Overview
- A federal judge has temporarily blocked the implementation of Idaho's 'abortion trafficking ban,' a legislation that could imprison those who aid minors in securing abortions in locations where the procedure is legal with parental consent.
- During the third GOP debate, former UN ambassador Nikki Haley criticized opponent Vivek Ramaswamy's arguments against U.S. funding for Ukraine's war against Russia, suggesting that Russian President Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping would welcome such a policy.
- The race for Houston's mayoral position will go to a runoff between Democratic state Sen. John Whitmire and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, after neither candidate received a majority in the all-party primary.
- Pennsylvania State's Superior Court Judge Dan McCafferty won a crucial Supreme Court race in Pennsylvania, thereby preserving the majority for Democrats in the state's high court.
- Texas businessman Nate Paul, a central figure in the impeachment of State Attorney General Ken Paxton, is facing additional criminal charges.