Trump Doesn't Fire Pirro In White House Meeting After Publicly Fuming At Her: CNNHours after President Donald Trump eviscerated U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro for her handling of a Reflecting Pool vandalism case, he met with her at the White House but did not fire her, according to a CNN report, which cited multiple anonymous sources. Earlier in the day, Trump slammed Pirro for moving to dismiss a criminal case alleging vandalism of the pool. Sources had previously told the news outlet that Trump was furious with her and that it was “highly likely” she’d be removed from the job. Read more from CNN: Latest Live UpdatesSpain World Cup Hero Tells CNN Why He Wore That MAGA-Style HatTorres sparked controversy by sporting a red cap resembling one of President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” hats, except it read, “Make Spain Great Again.”The political right, and even Trump himself, seized on the headwear as evidence that Torres supported both the president and his political movement.Read more here:U.S. Running Dangerously Low On Key Missiles Amid Iran War: Reuters SourcesThe U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns about the military’s readiness for future conflicts.Read more on Reuters:How A $60 Million Flop In Michigan Could Change Democratic PoliticsIn the months after the 2024 presidential election, Democrats and progressives feared a new wave of free-spending super PACs would reshape American politics and policy. One super PAC backed by AIPAC had dispatched two members of the Squad in primaries. Others funded by the cryptocurrency industry had experienced massive winning streaks, with industry-friendly policies on the horizon. The fears only grew last fall, when the artificial intelligence industry made clear it was copying crypto’s model to launch its own network of super PACs. Concerns about the heavy spending warped campaign planning, with candidates determined to stay on the groups’ good sides. Some progressive operatives worried that every powerful industry would soon copy the formula, turning elections into special interest-dominated battles the left could not afford to compete in. But that hasn’t happened.Read more here:Status Of U.S.-Iran Talks Uncertain As Ship Struck In Strait Of HormuzAn attack on a vessel near the Strait of Hormuz and a rebound in oil prices on Tuesday underscored doubts that the U.S.-Iran war was nearing a resolution, as Tehran pushed back against President Donald Trump’s assertion that talks were under way.Oil prices rose nearly 3% after a steep selloff in the previous session as investors reassessed optimism over diplomacy, while a cargo vessel reported being struck by an unidentified projectile near the Strait of Hormuz off Oman’s coast, according to the UKMTO maritime security agency.Trump said on Monday that talks with Tehran were under way and Iran faced a “last chance” to reach a deal, while Iranian officials insisted no negotiations with the United States were taking place. Iran says its only talks are with Oman about the Strait of Hormuz and no major meetings are planned this week.Read more at Reuters:The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote to advance the nomination of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to the full Senate on Tuesday morning after two key Republicans on the panel confirmed they would back President Donald Trump’s pick.After originally withholding their support over Trump’s controversial “anti-weaponization fund,” Sens. John Cornyn (Texas) and Thom Tillis (N.C.) relented once Blanche rescinded the order creating the slush fund. But the president will get to keep the sweeping grant of tax immunity Blanche announced alongside the fund.“We didn’t have the authority to sort that out. All we had the authority to do [was] what we did, and I think [we] did the best we could,” Cornyn told HuffPost’s Arthur Delaney on Monday.Jack Smith To Testify Before Senate Panel In SeptemberFormer Special Counsel Jack Smith is planning to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee this fall, his lawyers told the committee’s chairman, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), in a letter reported by Politico on Monday.The letter follows an invitation from Grassley for Smith to testify before the Senate panel on Sept. 22. Smith’s lawyers said their client will accept the invite, pending approval from the Justice Department.“He stands by the decisions he made as Special Counsel and looks forward to the opportunity to appear before your Committee in a public hearing to correct the many mischaracterizations of his tenure,” lawyers Lanny Bruer and Peter Koski wrote to Grassley, according to Politico.Grassley said lawmakers need to hear directly from Smith as he criticized his work as special counsel.“In the process of a deeply flawed, weaponized investigation, Jack Smith subpoenaed phone toll records from a dozen senators, scooped up text messages from over 40 members of Congress, and subpoenaed the private communications and financial records of hundreds of other Republican entities and individuals,” Grassley said in a statement. “He needs to answer directly to Congress for his actions.”Earlier this year, Smith testified before the House Judiciary Committee. Last month, that panel’s chairman, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), referred Smith to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution for obtaining lawmakers’ text messages as part of his investigation into Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election, claiming Smith lied during his deposition.Smith’s lawyers said the referral “reflects a chilling eagerness to weaponize the justice system by attacking a career, nonpartisan public servant who faithfully and fearlessly performed his duties by following the facts and the law.”Trump Warns Miller His Campaign Is In Deep Trouble: ReportsPresident Donald Trump called Rep. Max Miller on Monday to warn the Ohio Republican that his reelection campaign is in trouble, according to multiple reports, as the congressman faces allegations of domestic and child abuse.“Things aren’t looking good,” Trump reportedly told Miller, according to Axios.Miller, who has denied wrongdoing, told Trump he is committed to staying in the race, citing polling from his own team showing that he is in a strong position to win the contest, the reports said.Earlier on Monday, Trump praised Miller’s character when asked about the case.“Well, it’s a very sad thing. I know Max is a, is a good person. I mean, I’ve always thought he’s a very good person,” Trump told reporters.“I’m going to let the families figure that out. Those families — I know they’re working on it. It’s a very sad thing,” he added.Meanwhile, some Republicans have urged Miller to step down after Sen. Bernie Moreno, the father of Miller’s ex-wife, Emily Moreno, said Miller was unfit to serve.Man From El Salvador Dies In New Jersey Immigration Jail, ICE SaysA man from El Salvador has died at an immigration jail in New Jersey that has been the target of months of protests over living conditions for people detained there, federal officials said Monday.Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, 41, had been held at Delaney Hall in Newark after being arrested June 18, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Lopez-Cornejo, whom the government accused of entering the U.S. illegally, died Saturday, the agency said. His official cause of death will be released following further medical examination, according to ICE.Read more from The Associated Press:Judge Blocks New York Ban On Federal Agents Wearing Face CoveringsNew York can’t ban federal agents from wearing face coverings or require that they wear visible identification, a federal judge ruled Monday.The ruling comes after a federal judge earlier this year blocked a similar law in California that was enacted after the Trump administration aggressively worked to increase immigration arrests.Read more from The Associated Press:Kaine: U.S. Killed People Not Involved In Drug Trafficking During Boat StrikesSen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Monday sounded the alarm about the death toll of dozens of strikes the U.S. military has launched on alleged drug trafficking boats in the last year. “A careful review of the available evidence suggests that the United States has killed individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Kaine wrote in a letter to President Donald Trump that was obtained by CNN. “They are murder victims,” he added.“Operation Southern Spear” has targeted at least 67 vessels and killed at least 221 people since last September. A White House spokesperson defended the strikes in a statement to CNN, claiming that all of the attacks had “been against designated narcoterrorists bringing deadly poison to our shores.”Read more from CNN: See All Updates