Daily Briefing: Who's to blame for the Texas flood tragedy?

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<p>Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY July 8, 2025 at 5:12 AM</p>

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<p>Answers to questions about the cause of the tragic Texas flooding may never be adequately answered.</p>

<p>After announcing a 90-day pause on the April 2 tariffs, the Trump administration said it would use that time to launch dozens of deals with trade partners.</p>

<p>How will tariffs affect Amazon Prime Day sales and deals?</p>

<p>At least 104 dead as hard-hit areas in Texas face new flooding risks</p>

<p>Potent, slow-moving storms over central Texas have begun to trigger flooding in areas already hard-hit by the state. Forecasters with the National Weather Service extended some riverside flood watches and warnings, with some advisories lasting through Thursday.</p>

<p>Who's to blame for this tragedy? There is already a lot of finger pointing. The catastrophe was caused by a perfect storm of difficult-to-forecast rainfall and fast-moving water. Some wonder if budget cuts made things worse. Scientists say it was a terrible combination of terrain, timing and climate change.</p>

<p>Nearly a decade before this catastrophic flooding, the state's Division of Emergency Management denied requests for a $1 million grant to improve Kerr County's flood warning system.</p>

<p>What we know about the victims: Camp directors. Sisters. Teachers. Grandparents. More than 100 people died in flooding in central Texas. Here are stories of those who lost their lives.</p>

<p>Stories from survivors: With little warning from forecasters, some residents said they were alerted to the danger by panicked screaming and the sounds of the storm in the early morning hours of the holiday weekend.</p>

<p>Help us tell the story: Share your photos and videos from flooding in Texas.</p>

<p>Search and rescue workers paddle a boat in the Guadalupe River in the aftermath of deadly flooding in Kerr County, Texas, on Monday.Read more special Texas flood coverage from USA TODAY: -</p>

<p>With just word-of-mouth warning, one man raced 25 miles to save guests at his Texas RV park.</p>

<p>A family slept as Texas floods raged. A stranger screamed — and saved their lives.</p>

<p>Many reactions to the devastation at Camp Mystic embraced something fundamental to the girls' summer camp: prayer.</p>

<p>As Texas flood waters recede, efforts to rescue pets intensify.</p>

<p>A flood killed his entire family in 2015. Now, he's joined search efforts in Texas.</p>

<p>A new poll shows Americans fear the rise of extreme weather.</p>

<p>Other news to know now -</p>

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<p>Trump is sending weapons to Ukraine after expressing disappointment with Putin.</p>

<p>Trump and Netanyahu are looking to relocate Palestinians voluntarily.</p>

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<p>LA mayor calls out federal agent presence in MacArthur Park'Franky, it is outrageous and un-American that we have federal armed vehicles in our parks when nothing is going on in our parks.'</p>

<p>~ Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is condemning federal agents and National Guard troops for descending on a city park on Monday. Armored vehicles, mounted officers and armed troops briefly swarmed the city's MacArthur Park Monday morning before leaving. Bass said 20 children were playing before the troops surged through and shared footage of federal officers running through the park.</p>

<p>Are tariff rates going up?</p>

<p>President Donald Trump in April announced a baseline 10% tariff, as well as targeted tariffs, on dozens of countries. After stocks tanked and the bond market rebelled, Trump reversed course and said he would pause the sweeping tariffs for 90 days, giving countries until July 9 to negotiate rates. The flat 10% rate remained in effect. But the July 9 goalpost has been pushed back — with new tariff rates set to kick in on Aug. 1. So far, the Trump administration has announced two trade deals, with Vietnam and the United Kingdom. Because U.S. businesses that import will be paying Trump's tariffs, economists have warned that U.S. consumers will likely see higher prices as companies pass along those higher rates to customers.</p>

<p>Today's talkers -</p>

<p>Mark Ruffalo said it's "a little late now" for Joe Rogan's shock over Trump's ICE raids.</p>

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<p>We're live-tracking the best Amazon Prime Day 2025 deals</p>

