New Immunity for President Trump, and an Audacious Plan for Regime Change in Iran

20 May 2026 · 10 min

Episode New Immunity for President Trump, and an Audacious Plan for Regime Change in Iran

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Here’s what we’re covering:

I.R.S. to Drop Audits of Trump and Family, by Alan Feuer, Andrew Duehren and Glenn Thrush

Blanche Defends $1.8 Billion Fund as Skepticism Mounts, by Devlin Barrett

Trump Crushes Republican Dissent: 8 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Primaries, by Reid J. Epstein

Early War Goal Was to Install Hard Line Former President as Iran’s Leader, by Mark Mazzetti, Julian E. Barnes, Farnaz Fassihi and Ronen Bergman

Senate Votes to Take Up Measure to Force Trump to End Iran War, by Megan Mineiro

The San Diego Mosque Shootings Were a Crime Made for and by the Internet, by Tim Arango, Chelsia Rose Marcius, Madison Malone Kircher and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

San Diego Victims Saved Students and ‘Did Not Die in Vain,’ Police Say, by Christina Morales, Jill Cowan and Neil Vigdor

Tesla’s Newest Electric Vehicle Could Jolt the Trucking Industry, by Jack Ewing

Driverless Big Rigs Are Coming to American Highways, and Soon, by Jim Motavalli

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