{"id":161140,"date":"2025-08-20T12:59:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T12:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/161140\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T12:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T12:59:13","slug":"dallas-fort-worth-morning-briefing-aug-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/161140\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas-Fort Worth Morning Briefing Aug. 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning, DFW. Here&#8217;s what you need to know today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n<p>Another round of showers and some will arrive this afternoon to evening from North to South-Central Texas. Heavy rainfall and gusty winds will be possible along with the threat of isolated flash flooding. Much of Texas is under a marginal risk for excessive rainfall on Wednesday and Thursday, and the risk of severe weather is low along with widespread flooding. We\u2019ll drop high temperatures a few degrees by the week\u2019s end with drier weather for the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755694750_991_Briefing_DFW.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Get your 7-day forecast:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/tx\/austin\/weather\/interactive-radar.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/tx\/san-antonio\/weather\/interactive-radar.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Antonio<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/tx\/dallas-fort-worth\/weather.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectrumnews1.com\/snpluslive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Spectrum_News_Plus_PromoCard_4-11-2023.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" class=\"hashed-image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nIntroducing Spectrum News+<br \/>Watch the latest news and more local stories from across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Around Texas\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/tx\/dallas-fort-worth\/news\/2025\/08\/19\/arlington-restaurant-takes-on-food-insecurity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Arlington restaurant takes on food insecurity<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>According to hunger relief network Feeding America, Texas leads the nation in food insecurity, with more than five million families facing hunger. According to the group, 1.4 million Texans are food insecure, representing over 17% of the state and the largest number of individuals in the country.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Tarrant County, which includes Fort Worth and Arlington, the network reports that one in five households are battling hunger.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/tx\/austin\/news\/2025\/08\/19\/funding-for-deadly-hill-country-floods-could-soon-come-in-2nd-special-session\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Funding for deadly Hill Country floods could soon come in 2nd special session<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Hill Country camp community and families of flood victims are urging state leaders to pass laws to improve safety at youth camps across Texas.<\/p>\n<p>From Senate committee hearings to meeting with Abbott last week, families are pushing for legislative action and increased safety measures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>3.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/tx\/austin\/news\/2025\/08\/19\/fort-bliss-lone-star-lockup-texas-immigration-detention-military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Immigration detention camp billed as the largest in U.S. history officially opens at Texas&#8217; Fort Bliss<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration\u2019s latest immigration detention camp has officially opened at a major military base in El Paso, Texas, with the goal of becoming the largest facility of its kind as the military embraces an increasingly expansive role in\u00a0immigration\u00a0and\u00a0domestic law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Veronica Escobar, a Democrat who represents the El Paso area, visited the site Monday for nearly\u00a02\u00bd hours and\u00a0said\u00a0migrants began being detained at the facility as early as Aug. 1 and that it now houses nearly 1,000 people.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/US_Deportation_Flights_AP.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\" img-data-caption=\"Migrants wearing face masks and shackles on their hands and feet sit on a military aircraft at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, awaiting their deportation to Guatemala. (AP Photo\/Christian Chavez)\" img-data-wrap-text=\"true\" img-data-editing=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Migrants wearing face masks and shackles on their hands and feet sit on a military aircraft at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, awaiting their deportation to Guatemala. (AP Photo\/Christian Chavez)<\/p>\n<p>Around The Nation<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/tx\/austin\/politics\/2025\/08\/19\/department-of-education-federal-work-study-voter-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Education Department ends Federal Work-Study jobs that support voting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/tx\/austin\/news\/2025\/08\/19\/justice-department-investigation-dc-crime-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trump&#8217;s Justice Department investigating whether DC police officials falsified crime data<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/tx\/austin\/news\/2025\/08\/19\/russia-ukraine-war-trump-putin-zelenskyy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trump pushes for a meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin ahead of any trilateral gathering to discuss ending war in Ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Deep in the Heart of Texas\u00a0<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Selena_Gomez_AP_12042025.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\" img-data-caption=\"Selena Gomez arrives at The Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment Gala on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo\/Chris Pizzello)\" img-data-wrap-text=\"true\" img-data-editing=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Selena Gomez arrives at The Hollywood Reporter&#8217;s Women in Entertainment Gala on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo\/Chris Pizzello)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/tx\/austin\/news\/2025\/08\/19\/texas-nominees-premios-juventud-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>Texas nominees for 22nd annual Premios Juventud awards include Selena Gomez, Grupo Frontera<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nominees for the 22nd annual Premios Juventud, an entertainment awards show presented by Univision, were revealed on Tuesday, and several entertainers and creators are representing the Lone Star State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, DFW. 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