Why Congress might claw back money it already approved

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<p>The Senate voted to advance legislation that would claw back over $9 billion dollars for foreign aid and public media that both chambers of Congress, and President Trump himself had previously approved.&nbsp;<a href="https://apple.news/AXYOU5jB5T3ObdB-mG5TopQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reuters</a>’s Bo Erickson explains how it's part of a broader effort by the administration to assert more authority over the federal budget. </p><p>The executive director of Camp Mystic, the all-girls camp in Texas, received a severe flood warning on his phone in the early-morning hours of July 4. According to an investigation by Annie Gowen and her colleagues at the <a href="https://apple.news/AVFzZyVmbQ5G5KKJlTgAe8g" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Washington Post</a>, it took more than an hour after that for a frantic evacuation to begin.<br></p><p>For years, women told medical providers that IUD procedures were painful. <a href="https://apple.news/ARQSiy9TdT9S06h4qD5ztdg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vox</a>’s Allie Volpe joins to discuss why their voices are finally being taken seriously.</p><p>Plus, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth <a href="https://apple.news/Ai762qfUIQ0C9Nk9X_uTQYw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">is pulling</a> some National Guard troops from L.A., unreleased music was <a href="https://apple.news/AKQO9sMk4TZeBhzE41veTiA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">stolen from Beyoncé</a>, and a <a href="https://apple.news/AHqlhZgjjR1y3w6JRd7WvIA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">chunk of Mars</a> is going to auction.</p> <p>Today&rsquo;s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.</p>