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Texas State student expelled after acting out Charlie Kirk assassination on campus

A Texas State University student has been expelled after a video surfaced online showing them mockingly re-enacting the assassination of Turning Point USA co-founder and CEO Charlie Kirk. The university condemned the behavior in a statement and confirmed disciplinary action.

(L) US President Donald Trump (L) and Texas Governor Greg Abbott look on during a meeting with local officials and first responders in Kerrville, Texas, on July 11, 2025, following devastating flooding that ocurred in the area over the July 4 weekend. At least 120 people are dead and more than 170 still missing, following July 4 holiday weekend floods that ravaged the central Texas Hill Country -- including a river bank cluttered with children's summer camp cabins. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) / (R) AURORA, ILLINOIS - AUGUST 05: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker listens as Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu speaks during a press conference with Texas Democrats at the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades union hall on August 05, 2025 in Aurora, Illinois. Democratic Texas lawmakers left the state on Sunday to prevent a quorum from being reached during a special session called to redistrict the state in favor of Republican candidates. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Sources: Texas Democrats set to return as Gov. Abbott concludes special redistricting session

According to sources who reached out to the press, Texas House Democrats who left the state to block a vote on the proposed new congressional maps are now planning to return. They believe they have succeeded in their goal of stopping the first special session called by Governor Greg Abbott.

A photo shows flooding caused by a flash flood at the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas, on July 5, 2025. Rescuers were desperately searching for at least 20 girls missing from a riverside summer camp, officials said on July 5, after torrential rains caused a "catastrophic" flash flood that killed at least 24 people as it swept through south-central Texas. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Texas faces new ‘life-threatening’ flash flood warnings in numerous counties, halting search and rescue efforts

Heavy rains prompted new flash flood warnings for Central Texas, including already devastated parts of Kerr County, were issued on Sunday, pausing rescue teams who continue to search for the 170 individuals still missing from the July 4th floods.

Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) presides over a subcommittee hearing hearing about the unprecedented number of nationwide judicial injunctions against the Trump Administration in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. The hearing, titled "The Supposedly 'Least Dangerous Branch': District Judges v. Trump," was conducted by the combined subcommittees on The Constitution and The Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Cruz’s office responds to backlash, says he returned from Greece vacation ‘as fast as humanly possible’ after floods hit Texas

Texas Senator Ted Cruz has stated that he traveled back “as fast as humanly possible” from his vacation after facing backlash for being in Greece with his family when devastating floods hit central Texas.