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From East Rutherford to Foxborough, the world’s biggest sporting event landed in some of America’s smallest municipalities — and left mayors to pick up the tab.

A string of early missteps, like rejecting an offer for a deeper vetting of Platner, has cast doubt over his young consultants’ future in Democratic politics.

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of the best of this week’s crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.

Abdul El-Sayed on AIPAC spending, ‘Defund the Police’ and why he’s not a socialist lead image

Mark Lamb, a Trump-endorsed former sheriff running in Arizona’s 5th District, is trying to fend off a challenger pointing to Lamb’s alleged sexual improprieties and abuse of power.

… Except in Maine and Michigan, where the primaries have gotten messy for them.

Britain’s Trade Minister Chris Bryant said he was texting his Argentinian counterpart, Fernando Brun, ahead of England’s World Cup clash with the champions on Wednesday — and plans to exchange soccer shirts with him. Speaking to POLITICO in London earlier this week, Bryant said he and Brun had forged a good relationship during trade talks. “I’m quite friendly with him. He’s a really nice guy,” he said. “I’m teasing him. Obviously Argentina’s bound to lose.” Bryant has been pushing for a free-trade agreement with Mercosur — the South American bloc comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and recent joiner Bolivia — arguing it would be a “no-brainer” after the EU struck its own deal. The football rivalry, it seems, hasn’t got in the way of the trade relationship.

It was easier to pick out England supporters in the crowd of Latino pols.

“Will winning feel better than winning the Falklands War?” our foreign-affairs columnist asks.

“If the categorical ban on those countries was needed,” the Obama appointee asked, “why did we let the soccer players in?”