Chase Smith

The RNC has $125.5 million and no debt while the DNC has $14.9 million in cash and $18.3 million debt, but Democratic candidates are far ahead in fundraising.

The Illinois governor signed a law requiring the largest AI companies to undergo annual outside safety audits, a first in the United States.

The Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act, known as Senate Bill 315, makes Illinois the third state to regulate the most powerful AI systems, after California and New York, and the first to require annual third-party audits of how the biggest developers guard against catastrophic risks. It takes effect Jan. 1, 2027.

I Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks at an event hosted by Sen. Bernie Sanders in Orono, Maine, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Schumer and Gillibrand said the Democrats’ Senate campaign arm will not invest in the Maine race if Platner remains on the ballot.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., had backed Diana DeGette, D-Colo., who lost her renomination. Two of the incumbents in his home city — Reps. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., and Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., lost to Democratic socialist challengers backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist.

Platner exited the Maine Senate race over an assault allegation he denies, giving Democrats until July 27 to name a nominee to face Sen. Susan Collins.

The party will pick its nominee to face Sen. Susan Collins at a delegate convention on July 25, two days before the state filing deadline.

The Stop Insider Trading Act would bar members of Congress and their spouses from buying stocks.

Cook credits the potential GOP advantage to the redrawn district maps that favored the party nationally in 2025 and earlier this year.