Trump admin live updates: Trump, Schumer trade barbs over Senate nominations

Following trade talks with China in Sweden, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer was asked if the Aug. 12 tariff deadline with China could slide. Greer said that’s under discussion.

“So that's what's under discussion right now, I would say that our conversations with the Chinese have been very positive. We have discussions at the staff level, at my level, you know, President Xi and President Trump have had conversations,” Greer told CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

Asked if any commitments came out of the meeting in Sweden between China and the U.S., Greer said yes, but did not give specific details, telling CBS that the conversation focused on rare earth magnets and minerals.

“Yes, we talked about, and I won't go into detail, because they're, you know, confidential conversations between two governments, but they really focused on rare earth magnets and minerals,” Greer said. “China has put a global control on the world, and so for the United States, we're focused on making sure that the flow of magnets from supply chain can flow as freely as it did before the control and I'd say we're about halfway there.”

Greer was pressed about a recent Truth Social post from Trump about how Canada’s decision to back statehood for Palestine is going to make it hard for the U.S. to make a trade deal with the country. Asked what Canada’s decision on recognizing Palestine has anything to do with financial and trade agreements, Greer responded that the president has the power to do so in national emergencies.

“The President of the United States has his foreign affairs power, where he can manage relations under the Constitution with foreign countries. Congress delegated to the president the ability to take economic action in response to national emergencies,” Greer said.

“In the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, and, for example, the Treasury Department, they have a number of sanctions where they can actually cut off a country's trade with the United States, prohibit goods, cut them off from our financial system for geopolitical reasons. So, the fact that they can do that, almost certainly the President can do something that's not as expansive and just, and just put a fee on those goods, which is a which is a tariff,” Greer continued.

-ABC News Hannah Demissie

The Texas state House is set on Monday to formally consider proposed new congressional maps, according to an updated House calendar posted Sunday after a scheduling committee met to set a date to put the bill with the maps on the floor.

The bill with the maps passed through the special legislative session’s redistricting committee on Saturday after a marathon and contentious public hearing on Friday where Democrats continued to rail against the maps.

Republicans are celebrating how the maps are moving forward. State Rep. Cody Vasut, the Republican who chairs the redistricting committee, wrote on X on Saturday after the bill passed through committee, “Today, the House Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting passed HB 4, the #BigBeautifulMap, providing an opportunity for five more Republican congressional seats in Texas.”

Once the bill is fully voted out of the House, after other likely procedural votes and debates, it gets sent to the state Senate to go through the legislative process there.

-ABC News’ Oren Oppenheim

The U.S. Senate on Saturday voted to confirm the nomination of former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.

The vote was 50-45.

As U.S. attorney, Pirro serves as Washington, D.C.'s, top prosecutor and also -- unique among federal prosecutors' offices nationwide -- prosecutes local crimes in the city.

Referencing her experience as a judge and prosecutor, Pirro has said as the top federal prosecutor in D.C. she will take on violence in the city.

Pirro had been serving in the position since May when President Donald Trump appointed her to the interim position. Pirro replaced Trump's first pick for the job, Ed Martin, who had served in the temporary post but lost GOP support to be confirmed for the job. Martin's past, specifically his defense of Jan. 6 rioters and inflammatory rhetoric around the Capitol attack, plagued his nomination.

Pirro has been a longtime ally of Trump, dating back to her time as a prominent prosecutor in New York. She was an early supporter of his 2016 campaign.

President Donald Trump threw cold water on a potential deal between Democrats and Republicans that would have moved a block of president's nominees across the floor in exchange for the White House unfreezing some of the funds it's been withholding.

Trump said on social media Saturday the potential agreement would be "embarrassing to the Republican Party."

"Tell Schumer, who is under tremendous political pressure from within his own party, the Radical Left Lunatics, to GO TO HELL! Do not accept the offer, go home and explain to your constituents what bad people the Democrats are, and what a great job the Republicans are doing, and have done, for our Country." Trump wrote.

It is not clear what the specifics of that deal would've been despite Trump's claims about the demands from Democrats.

As the Senate prepared to break for its August recess, Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer blamed Trump for scuttling a deal on nominations.

"The two sides disagree on a whole lot of things, but we were serious about trying to make some progress, but ultimately, Trump wouldn't agree," Schumer told reporters. "He took his ball. He went home, leaving Democrats and Republicans alike wondering what the hell happened."

Referring to Trump's social media post, Schumer said that Trump "didn't get his way," and that "he bullied us, he cajoled us, he called us names, and he went home with nothing."

"One of these days, Trump is going to have to learn that he needs to work with Democrats to help the American people," Schumer said.

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa, Allison Pecorin and Lauren Minore