Plus, Republicans strategists are advising lawmakers to appeal to working class voters when selling Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" ahead of the midterms.

U.S. President Donald Trump actually sent 700 U.S. Marine Corps troops to Los Angeles in June 2025 — alongside 4,000 National Guard troops.

As initial search-and-rescue operations in the July 4 catastrophic Texas flooding started to recede, new reporting emerged that the federal response had been delayed by a new budget rule imposed by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

Rachel Maddow drew parallels Monday between the Trump administration's response to Texas' flooding and George W. Bush's to Hurricane Katrina.

Early in the morning on July 4th, as torrential rains battered central Texas, the dangers of flash floods became imminent. In Kerr County, the Guadalupe River rose 26 feet within 45 minutes, leading to the deaths of 106 people. As the catastrophic deluge swept throughout the region, the death toll climbed to at least 132.

President Donald Trump met with victims' families and surveyed the damage of catastrophic floods that struck the state one week ago.

President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and visited Kerrville, Texas, following massive floods.

In early July 2025, a screenshot claimed to show a real Truth Social post by U.S. President Donald Trump calling on people to forget the "Epstein files" and focus on the "beautiful young girls" who died in the Texas flash floods over the Fourth of July. Per the screenshot, Trump wrote: