Overview
- Vice President JD Vance began a Texas fundraising swing in Austin on Monday, with barricades set around the Four Seasons downtown for an evening event.
- The City of Austin warned of closures between Austin–Bergstrom International Airport and Cesar Chavez Street from Red River to Brazos and urged drivers to plan alternate routes.
- The FAA set temporary flight restrictions over Austin from 8:45 p.m. Monday to 10 p.m. Tuesday, limiting certain flights over the urban core during the visit.
- Reports named tech investor Joe Lonsdale as the Austin host and listed prices ranging from $50,000 per ticket to as much as $250,000 for special access.
- Texas Democrats condemned the events as disruptive and high-priced, the White House declined to comment, and the trip also includes stops in Dallas and Nashville.