Wednesday, May 28, 2025
⏰ Tick Tock
Days to Utah's 2025 municipal primary elections (8/12/2025) - 76
Days until Election Day (11/4/2025) - 160
Days until the 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026) - 524
Days until the 2028 presidential election (11/7/2028) - 1,259
👀 Here's what you need to know for Wednesday morning:
UTAH AND THE WEST
Has the Utah GOP figured out how to finally kill SB54? [Utah Political Watch]
The GOP has dominated Utah for decades. How Democrats' choices for party chair say they'll change that. [Salt Lake Tribune]
Democratic Party chair visits Utah, says his party needs to reach religious voters. [Deseret News]
Curtis defends clean energy tax credits his House GOP colleagues voted to remove. [Utah News Dispatch]
As family farms face pressures, Utah's House Speaker pushes USDA on policy ideas to help. [Fox 13]
Feds green-light uranium mine in Utah, first project approved under Trump's energy declaration. [Utah News Dispatch]
Farmington man charged with stalking Salt Lake City Mayor. [KSL]
A judge opted not to send a child sex offender to prison. GOP lawmakers are demanding he resign. [Salt Lake Tribune]
NATIONAL
President Donald Trump claimed that Canadian officials are considering his proposal to include their country in his "Golden Dome" missile defense system in exchange for giving up their sovereignty and becoming America's 51st state. [Axios]
Elon Musk was so annoyed by Vivek Ramaswamy, he asked Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to appoint him to the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by JD Vance. [Politico]
The number of threats against federal judges spiked in March and April. [New York Times]
President Trump says he will pardon reality TV personalities Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were convicted of defrauding banks out of tens of millions of dollars. [NBC News]
President Trump threatened to strip federal funding from California if the state continues to allow transgender athletes to participate in girls' and women's sports. [New York Times]
WORLD
The Trump administration is considering requiring all foreign students applying to study in the U.S. to undergo vetting of their social media accounts. [Politico]
Russia is massing over 50,000 troops near Ukraine's northeastern border in preparation for a large-scale offensive. [Reuters]
Russia's war effort in Ukraine has become a major driver of its economy. [Wall Street Journal]
ECONOMY
Consumer confidence in the U.S. increased by 12.3 points in May, the first increase after five straight months of decline. [Conference Board]
ENVIRONMENT
The Colorado River is drying up, but a new study says conditions are even worse underground. [Washington Post]
HEALTH
A deadly E. Coli outbreak hit 15 states in November, but the FDA chose not to publicize it. [NBC News]
More than 2% of Americans are taking GLP-1 drugs for overweight or obesity. [Axios]
A new study found the mental health of mothers in the U.S. declined significantly from 2016 to 2023. [New York Times]
BRIEFLY
Two Secret Service officers have been suspended after they were filmed throwing punches at each other outside former President Barack Obama's home. [Daily Beast]
