Monday, May 12, 2025

⏰ Tick Tock

92 days to Utah's 2025 municipal primary elections (8/12/2025)
176 days until Election Day (11/4/2025)
540 days until the 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026)

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Utah Headlines

Podcast: Could 74 Republicans beat one Salt Lake City Mayor in a fight over Pride flags? [Utah Political Watch]

Elaine Hatch, wife of former U.S. Senator Orrin G. Hatch, dies at 91. [KUTV]

Inside the 24/7 fight at Utah's 2 busiest airports to keep migrating birds out of airplane engines. [Tribune]

National/International

U.S beef prices are soaring as the country's cattle inventory reaches its lowest level in more than 70 years. Ranchers have been shrinking their herds as a years-long drought has dried up grazing lands. [Financial Times]

The U.S. and China have agreed to lower tariffs on goods from each other's countries for 90 days. [Washington Post]

  • Global markets surged on the news of the tariff pause between the U.S. and China. [CNBC]
  • Zero ships from China are headed to California's largest ports. That hasn't happened since the pandemic. [CNN]

President Donald Trump says he will sign an executive order to reduce prescription drug prices. However, a president cannot impose price controls via executive order. [CNN]

House Republicans are unveiling plans to reduce Medicaid spending, but the cuts won't be as aggressive as some had hoped. The proposal includes work requirements but won't lower the minimum share the federal government pays to states. [Wall Street Journal]

President Trump has sat for just 12 daily intelligence briefings since taking office. [Politico]

Briefly...

Listeria outbreak hospitalizes at least 10 in California and Nevada. [NBC News]

A business owner tested if customers would pay more for American-made. The results were "sobering." [Business Insider]