The News Roundup For July 11, 2025

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🗓️ 11 July 2025

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Summary

Search crews and volunteers continue to scour miles along the Guadalupe River for the dozens of people still missing after deadly Texas flooding last week.

President Trump's reciprocal tariffs are put on hold, again. And while the president calls the U.S the "hottest" country in the world, economists and industry experts warn his policies are positioning the country to be less competitive on the global stage.

Meanwhile, President Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize once again, this time by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Pentagon freezes munitions to Ukraine and within hours the president made a U-turn on that move. Also this week new audio emerges of the U.S president expressing frustration with Russian president Vladimir Putin. This comes as Russia launches fresh aerial attacks on Ukraine.

And, the world's most famous pygmy hippo turns one.

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0:00.0	The House of Representatives has approved a White House request to claw back two years of previously approved funding for public media.
0:07.6	The recisions package now moves on to the Senate.
0:11.2	This move poses a serious threat to local stations and public media as we know it.
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0:24.1	Hey, it's Naila. I'm your host for this edition of the News Roundup. Just a quick heads up before we start the show. The news is rapidly changing and things may have changed by the time you hear this episode.
0:34.2	Stay up to date with news by listening to your local NPR member station and visiting
0:38.4	npr.org for all the latest. Thanks for listening and enjoy the show.
0:46.0	You're listening to the 1A podcast. I'm Naila Boodoo, and this is the news roundup.
0:54.4	Officials are still searching for more than 170 people missing after devastating flash floods that tore through Texas's hill country last weekend.
1:03.4	The floods killed more than 120 people, including dozens of children.
1:08.2	President Donald Trump is visiting Texas today as questions pile up around
1:12.3	the emergency warning system and how much federal help Texas will get from FEMA. Also this week,
1:18.5	Trump's trade war is heating up and the Supreme Court gives him the green light to keep firing
1:23.5	federal workers. We have an expert panel to get through all of this and more. Joining us from
1:27.8	Ann Arbor, Zoe Clark, is political director for Michigan Public and co-host of the It's Just Politics
1:32.8	Podcast. Hey, Zoe. Hey, Naila. Here in our DC studio, Josh Wingrove, White House reporter with
1:38.3	Bloomberg News. Josh, good to have you here. Thank you for having me. And Taylor Poplar's,
1:41.9	National Political Reporter based at the White House for Spectrum News.
1:44.8	Hi, Taylor.
1:45.4	Hey there. Good to be here.
1:46.6	Let's start in Texas.
1:47.7	On the 4th of July, heavy downpours caused the Guadalupe River in central Texas to surge from 3 to 30 feet in just 45 minutes.
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