The identities of the two teen shooters responsible for the three fatal shootings at the Islamic Center in San Diego were released by NBC News.

The shooters were identified as Cain Clark, 17, and Caleb Vazquez, 18.

The teen shooters both died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds.

Five people are dead, including the shooters, and multiple in a shooting at the Islamic Center at 7050 Eckstrom Avenue.

One security guard was killed.

The scene at 7050 Eckstrom Ave is still active but contained. We have significant resources on scene at this time.

We have established a reunification location at 4125 Hathaway Street, SD, CA 92111 #SDPDPIO

— San Diego Police Department (@SanDiegoPD) May 18, 2026

NBC News reported:

Two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation and a federal law enforcement official identified Cain Clark, 17, and Caleb Vazquez, 18, as the suspects in today’s shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego.

Previously, law enforcement officials said the suspects died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds. At a briefing this afternoon, police said the suspects were 17 and 19.

No motive has been provided. Investigators are examining possible anti-Islamic writings found in the car where police found the dead suspects, two senior law enforcement officials said.

Police still do not have a motive for the shooting.

BREAKING: The FBI confirms 2 teen suspects are dead following the shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego.

Officials also confirm at least 3 adult male victims were killed in the attack. pic.twitter.com/CYtdkQwxyu

— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 18, 2026

Later Monday, a woman shouted at San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria following the shooting.

VIDEO: Woman confronts San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria following the shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego. pic.twitter.com/5sCdhCh812

— NV Intel (@nvintel) May 18, 2026

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Legendary former Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino shut down a crazed leftist bovine of a woman who confronted him at the gym and made herself look like an idiot. 

Bovino resigned as Border Patrol Chief in March after he was pulled out of Minneapolis, following the fatal officer-involved shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

Good was shot and killed after attempting to run over an agent in her car, and Pretti, who had a history of violent encounters and spitting on ICE agents, was shot while impeding federal agents armed with a gun.

The insane liberal was seen in a video obtained by The Gateway Pundit accosting Bovino while he was on a workout bike, and he handled her like a pro.

Notably, she was carrying a water bottle with a photo of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara stuck to the side.

“I hope with you leaving the position that you were in that you’re more concerned about how you’re treating immigrants,” she said.

“I mean, illegal aliens or immigrants? I’ve always treated immigrants great,” he responded before the woman accused him of murdering Good and Pretti with “turn and burn immigration tactics.”

Bovino fired back, “They weren’t murders. The court of law said that,” leaving the woman speechless.

She then told him, “You’re not welcome in our city,” to which Bovino said, “You’re not welcome in my city. How does that sound to you?”

After a ridiculous back-and-forth on whether Bovino has a right to be in the city, the woman accused Bovino of “protecting a pedophile,” then she stormed off.

“I’m protecting America. Thank you, ma’am,” Bovino said as she walked away, hilariously adding, “Nice hair.”

WATCH:

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President Trump on Monday afternoon asked the Justice Department to investigate Maryland officials for sending out “500,000 illegal mail-in ballots.”

Last Friday, Maryland election officials said they will be issuing 500,000 new ballots after a vendor made an error in sending out the first batch of ballots for the state’s gubernatorial primary election.

Statement from the Maryland State Board of Elections:

In order to maintain the highest level of confidence and accuracy in mail-in voting, SBE is working with the vendor to send replacement mail-in ballots. While it is possible only a small number of voters received the wrong ballot, and most voters received the correct ballot, all voters must be issued a replacement ballot. This action of resending ballots maintains the integrity and security of mail-in voting.

This error affects only voters who were mailed a ballot before May 14, 2026. If a voter requested and received their mail-in ballot by web delivery (Print at Home ballot), their ballot will not be affected. All affected voters will be notified.

“We are diligently working to address this error and provide clear instructions to those affected as quickly as possible,” said Maryland State Administrator of Elections, Jared DeMarinis. “The State and Local Boards of Elections remain committed to running an election that is verified, secure and accurate. Mail-in voting is an integral facet of the electoral process. With over
500,000 voters requesting mail-in ballots, we want to eliminate any doubt in its integrity or accuracy that is why I have arranged the sending of replacement ballots.”

On Monday, Maryland election officials insisted the first batch of ballots would be sequestered and voided.

President Trump said Maryland sent out illegal ballots.

Trump’s full statement on Truth Social:

In Maryland, they sent out 500,000 Illegal Mail In Ballots, and they got caught! So now, they’re going to send out 500,000 more Mail In Ballots, but nobody knows what’s happening with the first 500,000 they sent.

In addition, many of these Ballots went to Democrats, so any Republican running in Maryland doesn’t have a chance!

This was done by the Corrupt Governor of the State, Wes Moore. He allowed this to happen in order to make sure that Democrats win. It never made sense to me that Maryland was considered an automatic Democrat State, but now I see why.

I’m sure this has gone on for years. I’m going to ask the Attorney General of the United States, and the DOJ, to bring an immediate investigation into this situation. President DONALD J. TRUMP

Later Monday, President Trump told reporters that he instructed law enforcement to look into the mail-in ballot ‘error.’