<p>Amazon Prime Day 2025 is officially live—and this year, it's bigger, longer and packed with more savings than ever. Running from Tuesday through Friday, the four-day mega sale started early with wild moves like bringing AirPods Pro 2 down to the lowest price since before Black Friday. Whether you're shopping for back-to-school tech, summer essentials or just love a really good deal, USA TODAY is live-tracking all the top steals throughout the week. What are today's most popular Prime Day deals so far?</p>

<p>Photo of the day: Feathered fashion</p>

<p>Schiaparelli is among the brands unveiling their avante-garde looks during the most exclusive of the Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week events this week. Scroll through the best photos, starting with Cardi B leaving the Schiaparelli Haute Couture fall/winter 2025-2026 show with a feathered friend.</p>

<p>Cardi B leaves the Schiaparelli Haute Couture fall/winter 2025-2026 collection show on Monday in Paris, France.</p>

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<p>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Texas flood, Camp Mystic, Trump, ICE, tariff, Israel, Ukraine, Amazon Prime Day: Daily Briefing</p>

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Monzo fined $28 million by UK regulator for financial crime failings

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<p>July 8, 2025 at 5:10 AM</p>

<p>LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's financial regulator has fined digital bank Monzo 21 million pounds ($28.57 million) for failings in its anti-financial crime systems, which included onboarding customers who had listed London landmarks as their address.</p>

<p>As Monzo grew rapidly, it failed to maintain good enough controls to prevent the risk of financial crime, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said in a statement on Tuesday. The regulator issued a fine of 21.1 million pounds for "inadequate anti-financial crime systems and controls" between October 2018 and August 2020.</p>

<p>Monzo said the problems "have been resolved and are firmly in the past" and that it acted quickly to implement a programme to address financial crime issues in February 2021.</p>

<p>Launched in 2015, Monzo is one of a handful of financial services apps, or "fintechs", to have emerged in Britain in the last decade, offering financial services via an app.</p>

<p>After a 2020 review, the FCA imposed a requirement on Monzo to prevent it from opening new accounts for high-risk customers. But "between August 2020 and June 2022, it repeatedly failed to comply with the terms of the requirement, including signing up over 34,000 high-risk customers," the FCA said.</p>

<p>"Monzo onboarded customers on the basis of limited, and in some cases, obviously implausible information – such as customers using well known London landmarks as an address," Therese Chambers, FCA joint executive director of enforcement and market oversight, said.</p>

<p>($1 = 0.7349 pounds)</p>

<p>(Reporting by Tommy Reggiori Wilkes and Elizabeth Howcroft; Editing by Amanda Cooper)</p>

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Storms and fires hit Balkan countries following a period of extreme summer heat

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<p>JOVANA GEC July 8, 2025 at 5:31 AM</p>

<p>1 / 3Croatia StormBoats are seen damaged in Split, Croatia, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, following a powerful storm. (AP Photo/Tom Dubravec)</p>

<p>BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A severe hail storm ripped trees and roofs in Croatia on Tuesday while hundreds of fires raged in neighboring Serbia following a period of extremely hot weather in parts of the Balkan region.</p>

<p>A brief but powerful storm hit Croatia's Adriatic Sea port of Split during the morning on Tuesday. High winds and hail damaged the roof of the city's soccer stadium and caused a ferry to slip its moorings at the port which then hit two other vessels, one of which sank.</p>

<p>At least three people were injured in the storm, and material damage across the city was huge. Photos carried by Croatian media showed downed trees and flooded streets.</p>

<p>The Index news portal said that offices and the pitch itself at Split's Poljud stadium were damaged as well as the roof. The report quoted the Split meteorological service as saying that "such storms are usual after a long period of heat with extremely hot days."</p>

<p>Previously, Croatia and the rest of the Balkans experienced a heat wave with temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) and more. Meteorologists said the storms prefigured cooler days ahead with temperatures set to drop to around 20 degrees Celsius (68 Fahrenheit) in some areas.</p>

<p>The weather service in neighboring Slovenia said on Tuesday that snow fell at high altitudes in the Alps while the rest of the country has been pounded with heavy rain and hail.</p>

<p>In Serbia, firefighters battled more than 600 wild fires on Monday that injured six people. Serbia has been hit by a severe drought this summer that has endangered crops and led to restrictions in supplies of drinking water throughout the country.</p>

