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The official spin around the news — confirmed by President Donald Trump — that White House counsel Don McGahn will be leaving his post this fall goes something like this: We always expected Don to serve through the first two years of the administration. This is a very stressful job, and Don always said he wouldn’t and couldn’t stay in …

A second Trump Organization employee discussed a potential immunity deal with the federal prosecutors who charged Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, according to people familiar with the matter. Source: CNN

CNN political analyst and New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman talks about the current relationship between White House counsel Don McGahn and President Donald Trump. Source: CNN

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The playbook, by now, is familiar. Faced with a negative story — or stories — President Donald Trump uses his Twitter feed to float a conspiracy theory of some sort designed to distract and deflect. Source: CNN

President Trump accused Google of “suppressing voices of conservatives” by rigging search results. CNN’s Hadas Gold reports on the president’s tweets. Source: CNN

Serena Williams is taking the sartorial high road when it comes to the French Open’s ban on catsuits, but that hasn’t stopped critics from saying she is being singled out — again. Source: CNN

President Donald Trump went against the advice of senior aides to issue an official White House statement praising Sen. John McCain for his heroism and decades of service, telling aides he instead wanted to post a brief tweet, The Washington Post reports. Source: CNN

As the nation mourns the passing of Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republicans are holding a Senate primary Tuesday in which one of the candidates suggested the announcement that McCain was stopping medical treatment was timed to hurt her campaign. Source: CNN

Just after midnight on Sunday night, the flag flying above the White House was hoisted back to full staff. Source: CNN