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View Online  SUNDAY SHOWS SUNDAY SHOWS Booker says Democratic Party ‘desperately needs new leadership’   BY MAX REGO © Greg Nash Democratic Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.) said Sunday that his party “desperately needs new leadership,” with the midterms less than six months away.   “We need to focus on the people, and the Democratic Party desperately needs new leadership, and that’s what’s exciting me about this cycle. It’s not only new leaders emerging, but a new vision for our party,” Booker told host Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Read the full story here Cornyn won’t commit to backing Paxton if Trump-endorsed AG wins primary   BY RYAN MANCINI Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Sunday would not commit to backing Trump-endorsed Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) if he wins the upcoming Texas Republican Senate runoff election to face Democrat James Talarico in November.   NewsNation’s Chris Stirewalt asked Cornyn on “The Hill Sunday” that, based on past comments, Paxton is unfit to serve in the U.S. Senate, but that he will support the nominee, and how Republican voters should reconcile this when going to the polls in November. Read the full story here Zeldin says EPA providing ‘flexibility’ by loosening rules for pollutants used in grocery refrigeration   BY MAX REGO  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lee Zeldin said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" that the Trump administration is providing “flexibility” to businesses by loosening restrictions on the use of super-polluting greenhouse gases in commercial refrigeration.    Under the new EPA rule unveiled on Wednesday, supermarkets can use hydrofluorocarbons that are up to 1,400 times as potent as carbon dioxide until 2032. The rule also eased restrictions on cold storage warehouses, semiconductor manufacturing and refrigerated transportation.  Read the full story here Cornyn: Massie, Cassidy situation with Trump different from mine   BY RYAN MANCINI Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Sunday said his relationship with President Trump is different from the “Cassidy and Massie situation,” referring to Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who both lost Republican primaries to Trump-endorsed candidates.   Cornyn told NewsNation’s Chris Stirewalt that he does not think Trump’s endorsement of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) was about him and his criticisms of the president. Read the full story here Tillis: Hegseth makes Noem look like ‘five-star recruit’   BY MAX REGO Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) on Sunday slammed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, comparing him unfavorably to former Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem, who was dismissed earlier this year by President Trump.   Tillis, who is retiring at the end of this Congress, criticized Hegseth’s handling of the Iran war, noting the reported terms of a tentative deal that the Trump administration is hashing out with officials in Tehran would allow nuclear material to remain in that country. Read the full story here Johnson defends emerging Trump deal with Iran   BY RYAN MANCINI House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday defended the Trump administration’s tentative deal with Iran, parts of which Iranian officials have disputed.   President Trump previously said a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and a 60-day extension to the ceasefire were “largely negotiated.” No mention was made of the fate of Iran’s nuclear program or its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, a long-term sticking point in stalled negotiations. Read the full story here Thom Tillis: Ken Paxton a ‘failure,’ would be anchor on GOP Senate   BY MAX REGO Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Sunday criticized Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), whom President Trump endorsed over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) in the Senate GOP runoff in the Lone Star State.   “He is a failure. He doesn’t deserve to be in the U.S. Senate,” Tillis told host Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Read the full story here Tillis slams emerging Iran deal, offers sharp criticism for Pete Hegseth   BY IAN SWANSON Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Sunday added his voice to other Republicans criticizing an emerging peace deal with Iran, saying he would not support it based on his understanding of what it includes.   “It doesn’t make sense to me,” Tillis said of the deal, arguing it was a mistake to leave nuclear material in Iran. Read the full story here Van Hollen says DNC Chair Martin should have released 2024 autopsy sooner   BY RYAN MANCINI Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Sunday said Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin should have released the party’s long-withheld autopsy report of the party’s defeat in the 2024 presidential election sooner.   Van Hollen told “Fox News Sunday” host Shannon Bream that the report was “incredibly shoddy and incomplete, I can understand why Ken Martin did not want to release it originally, but, of course, that became an issue in itself.” Read the full story here Donalds defends anti-weaponization fund   BY TARA SUTER Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) on Sunday defended the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) controversial new “anti-weaponization fund” saying, “everybody’s losing their minds.”   “This is not new. It happened to — the — under the Obama administration after the [Internal Revenue Service (IRS)] had been sued multiple times, and they settled with groups. This has occurred before. The acting attorney general is telling everybody it is not partisan,” Donalds told host Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday.” Read the full story here Khanna on Massie’s loss to Gallrein: ‘Sadness, disappointment’   BY MAX REGO Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said Sunday that Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) lost his primary to Ed Gallrein earlier this week because he pushed the Trump administration to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein and opposed the wan Iran.   “Sadness, disappointment,” Khanna told host Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” when she asked what his reaction was to Massie’s loss to Gallrein, the latter of whom President Trump backed.  Read the full story here Someone forward you this email? 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