Sen. Bill Cassidy, Sen. Bernie Sanders, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya

This week on ‘Face the Nation,’ can a fractured Democratic party unite to flip the House and Senate in the fall? Plus, a deep dive into the challenges facing public health. As we hit the final stretch of the summer of '26, the Senate has wrapped up and headed home. One of its last items of business: confirming President Trump's nominee for Attorney General, Todd Blanche, who squeaked through by one vote despite concerns about the administration’s weaponization of the Justice Department. We talk with the Republican who put him over the top, Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy.Plus, following another progressive-over-establishment upset in the Michigan Senate primary, will the Democratic party unite behind the outliers?  And how will those further left candidates fare against Republicans in the fall?