Tears and gratitude filled the Ingram Tom Moore High School event center Saturday as victims of the devastating July 4 Kerr County flood received $25,000 checks from country music legend George Strait’s fundraising efforts. The checks represent the first installment of assistance from Strait’s July 27 benefit concert in Boerne, which raised roughly $7 million for flood recovery. Governor Greg Abbott, Texas Division of Emergency Management Director Nim Kidd, and Strait’s longtime friend Tom Cusick personally handed out the relief funds.

On Sunday’s broadcast of NBC’s Meet the Press, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Russian President Vladimir Putin is largely unaffected by sanctions, arguing the real pressure point is targeting the nations that continue to buy Russian oil.

FBI Director Kash Patel reports record drug seizures, trafficking arrests, and child rescues in the first 200 days of the Trump admin.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that his government is considering suing the New York Times for defamation, accusing the paper of publishing a front-page photo that falsely claimed to depict a starving Palestinian child in Gaza. Netanyahu said the child, Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub, actually suffers from cerebral palsy, and that his family members shown in the image appeared healthy and well-fed.

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo demands NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani vacate his $2,300/month rent-stabilized apartment.

Economists from across the political spectrum are warning that President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration restrictions could harm the U.S. economy if net migration turns negative in 2025. A joint report from the center-right American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and the center-left Brookings Institution projects that more people may leave the U.S. than enter, with “zero or net negative migration” considered the most likely outcome.

Dr. Vinay Prasad has been reinstated as director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research after stepping down.

Bill Maher highlighted a startling poll: while Buttigieg leads Democratic primary voters with 16 % support, he earns a zero from Black voters.

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel criticized certain Democratic voices for alienating voters, calling them “repulsive” during an appearance on The Sarah Silverman Podcast.

Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) pledged that the next time Democrats control the White House and both chambers of Congress, they will aggressively push immigration reform to grant legal status to all Dreamers and their parents.

The Trump administration announced a $93 million food aid initiative targeting child malnutrition in Haiti and 12 African nations.

During an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) accused President Donald Trump and Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) of trying to manipulate the upcoming 2026 midterm elections through mid-decade redistricting in Texas.

Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Duncan says Trump’s attack validated his switch from Republican to Democrat, but critics question his genuineness.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) accused Republicans of openly embracing racist rhetoric during President Donald Trump’s second term, saying the party had “taken the hoods off” and stopped hiding their intentions. Speaking Saturday on MSNBC’s Velshi, Crockett alleged Texas Republicans were engaging in “racial gerrymandering” and pointed to recent attacks on state Rep. Gene Wu (D-Houston).

Syracuse University shuts its Office of Diversity and Inclusion, folds it into a new People and Culture unit amid federal pressure.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Rhode Island arrested a Guatemalan illegal alien just one day after a local judge released him on bond despite serious charges involving a minor.

MIT professor Catherine D’Ignazio says she spends a third of her working hours combating Trump’s “state terrorism”.

Former Attorney General Eric Holder accused the Trump administration on Sunday of launching politically motivated investigations into prominent Democrats without any factual basis.

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln launches probe into doctoral drag recital that imitated the Catholic Mass.

President Trump orders review of Harvard University’s taxpayer-funded patents under the Bayh-Dole Act, demanding disclosures by September 5.