Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) on Saturday railed against Tea Party groups for hurting establishment candidates and incumbents just to fundraise.

“That is a fact. It is not a conjecture, and so many of these groups it is basically donor capture. They are there to perpetuate themselves," he said at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, La., as recorded by The Daily Beast.

The parents of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was released from the Taliban as a prisoner of war this weekend, will address the media at 3:00 p.m. ET on Sunday.

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Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday said that Hillary Clinton is playing a political game "24/7."

Clinton leaked a chapter in her book about benghazi to Politico, in which she defended her decision not to go on the Sunday shows after the Benghazi attack. Priebus criticized the chapter on Benghazi in her book as an attempt to cover herself politically.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) on Sunday warned that the U.S. decision to negotiate for the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl could give Al Qaeda the wrong idea that the U.S. is willing to negotiate with them for hostages.

CNN's Candy Crowley put national security adviser Susan Rice on defense on Sunday over the U.S. negotiation for the release of Bowe Bergdahl, who was freed from the Taliban as a prisoner of war in Afghanistan on Saturday.

In exchange for the Bergdahl's release, the U.S. authorized the release of five Guatanamo detainees, which has some Republican lawmakers questioning the administration's decision to negotiate for Bergdahl's release.

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Friday suggested retiring Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) as a replacement for former Veterans Affairs Sec. Eric Shinseki, who resigned last week.

I think Dr. @TomCoburn would be the best choice to lead the VA and sort out all of these problems #VAaccountability

— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) May 30, 2014

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who led Republicans' charge to shut down the government by trying to link federal funding to an Obamacare repeal, on Saturday said that his efforts gave the GOP an edge in the 2014 elections.

During a speech at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, La., Cruz said that "graybeards" in the Republican party are not giving him enough credit for his help.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) on Thursday urged the legislature to amend state civil rights law to include protections for gays and lesbians, according to Detroit News.

State law prohibits discrimination based on "religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, familial status or marital status," but not sexual orientation or gender identity, according to the Huffington Post.

The National Security Agency on Thursday released an email that Edward Snowden sent to the agency in response to claims by the former NSA contractor repeatedly that he expressed concern about surveillance practices through internal channels before taking his leaks to the media.

The NSA said in a statement along with the released email that while Snowden did contact the agency before he leaked documents, he did not bring up his concerns about surveillance issues.

Glenn Beck's TV network The Blaze last week put together skits mocking a sexual assault survey cited by President Obama and others when discussing rape on college campuses. On Thursday, Glenn Beck defended The Blaze's attempt to debunk the surveys and explained that he understands how serious the issue of sexual abuse is.

The Blaze's Stu Burguiere claimed that two studies, including the 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, inflated statistics on rape.