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Michael McCown just confirmed that authorities called last night to have him identify Linnie. She was found. She is survived by two siblings and a pair of devoted parents in Austin. She was her father’s sweet girl.

I met a devastated, but hopeful family desperately searching for 5 missing loved ones. The lone survivor of the camping group held down to a tree for hours before she was rescued. #KerrvilleStrong #kerrflood ⬇️ Now the Survivors Wait and Hope. nytimes.com/2025/07/06/us/… via @NYTimes

Texas officials have long worried about the dangers to children who packed into camps each summer along the flood-prone Guadalupe River. They knew that warning systems were inadequate. So why was nothing done? We have reviewed documents spanning a decade to find answers. 🧵 1/9

I wanted to finish this night on one positive note: This is Scott Ruskan, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer. He is credited with saving 165 people from Camp Mystic. It was his first rescue mission. Here is his story: nytimes.com/2025/07/06/us/…

Texas Tribune As of 8:30am, 75 deceased in Kerr County. 48 adults and 27 children. 10 campers and one counselor remain unaccounted for, county officials say Sen. Ted Cruz says he picked his daughter up from camp in Hunt last week

A Michigan man who opened fire on a Border Patrol station in McAllen was killed after agents opened fire. The attack happened shortly before 6 a.m. Monday morning. Police have not determined a motive, though FBI is now taking over the investigation.

In response to the deaths of so many in the July 4th flash floods, I will be filing at the earliest opportunity, to bring back civil defense sirens, targeted for flash flood–prone river valleys like the Upper Western Guadalupe River Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, to strengthen emergency flash flood

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirms that President Trump will visit Texas later this week. She defends National Weather Service, saying the regional offices were adequately staffed. "The National Weather Service did its job, despite unprecedented rainfall," she says.

.Office of the Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick says he and Gov Abbott agree on the need for early warning flooding sirens, which Kerr County lacked. Local officials said sirens were too expensive. “If the city can’t afford it, the state will step up,” Patrick says. “We need to have these in place by next summer.”

SCOOP in POLITICO Playbook: Joe Rogan’s next guest is James Talarico, the Texas Democrat weighing a Senate bid. The episode recorded yesterday and could drop as early as today.

As Texans mourn this tragedy, we must not accept that we are powerless to do more to prevent future loss of life from flash floods. I am grateful Governor Greg Abbott has announced we will work to address this during the upcoming Special Session in 2 weeks; and, the Texas

Hills, rivers and rocky terrain: Why the Hill Country keeps flooding Good explainer with historic context by Alejandra Martinez Edison Wu Texas Tribune: texastribune.org/2025/07/08/flo…

A devastating new number from Texas state leaders. Gov. Greg Abbott says 161 people are missing. 94 people are dead in the Kerr County area, 15 are dead in other parts of the state. That brings the statewide total of deaths from flooding across Texas to 109.

New: Weather warnings gave officials a 3 hour and 21 minute window to save lives in Kerr County. But if any local officials got those warnings, and if so, whether they activated in any meaningful way in those hours remains a black box. bit.ly/3GrkQqo

Redistricting, flood preparedness and recovery, STAAR test and taxpayer funded lobbying among other new items added to the special session agenda. Also anti-abortion and anti-trans items. #txlege gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/…

After it failed to pass in the regular session, an anti-trans bathroom bill is back on the special session menu along with flood response. This is the second time since 2017 that a special session will focus on what bathroom trans people use

.Greg Abbott is out w/ a jam-packed agenda for the upcoming special session, calling on legislators to redraw Texas' congressional maps & address several unfinished conservative priorities from earlier this year. first cut from Eleanor Klibanoff & Alejandro Serrano > texastribune.org/2025/07/09/abb…

Quote from Texas House Democrats Chair Gene Wu on the 89(1) call that includes flood response and congressional redistricting. #txlege

FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show nytimes.com/2025/07/11/cli…