News To Know: Tuesday, July 8, 2025

July 8, 2025
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Search Efforts Continue after Deadly Texas Floods

We have been in communication with local and state authorities who are tirelessly deploying extensive resources to search for our missing girls. We are deeply grateful for the outpouring of support from community, first responders and officials at every level.

Camp Mystic, a Christian all-girls summer camp in Kerr County, Texas, in a statement on Monday confirming at least 27 campers and counselors died in the flooding over the weekend. Authorities continue searching for 10 more campers and a counselor. In all, more than 100 people have died from the flooding in Central Texas, with that number expected to rise as search efforts continue.

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Pres. Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Meet at the White House

I think things are going to be really settled down a lot in the Middle East.

President Trump in an exchange with reporters on Monday during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s third visit to the White House this year. The two world leaders shared dinner, where PM Netanyahu handed Pres. Trump a letter nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize. During the dinner, President Trump also said the U.S. plans to “send some more weapons” to Ukraine after previously announcing a halt on deliveries.

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Department of Justice: No “Client List” in Epstein Files

It is the determination of the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation that no further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted.

The U.S. Justice Department in a memo released over the weekend, saying case files on Jeffrey Epstein do not include an incriminating “client list.” The memo also said Epstein, former financier and convicted child sex offender, died by suicide in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. Critics accuse Attorney General Pam Bondi of saying a client list existed when interviewed earlier this year, but the White House says she was referring to the entire case file.

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Measles Cases Continue to Rise, Highest Rate in over 30 Years

The number of new cases has slowed down, but I don’t think there’s any reason to suggest this will be our last.

Dr. Peter Hotez, a vaccine expert and dean at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, concerning the ongoing measles cases. As of July 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported 1,288 cases across 38 states this year — the highest annual total since 1993, when officials recorded 2,126 cases. Additionally, three people have died in 2025 and 155 required hospitalization. In other medical news, several medical organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, are suing Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his change in recommendations for the COVID-19 vaccine regarding healthy children and pregnant women.

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TSA Will End No-Shoes Policy through Airport Security

Big news from @DHSgov!

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on X, confirming news that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is planning to end its policy requiring most passengers to take off their shoes during airport security screening. The policy has been in effect for almost 20 years. Official word about the change has not been announced from TSA, so the timing on when this change goes into effect is TBD. TSA did announce in a post on X that Gold Star families can enroll in TSA Pre-Check at no cost.

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by Emily Hooker, based in Texas

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