Former US Secretary of State John Kerry has told the BBC his fellow Democrats allowed the US-Mexico border to be "under siege" during Joe Biden's presidency.In sometimes sharp words, Kerry - who was the Democratic presidential nominee in 2004 and a US senator from Massachusetts - said he told Biden the party had "missed" on the issue of immigration for years,

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday drew a hard line against quickly blaming the government in the midst of a tragedy – in this case, the deadly floods in Texas.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump visited Texas to survey the damage from last week’s devastating floods.

But in Texas, FEMA’s search and rescue teams were not deployed until Monday, more than three days after the flooding started, per a report from CNN.