 | The attack is being investigated as a hate crime, and police say the two suspects later shot themselves. |
| 1:07.4 | NPR's Juliana Kim is covering this from San Diego. Juliana, how did this start yesterday? |
| 1:12.7 | So the San Diego Police Department received reports of an active shooter at the Islamic |
| 1:18.1 | Center of San Diego shortly before noon. |
| 1:21.1 | The center is the largest mosque in the county and runs a school. |
| 1:25.1 | San Diego Police Chief Scott Wall said yesterday that officers upon arrival |
| 1:29.3 | saw three people dead in front of the center. A nearby landscaper was also shot at but not struck |
| 1:35.7 | and no children at the center were injured. Wall said around the same time police received calls |
| 1:41.5 | about gunshots at a second location. |
| 1:50.3 | Their officers found two people inside a vehicle, both of whom were dead from self-inflicted gunshot wounds, |
| 1:54.1 | while believes the pair were responsible for the shooting at the center. |
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