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Three men are dead after two shooters open fire at a San Diego mosque today.
“The alleged shooters age 17 and 19 are also dead.”
They were found in a car with apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Mark Bremley is special agent in charge of the FBI's San Diego Field Office. The FBI is meticulously assessing the situation and is prepared to employ every resource we have to uncover at the facts of this incident. No community should have to grow through such a tragic incident, but we will work tirelessly
until we learn the truth. Law enforcement officials say one of the victims killed at the mosque was a security guard. President Trump has put his weight behind the challenger to incumbent Thomas Massey in Kentucky's fourth congressional district. It's among the most expensive house primaries in U.S. history.
The defense secretary Pete Hegg-Seth was already traveling to the state and made what he stressed was a personal visit today in a last-minute push for Ed Gallerine. Danny Vieriel Martinez of Member Station W.V. X.U. reports.
“Hegg-Seth says President Trump requires a quote "Congressful of warriors" and former”
U.S. Navy SEAL Ed Gallerine is the best person for the job. At a rally in Hebron, Hegg-Seth called Thomas Massey an obstructionist. President Trump does not need more people in Washington who are trying to make a point, especially from his own party. He needs people willing to help him win, to vote with him when it matters the most.
Massey has voted with the Republican Party on issues like voter registration and immigration enforcement, but has been outspoken against a war in Iran. He also continues to call for the release of the Epstein files. For NPR News, I'm Danny Vieriel Martinez. President Trump is walking away from his lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax
returns years ago. The Justice Department says Trump is getting no direct financial payment to end the case. Instead, he plans to compensate other people who claim they're the victims of weaponization by the federal government.
“NPR is Kerry Johnson says ethics experts are calling the deal away to reward Trump's allies”
with few guardrails.
The Justice Department says it's creating an anti-weaponization fund for $1.776 billion.
That's 1776 after the country's founding. And that fund is going to consider claims from folks who say they suffered weaponization and law fair. That could include people who attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, including defendants who beat up the police that day.
This money is taxpayer money, it's not clear the identities of people who win money from this fund will ever be reported to the public. NPR is Kerry Johnson. Before President Trump dropped his lawsuit, he and his Justice Department had faced a deadline this week to write briefings, explaining whether the case had legal merit or was an attempt
at self-dealing. This is NPR News in Washington. The 70th Annual Drama Desk Awards were handed out last night, while the honors recognized both Broadway and Off-Broadway Productions, they can often be a predictor of shows that stand a good chance of earning Tony Awards in June.
Reporter Jeff London says a recent winners are no exception. Two revivals came up big. Death of a salesman starring Nathan Lane and Lori Metcalf took four awards, including outstanding revival of a play, and ragtime took five awards, including outstanding revival of a musical. Schmiggadoon was named outstanding musical and the balisters was named outstanding play.
Other winners included John Lyfko playing author role doll in giant and Leslie Manville as jocasta in edifice. More than 145,000 American children have likely had a parent detained in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. That's according to a new report released today by the Brookings Institution of those kids
more than one-third were under six years old.
The report estimates that more than 22,000 American children have likely experienced the detention of both parents. Washington D.C. and Texas have had the highest ratios of affected children. The Brookings report is based on a statistical analysis of the detainee population. It estimates that there are more than twice as many U.S. children with detained parents
than indicated by numbers supplied by the Department of Homeland Security. This is NPR News. This week on a first-one trend emerging this election season, President Trump actively opposing Republicans he sees as disloyal and endorsing their primary challengers, who've doubled in comets in multiple states.
We're watching Keeprimearies on Tuesday in Kentucky and elsewhere to see if that narrative holds up. And what those races might tell us about November.
