10 things you need to know today: June 13, 2015

1. House cripples Obama's Trans-Pacific Partnership deal in landslide vote

The House voted 302-126 against the Trade Adjustment Assistance bill, a key worker-related measure included in President Obama's 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal Friday, severely imperiling the future of the deal that Obama hoped would be a part of his legacy. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) stand against the bill and the resulting landslide vote were a major blow to the president, likely torpedoing Obama's larger push to gain "fast track" authority for the TPP, and possibly even sinking the entire trade deal.

The Hill

2. New survey reports one in 5 women are sexually assaulted in college

A poll jointly conducted by The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation found that one in five women have been sexually assaulted on a college campus. Five percent of men reported experiencing a sexual assault while in college. The poll found a high potential risk factor in the use of alcohol. Fifty-eight percent of male respondents said they believe the number of women sexually assaulted on their college campus is less than 1 in 5.

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The Washington Post

3. Local NAACP leader maintains she is black amid media scrutiny

Rachel Dolezal, 37, the president of the Spokane, Washington chapter of the NAACP and a part-time professor of Africana Studies, is insisting she is black in response to claims from her estranged Caucasian parents she is white. "I do consider myself to be black," she told local station KREM-TV on Friday. Ruthanne Dolezal described her daughter's ethnic background Thursday as German, Czech, and Swedish, with "faint traces" of Native American mixed in.

KREM-TV The Spokesman-Review

4. California announces sharp water cuts for agriculture

As the state of California faces a historic drought, state officials announced Friday that nearly 300 farmers with water rights in the San Joaquin and Sacramento watersheds and delta will face sharp cutbacks, their first since 1977. Further curtailments will be announced weekly. Governor Jerry Brown (D) has faced intense criticism after he issued mandatory regulations on urban water use but initially left agriculture, which uses about 80 percent of water consumed in the state, unregulated.

The New York Times

5. Gunmen fire on officers outside Dallas police headquarters

Multiple gunmen fired on Dallas police officers outside their headquarters early Saturday. The suspects fired from an armored van parked outside the building and are now in a standoff with officers at a nearby Jack in the Box parking lot. Police also found two explosives in the area, one of which detonated. No injuries have been reported. Nearby residents were evacuated as a precaution. Authorities have not determined the exact number of suspects, but it could be as many as four, based on witness accounts.

The Associated Press

6. Clinton set to host first official campaign rally

Hillary Clinton is hosting her first official campaign rally Saturday on New York's Roosevelt Island. She declared her candidacy in April but is expected to give a speech today extensively laying out the direction of her campaign. Thousands of people are expected to attend her rally, which precedes her five-day tour through the early voting states.

ABC News

7. Iowa GOP officially cancels the Iowa Straw Poll

The Iowa Straw Poll, the carnival-like fundraising event for the Republican Party of Iowa that has been a presidential campaign tradition since 1979, is officially no more, after the Iowa Republican Party voted unanimously Thursday to cancel the event scheduled for Aug. 8, citing high costs to candidates and a lack of interest. The poll, which usually takes place the summer before the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses, has recently been cast as increasingly irrelevant to the presidential race, as some say it tends to favor fringe candidates.

Politico Bloomberg

8. All chimpanzees are now considered endangered

On Friday, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced that all chimpanzees will now be considered endangered. Previously, there was a distinction in the treatment of captive chimps, which were listed as "threatened," whereas wild chimps have been labeled "endangered" for decades. In the '90s, about a million chimpanzees existed in the wild, but that number has dwindled to somewhere between 172,000 and 300,000, according to the Jane Goodall Institute.

The New York Times

9. 'Full House' actor John Stamos arrested for DUI

John Stamos, who played Uncle Jesse on Full House, was arrested Friday night for driving under the influence, the Beverly Hills Police Department confirmed to Variety. Police pulled over the actor, who was alone in the car, after they received complaints of erratic driving in the area. Stamos was hospitalized due to a possible medical condition.

Variety

10. U.S., Sweden play to scoreless draw in Women's World Cup

The U.S. and Sweden tied at zero in their Women's World Cup Group D match Friday night. The second-ranked U.S. team leads the group with four points, following a win over Australia earlier this week. The U.S. women would secure a spot in the round of 16 with either a victory or a draw against Nigeria on Tuesday.

ESPN