| No Images? Click here  Wednesday, June 13WORLD CUP WIN FIFA members have voted to award the 2026 World Cup jointly to the United States, Mexico and Canada. The U.S. last hosted the men's tournament in 1994. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]‘WE CONTINUED A WINNING STREAK’ Wisconsin Democrats on Tuesday flipped a state Senate seat in a district that went for Donald Trump by 17 points in 2016, with Caleb Frostman defeating state Rep. Andre Jacque (R). A court earlier ordered Gov. Scott Walker (R) to call the special election after he tried to block it. [HuffPost]‘RIDICULOUS’ Kim Jong Un was lauded by North Korean state media Wednesday after the despot exited the Singapore summit with a large U.S. concession — ending its “war games” with South Korea. Some Republicans also were happy, saying the “deal” signed by the two nations’ leaders could help them hold Congress in the midterm elections. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was less pleased, calling Trump’s reasoning for halting the military exercises “ridiculous”. [Reuters]MERGER ON! Telecom giant AT&T will be allowed to move forward with the merger it negotiated with Time Warner, a federal judge ruled. The Trump administration had tried to block the deal and could still appeal. [HuffPost]‘HE IS NOTHING BUT TROUBLE’ A last-minute Trump tweet helped sink GOP Rep. Mark Sanford in the South Carolina primary. State Rep. Katie Arrington, who repeatedly attacked Sanford for his criticism of the president, won the seat. [HuffPost]‘IT’S NOT A WINNABLE BATTLE’ Under pressure from Amazon and Starbucks, the city council in Seattle voted to repeal a tax on large corporations that funds affordable housing and homeless services. [HuffPost]DREAMER FIX? House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has promised GOP members he will hold votes on two immigration bills next week, after moderate Republicans threatened to team up with Democrats to push through a legislative fix for “Dreamers.” [HuffPost]
 ‘CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT HAS ROTTED’ Voters will decide in November if California should be split into three separate states. [HuffPost]‘PLEASE CONSIDER THIS A BLANKET INVITATION’ Democrats have invited the NBA champions to visit Congress. Last year the Golden State Warriors refused an invitation to visit the White House, and Trump has said he won’t be inviting them this year. [HuffPost]‘EUROPE IS WAKING UP… WILL AMERICA… IN TIME?’ Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has been pilloried for retweeting Mark Collett, a well-known British bigot who has described himself as a “Nazi sympathizer.” [HuffPost]‘GUT PROTECTIONS’ The Trump administration’s intervention in an Obamacare lawsuit has handed Democrats a political gift, putting Republican candidates on the defensive about whether they, too, want to repeal protections for people with pre-existing conditions. [HuffPost]‘I USED LANGUAGE THAT WAS INAPPROPRIATE’ Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro has apologized for saying there’s “a special place in hell” for Justin Trudeau, prime minister of America’s oldest and closest ally. [HuffPost]‘WE’VE ALWAYS FOCUSED ON GAY MEN… THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU DON’T LOOK AT WOMEN’ In some major cities women’s HIV rates are not declining as quickly as men’s. [HuffPost]
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