The Agonizing Search in Texas, and a Looming Trade Deadline

<p>Plus, what your TV knows about you.</p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/06/us/texas-floods" target="_blank"><strong>Harrowing Tales Emerge in Texas as Rescuers Keep Up Search for Missing</strong></a>, <i>by Edgar Sandoval, Amy Graff and Jill Cowan</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/politics/texas-floods-warnings-vacancies.html" target="_blank"><strong>As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas</strong></a>, <i>by Christopher Flavelle</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/your-money/social-security-tax.html" target="_blank"><strong>Social Security Email Says Policy Bill Eliminates Tax on Benefits. Does It?</strong></a>, <i>by Tara Siegel Bernard</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/us/politics/tax-cuts-benefit-cuts.html" target="_blank"><strong>Tax Cuts Now, Benefit Cuts Later: The Timeline in the Republican Megabill</strong></a>, <i>by Tony Romm, Andrew Duehren, Margot Sanger-Katz, Brad Plumer and Daniel</i> <i>Wood</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/politics/migrants-djibouti-south-sudan.html" target="_blank"><strong>U.S. Turns Eight Migrants Over to South Sudan, Ending Weeks of Legal Limbo</strong></a>, <i>by Mattathias Schwartz and Hamed Aleaziz</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/us/politics/trump-tariff-deadline.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Keeps Foreign Countries on Edge as Tariff Deadline Nears</strong></a>, <i>by Ana Swanson</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/world/middleeast/netanyahu-trump-israel-war-gaza.html" target="_blank"><strong>With One War Over, Netanyahu Heads to Washington Amid Calls to End Another</strong></a>, <i>by Isabel Kershner</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/advice-smart-devices-data-tracking/" target="_blank"><strong>Yes, Your TV Is Probably Spying on You. Your Fridge, Too. Here’s What They Know</strong></a>, <i>by Rachel Cericola, Jon Chase and Lee Neikirk</i></p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio"><strong>sign up</strong></a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. </p>
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