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9:05 AM ET, July 6, 2025

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Christopher Flavelle / New York Times:
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas  —  Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters' ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.  —  Crucial positions at the local offices of the National Weather Service …
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The Guardian:
Texas flooding latest: 43 dead, including 15 children, as search for some two dozen girls continues - as it happened  —  Girls from Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp along the Guadalupe River, are still missing, says city manager.  This blog is now closed.  —  Closing summary
Gabrielle Emanuel / NPR:
Here's a timeline of the catastrophic Texas floods  —  In the early hours of Friday, floods swept across Texas Hill Country.  The Guadalupe River rose 26 feet within 45 minutes, according to state officials.  —  The flooding killed at least 14 children and 18 adults, officials said at a press conference on Saturday afternoon.
Paul Cobler / The Texas Tribune:
In Texas region prone to catastrophic floods, questions grow about lack of warning  —  Water rose fast along the Guadalupe River, causing more than two dozen deaths.  Local officials said they couldn't have seen it coming.  —  The forecast began to look ominous in Texas Hill County on Thursday afternoon.
Politico:
Texas officials face scrutiny over response to catastrophic and deadly flooding … The destructive fast-moving waters that began before sunrise Friday in the Texas Hill Country killed at least 43 people in Kerr County, authorities said Saturday, and an unknown number of people remained missing.
Discussion: New York Times and WTOP News
Molly Taft / Wired:
Meteorologists Say the National Weather Service Did Its Job in Texas  —  DOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the NWS, but experts who spoke to WIRED say the agency accurately predicted the state's weekend flood risk.  —  At least 27 people, including nine children, are dead in central Texas …
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
The NWS apparently did its job  —  I can understand the temptation to blame DOGE for the horrible consequences of the Guadalupe River flood, but leaving aside that this would almost certainly be counterproductive (the Republican response to bureaucratic failure is to see it as a pretext for further cuts) it also appears to be false:
Discussion: USA Today and The Texas Tribune
Kenneal Patterson / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Congressional Candidate Calls Texas Floods ‘Fake’: It's ‘Murder’  —  ‘JESUS, GUNS & BABIES’  —  Kandiss Taylor, who is running for Congress in 2026, insists that someone manipulated the weather.  —  A MAGA congressional candidate is facing backlash after spreading conspiracy theories …
Discussion: Raw Story, Alternet.org and RedState
Associated Press:
Live Updates: More Than 50 Dead in Texas Floods as Search for Missing Grows Dire
Zac Anderson / USA Today:
Elon Musk announces new ‘America’ party after slamming Trump's megabill  —  Elon Musk announced the formation of a new political party amid his strident criticism of President Donald Trump's signature legislation.  —  “When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft …
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Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Elon Musk Says He Will Start a New Political Party  —  The tech billionaire, who has publicly feuded with President Trump, wrote on social media that he would be creating “the America Party,” though he hadn't yet filed paperwork.  —  Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest person …
Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Musk announces arrival of new ‘America Party’ after Trump split
Nicole Acevedo / NBC News:
How Trump's policies are reshaping immigration enforcement in Puerto Rico  —  Residents have decried the “aggressiveness” of immigration raids in a U.S. territory without permanent detention centers, as immigrants are flown across the ocean to the mainland.  —  In Barrio Obrero …
Rachel Lerman / Washington Post:
Trump's economy remains pretty strong, but some warning signs are flashing  —  Stock markets are up and tax cuts are coming for some, but consumer spending is slowing and the full effects of tariffs have not yet hit.  —  Summary  —  Nearly six months into his second term …
Discussion: The Atlantic
New York Times:
U.S. Turns Eight Migrants Over to South Sudan, Ending Weeks of Legal Limbo  —  Courts blocked the handover after lawyers raised concerns of torture.  Then the Supreme Court intervened to allow the Trump administration's plan to move forward.  —  A flight carrying eight men who had been held …
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New York Times:
Can Democrats Find Their Way on Immigration?  —  The party's leftward shift in the Biden administration arguably laid the groundwork for President Trump's aggressive approach.  Deciding the next move won't be easy.  —  Many Democratic presidential candidates in 2019 supported decriminalizing …
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
Trump Admin Insider Blows Lid Off Tariffs: 'It's All Fake'  —  MADE FOR TV  —  A source close to the MAGA administration suggested the president's “deals” are all theatrics.  —  A source deeply embedded in the Trump administration's ongoing trade talks accused the Republican president of waging a tariff war for TV ratings.
Erin Doherty / CNBC:
Rep. Mark Green resigns from Congress, leaving Speaker Johnson with an even narrower Republican majority in the House … Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., announced his official resignation from Congress on Friday, a move that was expected but one that could, at least for now, shrink Republicans' already narrow majority in the House.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
6-year-old Honduran boy with leukemia who had been seized by ICE is back in L.A.  —  The boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement along with his mother and sister after an asylum hearing in May.  —  A 6-year-old Honduran boy with leukemia whose arrest sparked a public outcry after he …
Eduardo Medina / New York Times:
‘Tears My Heart to Pieces’: North Carolina Braces for Medicaid Cuts  —  President Trump's domestic policy law jeopardizes plans to reopen one rural county's hospital — and health coverage for hundreds of thousands of state residents.  —  The only hospital in Martin County, N.C., closed in 2023, but the electricity is still on inside.
David J. Garrow / The Washington Free Beacon:
Trump in the Crosshairs  —  REVIEW: 'Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America's Heartland' by Salena Zito  —  As an enterprising and hard-working journalist, Salena Zito drives her Jeep a lot.  Just not on interstates.
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Greene to introduce ‘weather modification’ bill  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Saturday she plans to introduce a bill aimed at tackling “weather modification.”  —  “I am introducing a bill that prohibits the injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals or substances …
NBC News:
Tesla robotaxi incidents spark confusion and concerns in Austin  —  Two weeks into Tesla's invite-only ride-hailing service, CEO Elon Musk's die-hard fans are amazed, but it's not clear anyone else is.  —  Two weeks into Tesla's robotaxi prototype rollout on the streets of Austin, Texas …
 
 
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