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San Diego police are investigating a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego in Clairemont, Calif., as a hate crime. Authorities responded to a call from the center yesterday and found three people dead. They also found two teenagers, who they believe were the shooters, dead in a car. Police believe they died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. They were 17 and 18 years old. San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl said “there was definitely hate rhetoric involved,” but did not explain further. The FBI says it is also conducting an investigation.

🎧 Authorities have not released the identities of the shooting suspects and victims, NPR’s Juliana Kim tells Up First. Wahl mentioned that one of the victims was a security guard at the center. Kim says families waited hours for their children to evacuate from the school inside the mosque. One of the parents, Montaser Barbakh, told her he was shocked by the shooting but also said that he has always been worried about the possibility of such an attack. Barbakh said he felt that places of worship are increasingly under attack.

Today marks the busiest primary election day of the 2026 midterms so far. Voters in Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon and Pennsylvania will participate in crucial contests. President Trump's influence on his party will be tested in several Republican primaries. In Kentucky, GOP Rep. Thomas Massie faces off with Trump-backed candidate Ed Gallrein. Recent primaries in Indiana and Louisiana have highlighted that Republican voters are willing to oust incumbents whom Trump deems disloyal. Meanwhile, Democrats are aiming to flip Republican-held seats in November, and their primaries will highlight what is motivating their voters. Here's what else NPR is watching on this big primary day.

A federal judge yesterday dismissed Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns from years ago, following the president's request. The suit is the first known instance of a president suing the government he heads. Shortly after the request to dismiss the case, the Department of Justice announced that, as part of the settlement with Trump, it would establish a $1.7 billion "anti-weaponization fund." The president says the money will be used to reimburse people who were "treated horribly" by the Biden administration. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will appoint a board to oversee this new fund, and Trump will be able to fire the members. The fund will be developed with taxpayers' dollars.

🎧 It's not clear whether the government will disclose who receives money from the fund, NPR's Carrie Johnson says. Watchdog groups say they're concerned that people who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, will get compensation. The Trump administration says former President Obama created a fund like this years ago to compensate farmers who faced long-term racial discrimination. Trump's settlement is three times bigger, and a judge did not sign off on it. Former Justice Department employee Rupa Bhattacharyya tells Johnson that the Trump administration previously tried to eliminate such third-party settlements, only to now embrace them. Bhattacharyya says the administration's actions are an abuse of taxpayer money.

A California jury yesterday dismissed Elon Musk's lawsuit against his former business partner, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The jury said Musk waited too long to file his lawsuit. Musk alleged that Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman breached their charitable trust by abandoning OpenAI's founding mission and profiting from that decision. The unanimous decision of the nine-member advisory jury took less than two hours. They said Musk exceeded the statute of limitations when he launched his case in 2024.