This story was originally published by Grist with the headline How Texas flood relief got caught in a high-stakes political battle on Aug 22, 2025. The Russian president and his thugs may well have created an implacable foe in the White House who cannot be displaced.

KERRVILLE, Texas - $40 million has been pledged to a new housing fund for Kerr County flood victims, says the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country. The Foundation made the announcement Thursday alongside Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, following the deadly and devastating flooding over the July 4th weekend.

The Associated Press has assembled a chronology of chaotic rescue efforts as a flash flood barreled through the Hill Country of Central Texas before dawn July 4. The AP analyzed

Texas Monthly editor Aaron Parsley’s viral essay on losing his nephew in the July 4 floods moved thousands. Here's why he wrote it.

A couple who lost their home in the July 4th floods is feeling hopeful. A foundation has committed to utilizing $40 million to help community members with housing needs, including rebuilding their home.

Lawmakers in the Texas House will vote on six bills aimed at addressing the Central Texas floods that killed 137 people.

An unusually wet summer weather pattern is setting up across San Antonio this week with pockets of heavy rainfall possible.

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