<p>Serbian police late on Monday urged residents to be very cautious as dry and hot weather increases chances of wild fires. At least three municipalities in southern parts of the country declared emergency measures due to the fires.</p>

<p>"Many villages were jeopardized. We have a number of burnt and damaged properties but we have managed to save many too," senior emergency official Nedeljko Gagic told state-run RTS television.</p>

<p>Serbia's meteorological institute has also warned on low water levels on the two biggest rivers in the country, the Danube and the Sava, as well as smaller ones.</p>

<p>Experts say that extreme weather conditions can be linked to climate change. Extremely hot weather and wild fires were reported throughout Europe in early July.</p>

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Trial starts over Trump's efforts to deport foreign-born student protesters: What to know

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<p>BrieAnna J. Frank, USA TODAYJuly 8, 2025 at 5:05 AM</p>

<p>The two-week, non-jury trial over President Donald Trump's attempt to deport foreign-born individuals based on their pro-Palestinian activism kicked off in a Boston courtroom on July 7.</p>

<p>The trial comes weeks after Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil was released from the Louisiana detention facility where he'd been held for more than three months.</p>

<p>The Trump administration has maintained it has a right to arrest and deport individuals whom they believe undermine the country's foreign policy interests. But others have said the administration's actions are a clear violation of the First Amendment and could have significant implications for the future of free speech in the U.S.</p>

<p>Here's what to know as the trial for American Association of University Professors v. Rubio unfolds:</p>

<p>Who's involved in the lawsuit?</p>

<p>The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University filed the lawsuit on March 25 on behalf of the American Association of University Professors, the association's campus chapters at Harvard University, New York University and Rutgers University, and the Middle East Studies Association.</p>

<p>Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Todd Lyons, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, are listed as defendants in their official capacities.</p>

<p>What happened on day one?</p>

<p>Lawyers for the plaintiffs argued that efforts to detain and deport noncitizens based on their political beliefs violate the First Amendment's right to free speech, the Washington Post reported.</p>

<p>Ramya Krishnan, a senior staff attorney at the Knight First Amendment Institute who gave an opening statement on behalf of the plaintiffs on July 7, told USA TODAY the administration is unconstitutionally "using immigration law as a cudgel against speech that it doesn't like" and that the case therefore has implications for "everyone."</p>

<p>She told USA TODAY the administration's actions are akin to those associated with authoritarian regimes and have "no place in a democracy."</p>

<p>She referenced a moment in which, according to Politico, Justice Department attorney Victoria Santora said the First Amendment applies to both citizens and noncitizens but later backtracked to say "there are nuances to the First Amendment."</p>

<p>The judge "wasn't really given a straight answer" when he asked for further detail about that nuance and indicated it would be a topic they would revisit during the trial, Krishnan said.</p>

<p>The plaintiffs hosted a news conference and rally on July 7 after the court adjourned for the day.</p>

<p>What do the plaintiffs want?</p>

<p>The plaintiffs have requested, among other actions, that the judge declare the administration's "ideological deportation policy" and "threats to arrest, detain and deport noncitizen students and faculty" as unconstitutional. They asked for the policy to be set aside and for the judge to bar the administration from making such threats moving forward.</p>

<p>How does the administration justify the deportations?</p>

<p>The Trump administration has cited a provision in the Immigration and Nationality Act that gives the secretary of state the right to remove a person from the country if they undermine its foreign policy interests.</p>

<p>"The Trump administration reserves the right to ensure that foreign nationals do not pose a threat to the foreign policy or national security interests of the United States," White House spokesperson Anna Kelly told USA TODAY on July 7.</p>

<p>Trump has referred to student protesters as "terrorist sympathizers" and accused them, along with an array of colleges and universities, of antisemitism.</p>

<p>The Department of Homeland Security has denied that the administration's actions are unconstitutional.</p>

<p>"Sec. Noem has made it clear that anyone who thinks they can come to America and hide behind the First Amendment to advocate for antisemitic violence and terrorism – think again," spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in an April news release announcing that the department would be "considering aliens' antisemitic activity" online in determining an applicant's eligibility for immigration benefits. "You are not welcome here."</p>

