A flood watch remained in effect for parts of southeastern Texas on Sunday, with forecasters expecting several more inches of rainfall and potentially serious runoff across a huge area that altogether covers more than 100 square miles and includes the city of Houston. The densely populated metro center is home to more than 2 million people and has been swamped by consistently heavy downpours. Crews carried out hundreds of water rescues in Houston and the surrounding neighborhoods earlier in the weekend.
For more than a year now, author A.J. Jacobs pulled on woolen leggings more often than you put on socks. Why? "A couple of years ago, I realized I had never read the American Constitution," he said. "But every day I'd open the news and there's another story about how this 230-year-old document is affecting our lives. And I said, I need to know more about our founding document. And the way I like to learn is, I like to go all-in."
Former President Donald Trump ramped up his attacks on Democrats on Saturday at a private luncheon hosted at his Mar-a-Lago club, during which he referred to Democrats as “running a Gestapo administration” — equating President Joe Biden’s administration to Nazi Germany, according to three attendees.