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Weather warnings predicted devastation from both the Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. But in both disasters, people were left in harm's way.

When university president Gregory Washington received notice that the Trump administration had opened an investigation into complaints of antisemitism, he was "perplexed." But there are signs it may be part of a coordinated campaign to oust him.

The city dropped more than 250 domestic violence assault cases and more than 270 drunken driving cases between May 1 and Oct. 2 last year. Now it says it has hired a full staff of 12 "frontline" prosecutors who will take cases to trial.

After a ProPublica and CBS News investigation revealed that Texas' funding pipeline for anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers is riddled with waste, nonprofits in the program must now provide a detailed accounting of their expenses.

Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation.

California frequently suffers some of the costliest disasters in the country. Now state officials fear they'll be left to face them without federal funding.

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Last month, Lee introduced a now-removed amendment to Trump's policy megabill that mandated the sale of up to 3 million acres. It did little to address the challenges of building affordable housing on public land.

Beyond staff cuts, the departures of some longtime investigators in recent months have left less experienced people tasked with rooting out dangerous manufacturing practices.

Musk, the billionaire businessman behind Tesla and SpaceX, influenced several new Texas laws this year. How his lobbyists came about these wins, however, is more of a mystery.