California bans child marriage, a practice still legal in 32 US states

Colorful billboards popped up in Kansas with that slogan Tuesday night, as the state's Senate race heats up for the first time in nearly a century. The billboards depict the incumbent Republican senator, Roger Marshall, wearing a Hawaiian shirt and lounging in a beach chair against a tropical backdrop. Placed by United Futures PAC, a super PAC supporting his Democratic opponent, Rev. Adam Hamilton, it's an attempt to hammer home one of Democrats' main attacks: that Marshall is out of touch with Kansans.

According to an official briefed on the investigation, the suspect had allegedly been threatening to conduct a mass shooting at the Texas Capitol on Thursday.

Former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is getting divorced, according to South Dakota court filings. Noem, the former DHS secretary who was fired by President Donald Trump in March, is asking for a divorce from her husband of over 34 years, Bryon Noem. Prior to serving as secretary, Kristi Noem was the firebrand Republican governor of South Dakota.

Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton reportedly told donors that "everybody's numbers are down" after a midterm convention in Dallas that touted both Paxton's campaign and President Trump's record.