The House of Representatives has approved a White House request to claw back two years of previously approved funding for public media.

The recisions package now moves on to the Senate.

This move poses a serious threat to local stations and public media, as we know it.

Please take a stand for public media today at goacpr.org. Thank you.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. President Trump has signed a massive tax cut and spending bill into law.

The legislation includes billions of dollars in new funding for immigration enforcement

but slashes Medicaid and food assistance programs. NPR's Tamara Keith reports Trump signed the

measure at a 4th of July celebration at the White House tonight. President Trump got the

Independence Day signing ceremony he had demanded. It makes permanent tax cuts

passed during the president's first term and includes promises he made on the campaign trail,

like no tax on tips, though that part is temporary. Trump predicted big economic growth ahead.

You're going to see like a rocket ship. You know, we're setting all sorts of economic records

right now, and that's before this kicks in. After this kicks in, our country is going to be a rocket ship.

Democrats point to independent analyses that find the bulk of the benefits will go to high

income Americans, and nearly 12 million people could lose Medicaid coverage. Tamara Keith, NPR News.

Search and rescue operations continue across central Texas, where severe flooding has claimed

the lives of at least 13 people. Tarrantial rain drent Texas Hill Country, causing the

Guadalupe River to overflow its banks.

State officials say the flooding struck a summer camp along the river, prompting search and rescue efforts.

Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick says about 20 children from Camp Mystic remain unaccounted for.

That does not mean they've been lost. They could be in a tree. They could be out of communication.

We're praying for all of those missing to be found alive.

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