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Today's Big Stories

1. Rescue crews recover the body of a 10-year-old girl lost in Texas floods

The body of a 10-year-old girl who was swept away in rapidly rising floodwaters has been recovered, Brenham Police Chief Mark Donovan said Tuesday.

Her body was found as forecasters warned that Tuesday could bring more heavy rains and flooding to the Houston area and the state’s coast.

2. Homeland Security chief says travelers with no REAL ID can fly for now, but with likely extra steps

Travelers who aren’t REAL ID compliant by the upcoming deadline this week will still be able to fly but should be prepared for extra scrutiny, the head of Homeland Security said Tuesday.

Kristi Noem told a Congressional panel that 81% of travelers already have IDs that comply with the REAL ID requirements. She said security checkpoints will also be accepting passports and tribal identification when the deadline hits Wednesday.

Transportation Security Administration employees work at a security check point at LaGuardia Airport in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

3. Judge orders Trump administration to admit roughly 12,000 refugees

A judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to admit some 12,000 refugees into the United States under a court order partially blocking the president's efforts to suspend the nation's refugee admissions program.

During a hearing last week, the administration said it should only have to process 160 refugees into the country and that it would likely appeal any order requiring it to admit thousands. But the judge dismissed the government's analysis, saying it required "not just reading between the lines" of the 9th Circuit's ruling, "but hallucinating new text that simply is not there."

4. Trump says Yemen's Houthis agree to stop attacking ships, U.S. will end bombing campaign

In the Oval Office on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said Houthi rebels in Yemen have agreed to stop attacking merchant vessels and other ships following a weekslong daily bombing campaign by the U.S. that the military says struck the small country in southern Arabia more than 1,000 times and killed hundreds since it began in March.

Trump also said the U.S. will halt its bombings in turn, but offered sparse details.

Notes for Tomorrow

Wednesday, May 7

  • Conclave to elect new pope
  • Interest rate decision 
  • TSA REAL ID enforcement begins
  • Energy Secretary Chris Wright testifies at House Appropriations Committee hearing 
  • Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins testifies at House Appropriations Committee budget hearing
  • FBI Director Patel testifies at House Appropriations Committee hearing on FY'26 budget
  • Blues Hall of Fame induction ceremony

In Case You Missed It  
The entrance to the Austin City Limits Music Festival. (Spectrum News 1/Megan Campbell)

Grab your espresso! ACL Music Festival unveils its 2025 lineup

Calling all music lovers! Austin City Limits has released the lineup for its 2025 music festival. 

This year’s headliners include Hozier, Doja Cat, Luke Combs, The Strokes, John Summit and Doechii. The festival started teasing its lineup in advance through a series of postcards which contained images intended to be clues as to which artists would be performing this year.