Texas Storm Toll, Trump's Foreign Policy, Supreme Court Allows Federal Layoffs

德克萨斯州风暴伤亡统计,特朗普的外交政策,最高法院允许联邦裁员

Up First

2025-07-09

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Rescue and recovery efforts trudged on for a fifth day after devastating floods hit central Texas, President Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House as they worked to make a Gaza deal, and the Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to move forward with plans to lay off hundreds of thousands of federal employees. Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Today's episode of Up First was edited by Alfredo Carbajal, Dana Farrington, Krishnadev Calamur, Janaya Williams and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Zo van Ginhoven. And our technical director is Carleigh Strange. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • Residents of Central Texas are still dealing with the aftermath of last week's catastrophic flooding.

  • Yes, it's hard, but we're strong.

  • We'll rebuild again.

  • Does the area's flood warning system need improvement?

  • I'm Michelle Martin with Amartinez and this is Up First from NPR News.

  • President Trump met twice with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House.

  • The president says discussion focused mainly on Gaza.

  • Gaza is a tragedy.

  • It's a tragedy.

  • It's a tragedy.

  • And he wants to get it solved and I want to get it solved.

  • Can they hash out a cease-fire agreement that Israel and Hamas will both accept?

  • And the Supreme Court will, for now,

  • allow the Trump administration to move ahead with plans for mass layoffs of federal workers.

  • Stay with us.

  • We've got all the news you need to start your day.

  • This summer on Planet Money Summer School, we're learning about political economy.

  • We're getting into the nitty-gritty of what government does with things like trade,

  • taxes, immigration, and healthcare.

  • So politics and economics, which are taught separately, they shouldn't be separated at all.