May 20, 2026 - Gov Brief Today

What Happened Today – May 19, 2026

May 20, 2026 by George Bounacos

Rep. Thomas Massie and family posing with rifles in their 2021 Christmas card photo

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who posted this family Christmas card four days after the Oxford High School shooting in 2021, lost his GOP primary Tuesday. (Rep. Thomas Massie via X)

Todd Blanche killed a $100 million IRS audit on the Trump family Tuesday with a one-page memo. Blanche, Trump’s former criminal defense attorney and now acting attorney general, settled the $10 billion lawsuit Trump filed against his own IRS Monday. The Trump family would receive “a formal apology but no monetary payment.” Tuesday’s memo revealed … Read more