Current News Highlights: Infant Mortality, Election Controversies, and WNBA Developments

On today’s show: NBC’s Sahil Kapur reports on how the Harris campaign is using Republican supporters to reach undecided voters. 

Jack Herrera reports for Texas Monthly on why the border crisis won’t be solved at the border. 

Wall Street Journal reporter Heather Gillers explores how storms are testing Florida’s home-insurance market. The Journal also looks at why Florida continues to allow new properties to be built in high-risk areas.

Plus: CNN looks at research that found hundreds more infants died than expected in the U.S. after Roe v. Wade was overturned, an election-law expert told NPR Elon Musk’s cash giveaway to voters is illegal, and ESPN says that WNBA players want their salaries to reflect the league’s successful year. 

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.