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>> Live from NPR news on trial Snyder, President Trump has successfully

primary Kentucky Republican Congressman Thomas Massey.

>> I have called and conceded the race. We've been honorable the whole time, and we're going to stay that way. >> Absolutely. There it is. Gal Ryan, President Trump's handpicked challenger, Trump had targeted Massey over the

Epstein files, and for criticizing the word Iran and voting against Trump's tax legislation last year. Massey's alster followed the primary loss over the weekend of Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, and losses by state lawmakers in Indiana primaries earlier this month. In Georgia, former Atlanta mayor, Kisha Lance Bottoms has won the Democratic nomination

for governor. She will face a winner of the June 16th Republican runoff between two Trump back candidates. Capital Hill Republicans control the Senate, but they advance to his day at Democratic resolution to force President Trump to end the Iran war, Louisiana Republican Bill

Cassidy, a crucial vote in Paris, Eric McDaniel reports.

>> Presidents have 60 days to consult Congress on military action, President Trump's war on Iran has extended well beyond that, and now, after a string of unsuccessful measures, the Senate passed the latest Democratic led proposal that would force the war to end. Senators Rand Paul, Susan Collins, and Lisa McCalsky had come to support those efforts, and now Senator Cassidy fresh off a stinging primary loss orchestrated by President

Trump. Join them. Here's Cassidy, considering his race last weekend. >> Our country is not about one individual. >> [APPLAUSE]

>> It is about the welfare of all Americans, and it is about our Constitution. >> Eyes are on the house, where I similar measure failed on a tie vote just last week, Eric McDaniel, and Piano is the capital. >> Law enforcement officials in San Diego say that the perpetrators of a deadly mass shooting quote did not discriminate on who they hated.

And Piano's Odeau's efforts at online materials at a peer tied to the tax show typical

harm arcs of violent white nationalism. >> NPR has reviewed a 75-page document and a live stream video that extremism analysts believe are connected to this attack. In the video, the individuals appear to copy many aspects of a violent white supremacists 2019 attack on worshippers at two mosques in New Zealand.

Matthew Criner is with the Institute for Countering Digital Extremism. >> We see that same representation here. We have hate symbols such as the stone and rad prominently displayed on the front of the attackers' chests. We have white lettering writing on their firearms.

>> In the document, the perpetrator of that attack in New Zealand, as well as those behind hate-driven mass shootings in Buffalo, Charleston, and other locations around the world are revered. Odeau's Seth NPR News. >> We people were killed in Monday's attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego.

The teenage attackers found dead with apparently self-inflicted gunshot wounds.

This is NPR. The U.S. government has agreed to permanently drop tax claims against President Trump. The Justice Department has posted a one-page document to its website that says the government has forever banned and precluded from examining or prosecuting Trump, his sons and the Trump organization's current tax issues.

The document has part of the deal to resolve Trump's $10 billion lawsuit over against

the IRS over the leak of his tax returns. A new book about truth in the age of A, I contains fake quotes that were generated by artificial intelligence. Simpires Jeff Brumfield has more on what happened. The book is called "The Future of Truth." According to its website, it explores how artificial

intelligence is poised to replace human complexity with, quote, "catastrophic robotic certainty." Robotics certainty appears to have been catastrophic for the book's authors, Steven Rosenbaum. He used AI to help write the book only to have it make up false quotes by prominent journalists and academics. That's according to The New York Times, which broke the story.

In a statement 10 PR, Rosenbaum said the mis-attribution were unintentional. If this serves as a warning about the risks of AI-assisted research and verification, he said in his statement, "That is why I wrote the book." He says the quotes will be fixed in future editions. Jeff Brumfield and PR News.

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winning the title for the first time in 22 years.

Arsenal was confirmed as champions following Manchester City's 1-1 draw-up Bournemouth, leaving Arsenal with an unassailable 4-point lead at the top." Each story you hear on Planet Money starts with a question. What happens if we refund tariffs? Why are Grocery so expensive?

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