--- title: Obama asks congress $3.7 Billion, NSA Spies on Muslim Americans description: Obama heads to Texas border, the NSA spies on Muslim Americans, South Sudan gets airdrops for independence day, and Brazil fans in agony. canonical: https://time.com/2969543/obama-nsa-sudan-brazil/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-09T16:02:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:02:32.623Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Border Dispute: Obama Heads to Texas og:description: Obama heads to Texas border, the NSA spies on Muslim Americans, South Sudan gets airdrops for independence day, and Brazil fans in agony. og:url: https://time.com/2969543/obama-nsa-sudan-brazil/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8774eebe93f56a0/69869b19cd68483e1409595a/barack-obama-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Barack Obama og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Border Dispute: Obama Heads to Texas twitter:description: Obama heads to Texas border, the NSA spies on Muslim Americans, South Sudan gets airdrops for independence day, and Brazil fans in agony. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8774eebe93f56a0/69869b19cd68483e1409595a/barack-obama-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Border Dispute: Obama Heads to Texas by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jul 9, 2014 4:02 PM CUT  President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about the economy on July 9, 2014, at Cheesman Park in Denver. President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about the economy on July 9, 2014, at Cheesman Park in Denver.Jacquelyn Martin—AP by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jul 9, 2014 4:02 PM CUT Here are the stories TIME is watching this Wednesday, July 9. [President Barack Obama](http://time.com/2967925/obamas-texas-trip-sets-stage-for-immigration-alamo/ "undefined") travels to Texas after asking Congress for $3.7 billion for immigration reform, but Governor Rick Perry won’t be there to greet the POTUS on the tarmac. A new report shows the [NSA](http://time.com/2968943/the-nsa-and-fbi-spied-on-prominent-muslim-americans-leaked-documents-show/ "undefined") spied on prominent Muslim-Americans, just as [Edward Snowden](http://time.com/2969406/edward-snowden-russia-nsa-leaks/ "undefined") asks Russia to extend his Asylum. The Red Cross has begun its first relief airdrops in decades, offering aid in South Sudan as the still-new country marks its third independence day. And finally, the beautiful game got ugly for [Brazil](http://time.com/2967678/germany-crushes-catastrophic-brazil/ "undefined"). Watch the faces of pure heartbreak as soccer super-fans come to grips with their team’s historic defeat. The Brief is published daily on weekdays. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2969543/obama-nsa-sudan-brazil/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2969543/obama-nsa-sudan-brazil/"},"headline":"Border Dispute: Obama Heads to Texas","datePublished":"2014-07-09T16:02:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:02:32.623Z","description":"Welcome to #theBrief, the four stories to know about right now—from the editors of TIME","url":"https://time.com/2969543/obama-nsa-sudan-brazil/","keywords":["The Brief"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8774eebe93f56a0/69869b19cd68483e1409595a/barack-obama-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8774eebe93f56a0/69869b19cd68483e1409595a/barack-obama-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Barack Obama","caption":"Barack Obama","creditText":"Jacquelyn Martin—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/the-brief/","name":"The Brief"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2969543/obama-nsa-sudan-brazil/","name":"Border Dispute: Obama Heads to Texas"}}]}] ```