Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The Supreme Court has handed President Trump a win. The justices have issued a decision that allows the administration to move ahead with plans to slash the federal workforce. The ruling could result in the loss of tens of thousands of government jobs at multiple agencies.

The decision lifts a ruling by a lower court, which had blocked mass layoffs.

Search and rescue operations are in their fifth day across central Texas,

where massive flooding has left 109 people dead.

Governor Greg Abbott provided an update after touring the

devastation in the Texas Hill Country today. The hearts of our fellow Texas are breaking every

single day. There's nothing more important on our hearts and minds than the people of this community,

especially those who are still lost.

Officials say 161 people remain missing in central Texas. President Trump says he plans to visit the region on Friday. Texas lawmakers are preparing to return to the state capital for a special

session. Andrew Schneider from Houston public media reports that disaster response will top the agenda.

During the regular legislative session, lawmakers considered but failed to pass a bill that would

have invested half a billion dollars to set up a grant program for local governments to build

new emergency communications infrastructure.

Christopher Wolfe teaches political science at the University of St. Thomas in Houston and is hopeful for passage now.

I do think that this would have a good chance of passing, in part because the other things in the special session are not as controversial as special sessions have been in the past.

Lawmakers will only be able to vote on measures Governor Greg Abbott puts on the special

sessions agenda. Abbot says he will do so with disaster response, though he stopped short of

calling for the same bill the legislature previously considered. For NPR news, I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston.

The Trump administration says it's sending another round of munitions to Ukraine. NPR's Tamarkeith

reports the move underscores the president's frustration with Russia over the growing death toll

in Ukraine. President Trump has been trying to broker a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine since

taking office with little to show for it. Last week, the Defense Department paused shipments

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