The Agonizing Search in Texas, and a Looming Trade Deadline

Plus, what your TV knows about you.

On Today’s Episode:

Harrowing Tales Emerge in Texas as Rescuers Keep Up Search for Missing, by Edgar Sandoval, Amy Graff and Jill Cowan

As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas, by Christopher Flavelle

Social Security Email Says Policy Bill Eliminates Tax on Benefits. Does It?, by Tara Siegel Bernard

Tax Cuts Now, Benefit Cuts Later: The Timeline in the Republican Megabill, by Tony Romm, Andrew Duehren, Margot Sanger-Katz, Brad Plumer and Daniel Wood

U.S. Turns Eight Migrants Over to South Sudan, Ending Weeks of Legal Limbo, by Mattathias Schwartz and Hamed Aleaziz

Trump Keeps Foreign Countries on Edge as Tariff Deadline Nears, by Ana Swanson

With One War Over, Netanyahu Heads to Washington Amid Calls to End Another, by Isabel Kershner

Yes, Your TV Is Probably Spying on You. Your Fridge, Too. Here’s What They Know, by Rachel Cericola, Jon Chase and Lee Neikirk

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