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Camp Mystic faces investigation over 2025 flood deaths
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People killed at Camp Mystic in the flood
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- politicsUnited States
Ken Paxton investigates Texas pediatricians over vaccine claims
93.3%Texas kindergarteners fully vaccinated against measles
- justiceHuntsville, United States
Texas executes Jamaal Howard after legal challenge over lethal injection
Texas executed Jamaal Howard by lethal injection after courts rejected his lawyers’ challenges, which cited risks linked to Christa Pike’s botched Tennessee execution. Howard was pronounced dead at 20:03 local time.
2dosesChrista Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital during her execution.
- politicsMexico
Mexico seeks evidence of reported border shooting
Mexico asked the United States to provide evidence of an alleged cross-border shooting involving US security personnel. The request followed the deployment of about 500 US troops and Mexican forces to the border area.
500troopsThe United States deployed about 500 troops to the border after the alleged shooting.
- societyUnited States
US public school book bans reach a record annual high
12,000instancesBook bans in US public schools during the 2025–2026 school year
- politicsUnited States
Trump begins campaign tour ahead of US midterm elections
Donald Trump began a 32-day campaign tour with rallies in Denton, Texas, and Durant, Oklahoma, seeking to support Republican candidates ahead of the November midterm elections. He defended his record and addressed concerns about the economy, Iran war and Republican prospects.
71%Americans who disapprove of the war on Iran
- justiceUnited States
Cuts and restructuring disrupt federal disability-rights enforcement
2,000staff positionsThe United States Department of Education cut nearly half of its approximately 4,000-person workforce in March 2025.
- justiceUnited States
Supreme court declines emergency request in surrogate custody dispute
The US supreme court declined an emergency request from Alaska surrogate McKenna West in a custody dispute involving Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar. Their child was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and became the subject of legal orders concerning treatment and relocation.