(FILES) US Senator Susan Collins, Republican from Maine, speaks as she questions Jayanta Bhattacharya during a US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on his nomination to be Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, on March 5, 2025. Democrats' hopes of winning a key Senate race now appear to rest with a gruff oyster farmer and ex-Marine named Graham Platner who was virtually unknown a year ago. Platner, 41, will seek to oust long-time Republican Senator Susan Collins in November's midterms after his rival for the nomination, Maine Governor Janet Mills, unexpectedly dropped out on April 30, citing a lack of funding. Winning Maine's senate seat is a prime goal for Democrats who hope to wrest control of Congress from Republicans. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn upon his arrival to the White House, Friday, April 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

FILE - Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., speaks with reporters on the steps at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, May 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

FILE - President Donald Trump sits at a desk as he and religious leaders listen to a musical performance before Trump signs an executive order during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden of the White House, May 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

FILE- President Joe Biden, with from left, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., pray and listen during the National Prayer Breakfast, Feb. 1, 2024, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 01: ACS President Phil Brest speaks during a Nonpartisan Law Day of Action Rally Defending Judicial Independence and the Rule of Law at the Supreme Court of the United States on May 01, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Lawyers for Good Government)