New York Times: “James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, raised $27 million in the first months of 2026 — a remarkable haul that far outpaced that of any other Senate candidate. His campaign said it was the most a Senate hopeful had ever raised in the first quarter of a year.”

“Vice President JD Vance’s unusual second job as the finance chair of the Republican National Committee is exactly the kind of role an ambitious presidential aspirant might dream up,” the New York Times reports.

“He’s been able to do some good for the party, raising tens of millions of dollars at events for Republicans as they head into the midterms. And he’s been able to do some good for himself, wooing some of his party’s richest and most influential patrons.”

Axios: Vance heading to Iowa for midterm events.

“Pro-Israel megadonor Miriam Adelson gave $40 million to the Republicans’ House and Senate super political action committees, boosting the party’s war chest as it fights to maintain control of both chambers,” Bloomberg reports.

“Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner repeatedly praised the tactics used by Hamas terrorists in comments made about a graphic video of a Hamas raid into Israel in 2014, in which terrorists killed at least five Israeli soldiers,” Jewish Insider reports.

Said Platner: “Pragmatically I have little problem with killing an enemy combatant who you attempt to capture but for whatever reason cannot. From a strictly professional standpoint, this was a damn fine looking and successful raid against a superior opponent, I dig it.”

“Why should we keep the majority? We’ve gotten one bill passed, and that was President Trump pushing and pushing and pushing, and it took us 18 hours to get Republicans to vote for it — 18 hours straight on the Senate floor. And it’s embarrassing that we’re up here raising money to continue with the same people being up here. It’s just nonsense.”

— Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), on Benny Johnson’s podcast.