Thursday, May 29, 2025
⏰ Tick Tock
Days to Utah's 2025 municipal primary elections (8/12/2025) - 75
Days until Election Day (11/4/2025) - 159
Days until the 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026) - 523
Days until the 2028 presidential election (11/7/2028) - 1,258
👀 Here's what you need to know for Thursday morning:
UTAH AND THE WEST
Trump's approval drops in deep-red Utah. [Utah Political Watch]
White House will send DOGE cuts to Congress as Republicans like Sen. Mike Lee ramp up pressure. [Deseret News]
The Trump administration is pressuring Utah to kick immigrant kids off Medicaid. [Salt Lake Tribune]
Utah Judiciary responds to controversy surrounding judge's comments. [KSL]
Utah's new "advanced" nuclear reactor for research, won't produce energy. [KUTV]
Can the 2034 Winter Games help preserve Utah's quality of life? Here's what a former governor says. [Deseret News]
Cleanup has begun on a decades-old landfill in Salt Lake City – all for the Utah Inland Port. [Utah News Dispatch]
Utah day care costs for two children balloon. [Axios Salt Lake City]
NATIONAL
A three judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled President Donald Trump does not have the legal authority to unilaterally implement tariffs on dozens of countries. [Politico]
Elon Musk is officially leaving his role in the Trump White House after criticizing the massive tax and spending bill currently working its way through Congress. [NBC News]
The White House will ask Congress to formally approve some of the spending cuts implemented by DOGE. [Politico]
The U.S. and Qatari governments have not yet finalized an agreement for transferring a luxury Boeing 747-8 jet for President Trump's use as Air Force One. [Washington Post]
INTERNATIONAL
Russian President Vladimir Putin is reportedly demanding that NATO pledge to halt eastward expansion and lifting of sanctions as conditions for ending the war in Ukraine. [Reuters]
Hundreds of starving Palestinians stormed a United Nations food warehouse in Gaza on Wednesday. [CNN]
ECONOMY
Nearly 70% of CEOs in the U.S. say they will raise prices because of President Trump's tariffs. [Chief Executive]
The Trump administration relaxed restrictions on 401(k) plans purchasing cryptocurrency. [CNBC]
