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The Senate passed legislation to reopen the government and end the record-long shutdown after eight Democrats broke with their party and joined Republicans. NBC News’ Gadi Schwartz and Melanie Zanona discuss next steps and who may get credit for ending the shutdown.



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Nov. 10, 2025, 10:34 PM ESTBy Phil Helsel, Joe Kottke and Chelsea DambergThe families of six children and two counselors killed in a flooding disaster that struck a Texas summer camp for girls in July filed two separate lawsuits Monday against the camp’s owners and others, alleging negligence.Twenty-seven children and counselors died in the July disaster in Kerr County, which was caused by slow-moving thunderstorms. More than 100 people died overall.The two suits say the camp was located in a known flash flood area along the Guadalupe River. Lawyers for the families of five of the children and two counselors said it was “in a region known as ‘Flash Flood Alley.’”“Camp Mystic has long operated in a high-risk flood zone. Despite this known danger, the petition asserts that the camp failed to adopt legally required evacuation plans, ignored repeated weather warnings, and implemented unsafe policies,” attorneys for the plaintiffs said.The lawsuit also alleges camp staff prioritized protecting equipment rather than the lives of campers and counselors.”With the river rising, the Camp chose to direct its groundskeepers to spend over an hour evacuating camp equipment, not its campers and counselors,” the suit says, adding that campers and counselors in two cabins were ordered to stay put even as others had been moved to higher ground 300 feet away.”Finally, when it was too late, the Camp made a hopeless ‘rescue’ effort from its self-created disaster in which 25 campers, two counselors, and the Camp director died,” the suit says.A Sheriff’s deputy pauses while combing through the banks of the Guadalupe River near Camp Mystic on July 5.Julio Cortez / AP fileJeff Ray, a lawyer for Camp Mystic, in a statement to NBC Dallas-Fort Worth Monday said that the magnitude of the flooding was unexpected. He said there was “misinformation” in the suits about the actions of Camp Mystic and Dick Eastland, the camp’s owner and director, who also died.”We intend to demonstrate and prove that this sudden surge of floodwaters far exceeded any previous flood in the area by several magnitudes, that it was unexpected and that no adequate warning systems existed in the area,” Ray said.The family of another child who was killed, 8-year-old Eloise “Lulu” Peck, filed a separate lawsuit Monday against Camp Mystic and others.The suit alleges owners of the camp, which it says has been in the family for generations, knew as far back as 1932 that cabins “sat in the bullseye of potential flood waters from the Guadalupe River and never said a word about it to trusting parents.” Since that time, the suit says, the owners had been playing “Russian Roulette with the lives of the little girls.”The lawsuit, filed by Eloise’s parents Timothy and Melissa Peck, seeks unspecified damages in excess of $1 million for wrongful death, mental pain and anguish and other causes.“There is no greater trust than when a parent entrusts the care of their child to another. Parents don’t send their children to summer camp to die,” they said in the lawsuit.Camp Mystic “and the people who ran it betrayed that trust,” they said.During the early morning hours of July 4, the Guadalupe River in Kerr County rose over 20 feet in just a few hours, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration has said.The Texas counties affected by the flash flooding had been experiencing drought since late 2021, the agency said. Drought conditions raise the risk that heavy rain will cause flash flooding because it hardens soils.The remnants of Tropical Storm Barry, which had hit southeastern Mexico on June 29, had a circulation that merged with a trough and moisture from the Eastern Pacific to cause the thunderstorms, NASA has said.Those factors created “a large, organized cluster of thunderstorms that remained nearly stationary over the Texas Hill Country from July 4 to 7,” NASA said. Around 11 inches fell in a few hours, and more than 20 inches fell in some areas overall.More than 130 people died in the floods across six counties, according to a count of official reports conducted by NBC News. At least 117 died in Kerr County, where Camp Mystic is located, the county government said in August. Two people remained missing as of Aug. 8.Camp Mystic said it plans to partially reopen next year with a monument to the victims.“Our clients are devastated by the loss of Lulu,” Randy R. Howry, lawyer for the Pecks, said in a statement. “It was a terrible tragedy that could have been avoided. Camp Mystic must be held accountable for their failure to take care of Lulu and her friends.”Phil HelselPhil Helsel is a reporter for NBC News.Joe KottkeJoe Kottke is an assignment editor at NBC News covering domestic news, including politics, crime, natural disasters, immigration and LGBTQ issues.Chelsea DambergChelsea Damberg is an associate booking producer at TODAY.
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Nov. 5, 2025, 1:36 AM ESTBy The Politics DeskWelcome to a special-post election edition of From the Politics Desk, a newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail.Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox every weekday here.Democrats sweep the first major elections of 2025Democrats scored a series of victories across the country Tuesday on the first major Election Day of President Donald Trump’s second term. The NBC News Exit Poll found that voters in Virginia, New Jersey, New York City and California expressed broad dissatisfaction with Trump. Most voters in those elections were also sour on the direction of the country as they expressed worries about financial issues and the economy.Even though voters generally did not hold positive views of either party, Democratic campaigns were able to capitalize on other areas of concern, giving the party a desperately needed boost one year out from the midterms. Here are the most notable results from the night:Virginia: Democrat Abigail Spanberger defeated Republican Winsome Earle-Sears to flip control of the state’s governorship, setting her up to become the first woman to lead the state.Democrats found success across the board in Virginia. Jay Jones won the election for Virginia attorney general, overcoming a text message scandal that threatened to derail his candidacy in the final stretch of the race. State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi became the first Muslim American woman elected to statewide office in the U.S. with her victory in the lieutenant governor’s race. And the party expanded its majority in the state House of Delegates. New Jersey: Democrats won the other governor’s race of the evening, with Rep. Mikie Sherrill defeating Republican Jack Ciattarelli after a race she worked to make a referendum on Trump. New York City: Democrat Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral race, after the 34-year-old democratic socialist energized progressives around the country. In his victory speech after vanquishing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Mamdani claimed a broad mandate and set himself up in direct opposition to Trump, who made a late endorsement against him. “In this moment of political darkness, New York will be the light,” Mamdani said.California: Voters approved a new congressional map drawn by state Democrats, giving the party the chance to gain up to five House seats next year and counter Republican redistricting efforts in other states.Pennsylvania: Voters approved the retention of three Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the battleground state’s high court. The rest: Maine will soon become the 22nd state to have an “extreme risk protection” gun law, also known as a “red flag law” — part of a slew of state ballot measures voters around the country considered, on issues from raising taxes on higher earners to parental rights and voting rules.The GOP’s view: No one thought Tuesday was going to be Trump’s election night, but there were even fewer silver linings than many Republicans had hoped, Matt Dixon, Henry J. Gomez, Jonathan Allen and Garrett Haake report. Still, Republicans were brushing aside the off-year races as aberrations that aren’t predictive of the 2026 midterms. That’s all From the Politics Desk for now. Today’s newsletter was compiled by Adam Wollner.If you have feedback — likes or dislikes — email us at politicsnewsletter@nbcuni.comAnd if you’re a fan, please share with everyone and anyone. They can sign up here. The Politics Desk    
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