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Outside groups have spent nearly $1 billion to boost Republican Senate candidates. Almost 90%, in fact, of pro-GOP TV ads are paid for by outside groups, compared to 55% for Democrats.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics, about midterm ad spending and what the numbers say about a possible election advantage.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Wednesday, July 6. Charges have been filed against the perpetrator of the July 4 mass shooting in Highland Park. Plus, the Bloomington-Normal Sports Commission has honored some of the top student-athletes in McLean County.

"What the hell just happened to my future?" — that's the immediate thought for many people when they learn a fire has destroyed their home, says consumer advocate Annie Barbour.

Preparations continue for a summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un. David Greene talks to Sue Mi Terry, an ex-senior analyst on Korean issues at the CIA, about the North Korean official.

A proposed law would allow more French citizens to vote — a measure that many Indigenous Kanak groups say would dilute their political power.

At least three wildfires have burned thousands of acres of land in Southern California. Here's what we know. And, why Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is ending fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram.

San Francisco based Wells Fargo won its three-month effort to takeover another California based bank today. First Interstate agreed to be acquired in a stock transaction valued at $11.6 billion. If the deal is approved by regulators it will be the largest merger in U.S. banking history. The deal is expected to eliminate as many as 7,000 jobs, half of them in the Los Angeles area, as hundreds of First Intersate branches are closed.

Several groups want FEMA to treat extreme heat and wildfire smoke as a "major disaster." Biden is expected to issue an executive order protecting undocumented spouses of American citizens.