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Good look here from Owen Dahlkamp at how all 25 Republicans in Texas' congressional delegation ended up voting for the Trump megabill, including folks like Chip Roy, Congressman Michael Cloud & Keith Self who threatened to sink it over debt + energy tax credit concerns

NEW: Bexar County Democrats among latest charged in Paxton's vote harvesting case expressnews.com/politics/artic…

SCOOP: As Trump’s team pushes to change Texas’ congressional maps to help elect more Republicans, Democrats — including Gov. Gavin Newsom — are preparing to retaliate by redistricting their states in favor of Democrats. texastribune.org/2025/07/03/red…

BREAKING: Texas AG Ken Paxton moves to drop his appeal of $6.7M judgment for his violations of the state whistleblower act for firing employees who reported him to the FBI for alleged corruption. He had previously declined to contest the claims. Bg: houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…

NEW: Ken Paxton drops appeal in suit from whistleblowers who reported him to FBI houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…

UPDATE: Don Flanary, Castellano’s attorney, said she is innocent and the case appears to be politically motivated. The vote harvesting law is being challenged in a separate ongoing suit, and he will likely bring up the constitutionality issue in her case. More in link below:

BREAKING: In a 2-1 ruling, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules against Texas re SB4 and affirms a lower court’s prelim injunction The law — passed in 2023— authorized TX to charge migrants w/ unlawful entry and reentry and also authorized judges to deport migrants

NEW: Houston ISD student Greta Toranzo is one of about 20 girls who went missing after devastating flooding at Camp Mystic. Her family is asking for her picture to be shared far and wide as they search for her, per the Sinclair Elementary PTO. houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

Happening Now: Hill Country floods death toll rises to 24, officials say at a Greg Abbott news briefing. Abbott promises all the state aid local governments need.

Camp Mystic updates: 25 killed in floods, 5 Houstonians confirmed houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-w…

Kerr County has a history of devastating floods along the Guadalupe. One of the worst was in July 1987. Like Friday's flood, it hit a summer camp. houstonchronicle.com/news/article/h…

UPDATE: The Kerr County Sheriff’s Office says at least 27 people have died after the flash flooding in Texas’ Hill Country. 18 adults, 9 kids.

Local officials in Texas now say the number of young girls missing from Camp Mystic has increased to 27 after major flooding in Kerr County. houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

Important accountability journalism from Tony Plohetski: “To say this is something they did not expect, that tells me their emergency plan did not work.” statesman.com/story/news/loc… #txlege

Heartbreaking from Arelis R. Hernández on the dads looking for their missing daughters in the Hill Country: “She’s out there somewhere with all her friends,” McCown said, describing his daughter as the most selfless little girl. “She was the sweetest little thing.”washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/07…

After Kerr County confirms 59 dead in floods, Travis County Judge Andy Brown says 4 have died in the county, which surrounds Austin. Brown says trailer homes have been washed away in the western part of Travis County & some areas got >1 foot of water in a matter of hours.

In northwest Travis County outside of Austin, in central Texas, floods utterly destroyed a bridge near the intersection between Cow Creek Rd and FM 1431:

Houston Mayor John Whitmire is taking steps to permanently remove a member of the city’s food insecurity board following racial comments she made on social media about the devastating flooding in the Hill Country that decimated Camp Mystic, a private summer camp for girls.

“This one is crying out for a warning system.” Dug Begley and Alexandra Kanik report on the limited system in place to track rising waters... and where it failed on July 4th. houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

Texas lawmakers failed to pass a bill that could have helped fund alarm systems for flood warnings in local areas earlier this year. Rep. Wes Virdell, who represents Texas Hill Country, says he would have voted differently (He voted no). The bill died. texastribune.org/2025/07/06/tex…