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Sunshine returns just in time for Friday as winds pick up across the state this afternoon. Outdoor burning is highly discouraged as much of the state deals with a worsening drought. Highs will return to the 90s this afternoon, warmer than on Thursday. We’re tracking a cold front set to move across the state on Saturday. This will bring a chance of showers and storms, primarily across East and North Texas Saturday afternoon. Some storms could be strong with small hail and strong winds. Once the front blows through North Texas, temperatures will plummet some 15 degrees from the mid-90s Saturday to highs in the upper 70s Sunday. Sunday will be the pick day statewide with cooler highs in the 70s and 80s.
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Around Texas
1. Victims of July flooding in Texas struggling to get financial help from FEMA
Only about one-fifth of applicants for federal disaster assistance from Kerr County, Texas, have been deemed eligible to get financial help so far, leaving hundreds without governmental aid more than three months after deadly floods ravaged the county on July 4.
2. San Antonio to lose 2 Army command centers to North Carolina
In accordance with an April 30 memo from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, two San Antonio Army commands will relocate to North Carolina within the next six to eight weeks.
3. Austin mayor considers alternatives to crosswalk murals
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson is complying with Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to remove street markings while considering other ways to exhibit pride and diversity in the city.
Watson’s decision comes a week after the governor threatened to pull funding from cities that don’t obey his orders to remove “political ideologies” from streets. The move angered communities supportive of Austin’s LGBTQ+ pride rainbow crosswalk and “Black Artists Matter” street mural.
A rainbow crosswalk in Dallas’ Oak Lawn neighborhood. (Spectrum News 1)
Around The Nation
1. Trump says he’ll meet with Putin in Hungary. He first meets Friday with Zelenskyy at the White House
2. Federal immigration officers in Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras, judge says
3. Trump warns Hamas ‘we will have no choice but to go in and kill them’ if bloodshed persists in Gaza
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Pages from the U.S. Affordable Care Act health insurance website healthcare.gov are seen on a computer screen in New York, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
As the shutdown drags on, these people will lose if health care subsidies expire
Celia Monreal from Tyler, Texas, worries every day about the cartilage loss in her husband’s knees. Not just because it’s hard for her to see him in pain but also because she knows soon their health care costs could skyrocket.
Monreal, 47, and her husband, Jorge, 57, rely on the Affordable Care Act marketplace for health coverage. If Congress doesn’t extend certain ACA tax credits set to expire at the end of the year, their fully subsidized plan will increase in cost, putting it out of reach.