In the day's other headlines, Maine Governor Janet Mills dropped her Senate bid in a race seen as a litmus test for which candidates can best help the Democrats in this year's midterms.

The two-term governor said that while she was eager to carry on the campaign, she simply does not have the financial resources to do so.

That leaves oyster farmer and political newcomer Graham Platner with a clear path to the Democratic nomination.

He's vowed to work with Mills in unseeding the Republican incumbent.

We need to beat Susan Collins. That's what this project has been about since the beginning.

That is exactly what the governor got in it to do as well.

And I think we all at this moment need to come together

and recognize that building power for working people across the state,

that's how we're going to do it.

The 41-year-old military veteran held a strong lead over Mills

and the lead-up to the June primary

that's despite controversy over past online comments about women

and a tattoo he has since covered widely seen as a Nazi symbol. that's despite controversy over past online comments about women,

and a tattoo he has since covered widely seen as a Nazi symbol,

though Plattner says he was unaware until recently that the image had been associated with Nazi police.

Maine is a key state for the Democrats should they hope to retake control of the Senate this fall.

In Texas, officials at Camp Mystic are dropping plans to reopen this summer amid outrage by family members who lost loved ones in last year's flooding.

In a statement, camp leaders say they want to give families more time to grieve.

The decision comes just weeks before it was set to welcome hundreds of campers.

And it follows days of tense hearings in which state lawmakers grilled camp officials The decision comes just weeks before it was set to welcome hundreds of campers.

And it follows days of tense hearings in which state lawmakers grilled camp officials over

their handling of the disaster.

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