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White House communications aide Kelly Sadler who made a callous remark about Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) brain cancer in a closed-door meeting last month, has been ousted from the administration.

Why it matters: The nasty leak rattled staff and led to some very intense meetings about the White House's leaking problems, both of which were then also leaked to Axios. During one of the meetings, President Trump told Sadler she wouldn’t be fired for her remark.

The United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday that the Trump administration's policy separating migrant children from their families as they cross the border is "a serious violation of the rights of the child," the New York Times reports.

The details: The administration rejected this characterization by the UN, with UN Ambassador Nikki Haley saying it shows "hypocrisy" of the global organization, "while it ignores the reprehensible human rights records of several members of its own Human Rights Council." However, President Trump has repeatedly blamed Democrats for what he says is legal.

Texas Democratic Reps. Vicente Gonzalez and Filemon Vela announced Tuesday that they will sign the petition to force a vote on four DACA bills, leaving Rep. Henry Cuellar as the only Democrat in the House yet to sign.

Yes, but: Cuellar told Axios in a statement that he would be willing to join the petition efforts if Democratic leadership would commit to opposing a border wall in exchange for Dreamers. Moderate Republicans have championed this effort and will need to get two more signatures from their side of the aisle in order to start the voting process, and deliberations over a new immigration deal are ongoing. Go deeper: What's next with the immigration debate on the hill.

Several Philadelphia Eagles players, the Philadelphia Mayor, and other prominent figures have criticized President Trump for canceling the Super Bowl champions' celebration at the White House last minute. The White House is blaming the team for the canceled meeting, saying the Eagles tried to reschedule at the last second to a time that the president was out of the country.

The big picture: Originally, Trump said he canceled the meeting because the players "disagree" with his insistence that they stand for the national anthem — but not one Eagles player knelt during the national anthem for the entirety of the season. Sarah Sanders later accused the Eagles of "pulling a political stunt" in her Tuesday briefing.

LeBron James told reporters that he doubts either his Cleveland Cavaliers or the Golden State Warriors — both currently facing off in the NBA Finals — would accept an invitation to the White House after winning the title, reports Marc Spears of ESPN.

Flashback: Like the ongoing debacle with the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles, President Trump disinvited the Warriors from the White House after they won the championship last year. That prompted James to address Trump on Twitter: "Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!"

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday he is cancelling most of the August recess due to "the historic obstruction by Senate Democrats of the president’s nominees, and the goal of passing appropriations bills prior to the end of the fiscal year."

Why it matters: August is a crucial month for campaigning ahead of the midterm elections, and vulnerable Democrats will likely criticize McConnell for forcing them to lose time with their constituents. However, it is expected that senators will have at least a state work period during the first full week in August before returning for the rest of the month.

The White House accused Philadelphia Eagles players of abandoning a "vast majority" of their fans in a statement from Press Secretary Sarah Sanders Tuesday, after the team notified them a "tiny handful" of representatives would not make the White House visit.

Why it matters: This is the latest example of President Trump lashing out at an NFL organization for protesting on the field. Last night, Trump announced that the Eagles would not be attending the traditional Super Bowl celebration because they "disagree" with his insistence that players stand for the national anthem.

Outgoing Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz says that he hasn't yet decided to run for president in 2020, but he's already floating a campaign argument for how his CEO experience is different from Donald Trump's CEO experience:

"I have run a public company for 26 years as a fiduciary. The current president ran a private company... with very little fiduciary responsibility to other shareholders. And I'm not saying that as good or bad, but there's a big difference."

President Trump tweeted this morning — again — incorrectly claiming that the current practice of separating undocumented children from their parents when they cross the border stems from a "law" passed by Democrats.

Why it matters: While a later court decision on a deal reached by a Democratic president opened the legal possibility of separating children immigrants from their parents, only the Trump administration decided to take advantage of the ruling and enforce the practice.

One day after announcing his plan to step down as Starbucks' executive chairman, Howard Schultz didn't rule out a possible presidential run during an interview with CNBC on Tuesday morning.

The big picture: Though Schultz was coy about his future plans, he did lay out his views on a few hot-button issues, highlighting his political opposition to President Trump.

After blasting Attorney General Jeff Sessions for recusing himself from the Russia investigation in a tweet last week, President Trump doubled down on Twitter this morning, pinning the "Russia Witch Hunt Hoax" on Sessions' recusal.

Go deeper: Why Trump’s attorney general keeps hanging on.

With a West Wing under legal siege, the mood in most of the building — especially on the topic of Russia — is quieter than you might think.

The big picture: Cable news anchors sometimes ask me what the mood is like inside the White House during these mad Mueller news cycles. Depends which part of the building you’re talking about. Trump might be raging at the TV in the dining room adjoining the Oval Office. But elsewhere in the West Wing, it’s quiet and unremarkable, aides tell me.

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) will likely throw his name into the running for Minnesota attorney general on Tuesday — the filing deadline, sources tell MinnPost and Politico.

Why it matters: Ellison, who has been in Congress since 2007 and Deputy Chair of the Democratic National Committee since 2017, would need to ditch Congress if chosen as the state's next attorney general. However, as AG, Ellison would have the chance to become a focal point in the Democratic charge against the Trump administration, alongside other prominent attorneys general in the Trump era, like Washington’s Bob Ferguson and Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro.