Q: Is it true that if President Donald Trump hadn’t defunded the National Weather Service, the death toll in the Texas flooding would have been far lower or nonexistent? A: The Trump administration did not defund the NWS but did reduce the staff by 600 people.

Experts said the NWS did a good job warning about the flooding, but questions remain about whether the cuts played a role.

Just weeks ago, President Donald Trump said he wanted to begin “phasing out” the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this hurricane season to “wean off of FEMA” and “bring it down to the state level.

"Pod Save America" hosts blasted left-wing critics for politicizing the Texas flooding disaster that killed over 100 people, calling on them to remember, "We're all Americans."

Gov. Greg Abbott made clear he expects the Texas Legislature to investigate every aspect of the flooding in the Texas Hill Country - with a big exception.

After Greg Abbott invoked a sports metaphor to explain Texas' response to deadly floods, Joe Scarborough accused him of “trying to hide behind Texas football."