A New York county clerk has again rejected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt to enforce a $113,000 civil judgment against a New York doctor accused of violating Texas abortion laws. The move highlights a growing legal standoff between red and blue states in the post-Roe era.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the federal response to the devastating floods in Texas during an appearance Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press. Responding to criticism over delayed federal aid, Noem pushed back, calling it “unfortunate” that critics were “playing politics” in the aftermath of the disaster.
As search and recovery efforts continue in the wake of the devastating Independence Day Flood in Kerrville, Texas, volunteer groups like Operation BBQ Relief have stepped up in a major way. With over 2,000 rescue workers and flood victims needing sustenance daily, the group has served nearly 10,000 hot meals—4,400 of them on Thursday alone.
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump traveled to Central Texas to assess damages caused by the devastating flood that claimed the lives of at least 120 people.
The Austin Firefighters Association plans to hold a vote of no confidence in Fire Chief Joel G. Baker following his failure to deploy emergency teams to Kerr County ahead of the deadly July 4 floods. The decision follows growing outrage that Baker did not respond to the state's request to send Austin's specialized units, reportedly due to an $800,000 reimbursement delay from past state deployments.
A CNN panel criticized partisan figures who immediately seized on Texas’s flash‐flooding disaster for political objectives, urging focus on prevention and response, not point‑scoring.
A 26-year-old Coast Guard rescue swimmer is being hailed as an American hero after saving 165 lives during his first-ever mission—responding to the devastating Independence Day flash floods that ravaged Central Texas. Petty Officer Scott Ruskan, a former KPMG accountant from New Jersey, deployed to the flood-hit Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian summer camp, where he played a key role in triaging and evacuating victims.