<p>The State Department told USA TODAY it doesn't comment on ongoing litigation.</p>

<p>Why is it a First Amendment issue?</p>

<p>The complaint accused the administration of fostering a "climate of repression and fear on university campuses."</p>

<p>It said the administration's actions have had a chilling effect on noncitizen students and faculty. Some have stopped going to protests, for example, while others have started avoiding posting their political opinions on social media, the complaint said.</p>

<p>"The agencies' policy, in other words, is accomplishing its purpose: it is terrorizing students and faculty for their exercise of First Amendment rights in the past, intimidating them from exercising those rights now, and silencing political viewpoints that the government disfavors," the complaint said.</p>

<p>The Foundation for Individual Rights and Freedom (FIRE) is not involved in the case, but it is monitoring the proceedings and the "dangerous precedent" it says the administration is seeking to establish.</p>

<p>"When noncitizens are punished for engaging in peaceful, protected expression simply because the administration doesn't like their views, the threat to the rest of us should be immediately apparent," said FIRE's legal director Will Creeley. "An administration that cracks down on peaceful expression isn't likely to stop with noncitizens."</p>

<p>Who's the judge?</p>

<p>U.S. District Judge William Young marked his 40th anniversary on the federal bench this year. One of his former clerks described him as a "model for lawyers everywhere" at an event celebrating the milestone, according to Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.</p>

<p>This isn't the first time he's overseen a case involving the Trump administration. In June, he blocked the administration's termination of National Institutes of Health grants that slashed funding for research pertaining to minority communities.</p>

<p>"I am hesitant to draw this conclusion, but I have an unflinching obligation to draw it: that this represents racial discrimination," Young said, according to the New York Times.</p>

<p>Young graduated from Harvard Law School in 1967, according to the district court's website.</p>

<p>BrieAnna Frank is a First Amendment Reporting Fellow at USA TODAY. Reach her at [email protected].</p>

<p>USA TODAY's coverage of First Amendment issues is funded through a collaboration between the Freedom Forum and Journalism Funding Partners. Funders do not provide editorial input.</p>

<p>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Trial on deporting pro-Palestine students starts: What to know</p>

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Kremlin says it will take time to clarify what weapons US will send to Ukraine after Trump remarks

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<p>July 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM</p>

<p>MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it would take time to clarify what weapons the United States is supplying and will supply to Ukraine after President Donald Trump said Washington would have to send more arms to Kyiv.</p>

<p>Trump said on Monday that the United States would send more weapons to Ukraine, primarily defensive ones, to help the war-torn country defend itself against intensifying Russian advances.</p>

<p>When asked about Trump's remarks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there were many contradictory statements about U.S. weapons supplies to Ukraine, though it was clear that European weapons deliveries were continuing.</p>

<p>"Obviously, supplies are continuing, that's clear. Obviously, the Europeans are actively involved in pumping Ukraine full of weapons," Peskov said.</p>

<p>"As for what kind of supplies and in what quantity Ukraine continues to receive from the United States, it will still take time to clarify this definitively," he added.</p>

<p>Russia, which is advancing at various points along the front, currently controls just under a fifth of Ukrainian territory including Crimea, all of Luhansk, the lion's share of three other regions and slivers of three additional regions.</p>

<p>Peskov said that Moscow appreciated Trump's efforts to initiate direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, and that there was significant potential for restarting Russian-U.S. trade and economic relations.</p>

<p>"But at the moment, the United States is implementing a number of restrictions. We believe that these sanctions are illegal, and they harm not only our entrepreneurs, but also the entrepreneurs of the United States," Peskov said.</p>

<p>(Reporting by Dmitry Antonov; Writing by Guy FaulconbridgeEditing by Andrew Osborn)</p>

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Photos show Palestinians mourning after people were killed in Israeli strikes

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<p>The July 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM</p>

<p>1 / 9APTOPIX Israel PalestiniansMourners attend the funeral of victims who were killed in an Israeli bombardment of Gaza Strip, at the Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)</p>

<p>Health officials in the Palestinian territory said Tuesday that 18 people were killed in Israeli strikes.</p>

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