Texas Flooding Update, Tariff Limbo, Health Groups Sue RFK, Jr.

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🗓️ 8 July 2025

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Crews continue their search and rescue efforts in Central Texas, the Dow tumbled on Monday after President Trump threatened stiff new import taxes, and prominent health organizations filed a lawsuit against Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine policy.

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0:00.0	Four days after deadly floods in central Texas, the death toll keeps rising.
0:06.5	Had we had sirens along this area, it's possible that that would have saved some of these lives.
0:12.2	Could something have been done differently to prevent this tragedy?
0:15.3	I'm Michelle Martin. That's Lila Foddle, and this is a first from NPR News.
0:20.8	U.S. importers are facing several more weeks of tariff limbo and unsemanual. funnel, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:25.8	U.S. importers are facing several more weeks of tariff limbo and unsteady markets.
0:30.6	We have no idea what tariffs will be in August.
0:33.7	We have no idea what they'll be next year.
0:38.0	How can investors and business owners keep up when President Trump keeps changing the rules?
0:43.4	And several major medical groups are suing Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr.
0:49.0	Their lawsuit says his actions on vaccine policy are dangerous and illegal.
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1:16.2	The Texas Hill Country is reeling from the devastation caused by deadly floods.
1:21.0	The number of fatalities continues to increase four days after the overflowing Guadalupe River ravaged parts of the area. And residents are
1:28.6	starting to ask whether this could have been prevented. NPR's Sergio Martinez-Beltran is in
1:34.1	Kerrville, Texas, and joins us now. Hi, Sergio. Hi, Leila. So let's start with the latest. What
1:40.1	do we know now about fatalities? It's gone up? Yeah, yeah. The latest news is very unfortunate.
1:47.5	State authorities have said that at least 100 people have died as a result of the floods.
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