Last week’s devastating Hill Country flooding is likely to feature heavily in a Wednesday hearing on President Donald Trump’s nomination of Neil Jacobs

The White House is defending the National Weather Service and accusing some Democrats of playing politics in the wake of devastating floods in Texas.

The National Weather Service, and the cuts made by President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative, have been under scrutiny since the catastrophic floods in Central Texas that have left more than 100 people dead and almost 200 more missing — a higher death toll than typically die from hurricanes in an entire year)