Axios

Natural disasters punished the country this week. There's been devastating flooding in Louisiana and the New York region, alongside wildfires in California and Nevada.

• Plus, how Texas could affect abortion laws in other states.
• And, inside the first all-civilian space flight.

Guests: Axios' Andrew Freedman, Oriana González, Miriam Kramer, and Nick Halter.

Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Hope King, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Dan Bobkoff, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Sabeena Singhani, and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.

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