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Newly formed Texas disaster preparedness and flooding committee will visit Kerr County

Posted 10:08 AM 7/16/2025 by Atirikta Kumar, The Texas Tribune

"Newly formed Texas disaster preparedness and flooding committee will visit Kerr County" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans &mdash (More)

7/14/2025

Trump tells Texas Republicans to redraw the state congressional map to help keep House majority

Posted 5:56 PM 7/15/2025 by JOEY CAPPELLETTI and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is pushing Texas Republicans to redraw the state's congressional maps to create more House seats favorable to his party, part of a broader effort to help the GOP retain control of the chamber in next year's midterm elections.

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As Trump looks to net five GOP seats through Texas redistricting, Democrats grasp for response

Officials say at least 100 people still missing after July Fourth floods; recovery efforts could take months

Attorney General Ken Paxton requests death row inmate Robert Roberson be executed Oct. 16

How a small East Texas town turned a devastating tornado into funding for sirens

7/13/2025

Why Greg Abbott refuses to release his emails with Elon Musk

Posted 12:53 PM 7/14/2025 by LAUREN MCGAUGHY, TEXAS NEWSROOM

"Why Greg Abbott refuses to release his emails with Elon Musk" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans (More)

The search for those missing in catastrophic Texas floods resumes in some areas after pause for rain

7/12/2025

New floods lead to rescues and evacuations across Texas

Posted 4:25 PM 7/13/2025 by HAYDEN BETTS AND AYDEN RUNNELS| THE TEXAS TRIBUNE

"New floods lead to rescues and evacuations across Texas" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans &mdash (More)

Search for Texas flood victims paused as heavy rains bring new threat of high waters

7/10/2025

Trump tours Texas flood damage as the disaster tests his pledge to do away with FEMA

Posted 2:18 PM 7/11/2025 by SEAN MURPHY and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press

KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday toured the devastation from catastrophic flooding in Texas and lauded local officials amid mounting criticism that they failed to warn residents fast enough that a deadly wall of water was coming their way.

"The search for the (More)

Search for flood victims slowed by mountains of debris as thousands descend on Kerr County to assist

Can sirens help save lives in the next flood? Yes, but there’s more to it.

The floods swept away a young couple and their friends. Searching for them brought their families together.

Inside the negotiations on Trump’s GOP megabill, from the Lubbock lawmaker whose name is on the legislation

7/9/2025

US has reclosed its southern border after a flesh-eating parasite is seen further north in Mexico

Posted 1:40 PM 7/10/2025 by JOHN HANNA Associated Press

The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying a flesh-eating parasite has moved further north in Mexico than previously reported.

Mexico's president was critical Thursday, suggesting that the U.S. is exaggerating the threat to its beef industry from the (More)