The Texas senator was seen touring the Parthenon in Athens. His staff said the senator booked the earliest flight back to Texas when he learned of the disaster.

GOP Sen. Ted Cruz was on a pre-planned vacation in Greece with his family when devastating floods hit central Texas, and he sought to travel back “as fast as humanly possible,” his office said.

Twenty kids dead in Texas and you take a vacation?” someone asked the Texas senator after spotting him abroad.

Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was on a family vacation in Greece when deadly floods swept through central Texas — though his office said he flew home as quickly as possible, landing Sunday night. Why it matters: ...

Beast reported that while rescue teams searched floodwaters in Texas, Cruz remained in Greece, continuing to sightsee.

Sen. Ted Cruz was seen touring Greece's ancient ruins the day after deadly flooding struck several Texas counties, which have so far left 111 people dead.

Flight data shows Sen. Ted Cruz could have rushed back to his flood-hit Texas constituency after the deaths of 100 people — including 27 girls and counsellors at a summer camp, the Daily Beast ...

Ted Cruz was on vacation in Greece as fatal floods unfolded in Texas. The senator returned home on July 6, two days after the ...

Ted Cruz was overseas again when disaster hit Texas - but his team claims he ‘promptly’ booked a flight home this time - Senator Ted Cruz’s team said he returned to Texas ‘as fast as humanly possible’ ...

Cruz says he returned to Texas as quickly as he could after news of devastating floods broke. Flight data tells a different ...

Amid catastrophic flash floods in central Texas over the 2025 Fourth of July holiday weekend, a rumor spread online that one of the state's U.S. senators, Ted Cruz, continued to sightsee while on ...

The latest controversy erupted after Cruz was spotted touring the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, on Saturday, July 5, just one day after 27 campers and counselors were reported missing from Camp Mystic, ...