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A Texas flag hangs from a storm-damaged tree on the banks of the Guadalupe River on July 13, 2025 in Center Point, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Texas officials didn’t see the flood coming. Residents have long warned of risks

Logan Jaffe
Members of the National Guard and the Washington D.C. police keep a small group of demonstrators away from the U.S. Capitol on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. A pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol earlier, breaking windows and clashing with police officers. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Donald Trump in the 2020 election. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Capitol rioters planned for weeks in plain sight. The police still weren’t ready for their siege

Logan Jaffe, Lydia DePillis, Isaac Arnsdorf, J. David McSwane
Philadelphia Police walk through Mount Carmel Cemetery, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, in Philadelphia. More than 100 headstones have been vandalized at the Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, damage discovered less than a week after similar vandalism in Missouri, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma) (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)

About that hate crime at a western Illinois cemetery

Logan Jaffe