“We’re the only country in the world that’s doing mail-in ballots. And mail-in ballots, just by just the nature of them, are going to be corrupt,” Trump said.

“So as you know, in Maryland, 500,000 fake ballots were sent out. When they were caught, they said, oh, we’ll pull them back. And they issued 500,000 new ballots and as you know, they never got the original ballots back. So there are a million ballots out there, many of them went to Democrats,” Trump said.

“So it’s a very, very serious thing that’s happened and I’ve asked the law enforcement to look at it very, very strenuously,” the president added.

WATCH:

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More oil as the war drags on.

As the fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran still holds, with ‘serious negotiations’ being held, the effects of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz are still affecting oil prices and the energy security of many countries.

Today (18), Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the Donald J. Trump administration will extend for another month a waiver that allows the sale of Russian crude that is already loaded on tankers.

Politico reported:

“The move is aimed at keeping more oil on global markets and tempering crude prices as the war in Iran, now nearing its third month, continues to choke off shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. But critics have blasted the waiver as allowing Russia to profit from elevated oil prices and enriching Moscow’s war machine.”

The US Treasury Department has extended the exemption from sanctions against Russian oil for another month. pic.twitter.com/KEDwApPO3q

— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) May 18, 2026

“The general license from Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control allows any country to purchase Russian oil already on the water for another month. It extends the sanctions relief, first issued in March and renewed in April, for a third month.

‘This general license will help stabilize the physical crude market and ensure oil reaches the most energy-vulnerable countries’, Bessent said in an X post. ‘It will also help reroute existing supply to countries most in need by reducing China’s ability to stockpile discounted oil’.”

Reuters reported:

“A source familiar with the decision had told Reuters that the second waiver extension was requested by poor and vulnerable countries that cannot get ​Gulf oil shipments due to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

‘This extension will provide additional flexibility, and we will work ​with these nations to provide specific licenses as needed’, Bessent said. ‘This general license will help stabilize the physical crude market and ⁠ensure oil reaches the most energy-vulnerable countries’.

Bessent said the measure would help reroute existing supply to countries most in need, allowing them to compete with China for previously ​sanctioned oil.”

Read more:

TRUMP TO OIL TANKERS: “SHOW SOME GUTS!” – President Says Iran’s Navy Is Finished, Urges Ships to Sail Through Strait of Hormuz

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Even Merkel can be right, sometimes.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel is considered by many the ‘godmother of unchecked mass migration’, and in so many aspects, she is not missed at all in the broader geopolitical scene.

But compared to the subsequent German leaders Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz, she does not seem so bad, after all – especially when it comes to the war-mongering by Euro-Globalist leaders.

Today, Merkel has come out criticizing the EU publicly for not ‘using its diplomatic clout’ to help end the Russia-Ukraine war.

You need political power to hold talks with the Russian President — Angela Merkel at WDR Europaforum

Merkel appears to be ruling herself out as the EU mediator in current Russia-Ukraine talks

‘It wouldn’t have occurred to me to ask a mediator to go to Minsk for me’ pic.twitter.com/7X0DqXXaFn

— RT (@RT_com) May 18, 2026

Politico reported:

“’I think the military support we’ve provided so far is absolutely the right thing to do. I also think it’s right that we do much more to create a deterrent effect beyond our support for Ukraine. What I regret is that, in my view, Europe is not making sufficient use of its diplomatic potential’, Merkel said during an interview with public broadcaster WDR. ‘It’s not enough for [U.S. President Donald] Trump to maintain contact with Russia’, she added.”

“Merkel, who served as Germany’s chancellor from 2005 to 2021, said she had proposed establishing a diplomatic format between the EU and Russia during her last European Council meeting in October 2021 at the end of her tenure — four months before Russia’s all-out war began. But she added that it had failed due to differing opinions within the bloc on how best to deal with Moscow.

‘You have to keep working on it until you reach a common position’, she said about differences within the bloc. ‘Diplomacy has always been the other side of the coin, also during the Cold War’.”

Germany’s former Chancellor Angela Merkel refused to mediate in Russia-Ukraine negotiations on behalf of EU

“Resolving the conflict in Ukraine is the task of the current heads of state alone” https://t.co/FRdcyuDnS8 pic.twitter.com/JNsnFqbUku

— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) May 18, 2026

Merkel’s past negotiating experience with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kiev regime leader Volodymyr Zelensky led to her name being floated as one of the possible candidates for becoming the EU’s peace envoy.

Merkel: Putin brought a dog to our meeting in 2007 to intimidate me, I have a phobia!

Also Merkel: Haha, who’s a good boy? *pets a dog* pic.twitter.com/iDvLpuw4Qb

— RT (@RT_com) December 11, 2024

Fears for #Merkel’s health after she violently shakes while meeting Ukrainian president https://t.co/XW9nzoJcVi pic.twitter.com/LGJBNBbAfw

— RT (@RT_com) June 18, 2019

Read more:

The Bundeswehr Doesn’t Have a Single Combat-Ready Division, Leaving Germany Totally Dependent of Stationed US Troops for Defense and Deterrence

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