Judge Jennifer Rochon gave Trump's administration a 14-day order to cancel the remaining ads in a $20 million taxpayer-funded campaign. CNBC reported that roughly $19 million was spent before the order. That leaves about $1 million for it to stop.
Perspective Coverage
4 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 7%
- Operator
- Operator 59%
- Investor
- Investor 34%
Reality
- Evidence72
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+25
- Incentives60
- Confidence74
Republicans hold $1 billion to Democrats' $579 million, but Trump-aligned groups booking in September sometimes pay over five times earlier rates. At those prices the cash lead buys less airtime than its size suggests, though the record cannot say how much less nationally.
Perspective Coverage
4 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 6%
- Operator
- Operator 59%
- Investor
- Investor 35%
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives45
- Confidence60
Democrats hold roughly 2-to-1 Texas advertising edge after MAGA Inc's $10 million boost to Paxton
More than $3.4 billion is chasing a chamber that decides who staffs the administration and who fills open court seats for the rest of the term, and the spending so far shows the two sides pricing the same seats very differently.
Reality
- Evidence57
- Adoption68
- Hype gap+18
- Incentives68
- Confidence55
A record $517M election bet, and the 60-vote wall the money cannot buy
Crypto, AI and betting firms are behind record corporate election spending, and Trump is adding a $400 million super PAC. The CLARITY Act still needs 60 Senate votes.
Reality
- Evidence30
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+38
- Incentives72
- Confidence28
The regulated are now the biggest donors: $517m of corporate money into the 2026 midterms
Public Citizen counts $517 million of corporate spending on House and Senate races in 15 months, with crypto, tech and gaming supplying at least $294 million of it.
Reality
- Evidence38
- Adoption68
- Hype gap+26
- Incentives76
- Confidence42