Wednesday, June 11, 2025
⏰ Tick Tock
Days to Utah's 2025 municipal primary elections (8/12/2025) - 62
Days until Election Day (11/4/2025) - 146
Days until the 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026) - 510
Days until the 2028 presidential election (11/7/2028) - 1,245
👀 Here's what you need to know for Wednesday morning:
UTAH AND THE WEST
"The whole thing's dumb." Utah Gov. Cox blasts Pride flag battle with Salt Lake City. [Utah Political Watch]
Gov. Cox issues a preemptive warning to protesters: Utah will not tolerate violence. [Salt Lake Tribune]
Gov. Cox supports Trump sending National Guard troops to quell riots in L.A. [Deseret News]
Sen. John Curtis says July 4 deadline to pass Trump's tax bill is "false." [KSL]
Sen. Mike Lee files formal legislation calling for the investigation of a prominent Trump critic. [Salt Lake Tribune]
As Cox advances nuclear agreements, he says the cost to develop technology is nothing so far. [Utah News Dispatch]
"Downwinders" want Utah leaders to help those made ill by nuclear tests. [Fox 13]
Utah's alcohol control authority director to step down for private sector job. [Fox 13]
NATIONAL
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass imposed a curfew in the downtown area in response to a fifth day of immigration protests. [Politico]
- All of L.A. is not a "war zone." Separating facts from spin and disinformation. [Los Angeles Times]
- California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday that President Donald Trump is pushing America away from democracy and toward authoritarianism. [New York Times]
- President Trump warned he would send troops into other American cities in response to protests over immigration raids. [Newsweek]
- The Trump administration is preparing to transfer thousands of immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally to the U.S. military base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. [Washington Post]
Most Republican members of Congress surveyed said they would not be attending the lavish military parade President Trump is throwing on his birthday this weekend. [Politico]
Elon Musk apologized for his social media posts attacking President Trump. [X]
The Trump administration is considering slashing $8 billion in federal education funding to California. [Politico]
Southern Baptists voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to call for the Supreme Court to overturn the ruling that legalized same-sex marriage. [New York Times]
INTERNATIONAL
President Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he must permanently end the war in Gaza. [Times of Israel]
U.S. military leaders are exploring options to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. [Reuters]
ECONOMY
Inflation slowed down in May, rising 0.1% from the previous month. [Axios]
President Trump said that a U.S. trade "deal with China is done." [CBS News]
ENVIRONMENT
The Justice Department issued a memo on Tuesday saying President Trump has the authority to abolish national monuments. [Associated Press]
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to roll back federal limits on pollution emissions from power plants. [Politico]
President Trump says he plans to dismantle the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this year's hurricane season, leaving states to handle disaster recovery on their own. [CNN]
May 2025 was the second-hottest month on record. [Politico EU]
TECHNOLOGY
Executives at X threatened companies with lawsuits unless they started advertising on the social media platform. [Wall Street Journal]