Wednesday, May 14, 2025

⏰ Tick Tock

90 days to Utah's 2025 municipal primary elections (8/12/2025)
174 days until Election Day (11/4/2025)
538 days until the 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026)

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Utah Headlines

Lawmaker claims non-citizens are voting in Utah but refuses to share evidence. [Utah Political Watch]

SLC sports district is getting another $300M from taxpayers – a late gift from the Legislature. [Salt Lake Tribune]

A "stunning number": 1 in 4 Utah jobs are found in Salt Lake City. [KUER]

Gavel in hand, here are Mike Lee's plans for the Senate energy committee. [Deseret News]

Officials eye airport expansion, reservoirs and new roads under Maloy's proposed public land sale. [Utah News Dispatch]

With drought already here, Sen. John Curtis aims to help. [Deseret News]

Axson or Lyman? Utah Republican delegates to elect their next leader. [Utah News Dispatch]

How a collapsing Great Salt Lake could take Utah's economy – and maybe your employer – down with it. [Salt Lake Tribune]

Are Utah's college students being poached? Inside the deep discounts one out-of-state school is offering our undergrads. [Salt Lake Tribune]

National/International

The massive economic and policy bill winding its way through Congress took a big step forward when the House Ways and Means Committee approved trillions of dollars in new tax cuts. [Bloomberg]

  • Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson is vowing to block the legislation unless Republicans enact big spending cuts. [Politico]

President Donald Trump backed down on his trade war with China after warnings that tariffs were hurting his voters. [Washington Post]

  • President Donald slashed the "de minimus" tariff on small shipments from China to as low as 30%. [Reuters]

Democrats in Congress are furious over Rep. Shri Thanedar of Michigan's move to seek a vote on impeaching President Trump. [Punchbowl News]

A federal judge for the first time backed President Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan gang members. [Politico]

  • The FBI is directing about 2,000 agents away from their normal duties to focus on stepped up immigration enforcement. [New York Times]
  • A coalition of 20 Democratic states are suing the Trump administration over threats to withhold federal funding if they don't follow immigration policies. [Axios]

President Donald Trump's approval rating rises to 44% as Americans worry less about the possibility of a recession. [Reuters]

  • Only one third of Democrats are optimistic about the future of their party. [Associated Press]

A small technology company with ties to China bought as much as $300 million of the cryptocurrency marketed by President Trump. [New York Times]

President Trump told leaders in the Gulf region he wants to "make a deal" with Iran to wind down its nuclear program, but Tehran must end its support for proxy groups. [Associated Press]

The Trump administration canceled an additional $450 million in federal grants to Harvard University. [New York Times]

Briefly...

Democrat John Ewing Jr. ousted the longtime Republican Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert in Tuesday's municipal election. Ewing will become the city's first Black mayor. [The Hill]

Apple is working on technology to allow people to control devices with brain implants. [Wall Street Journal]

ESPN's new all-access streaming service will cost $29.99 per month. [CNBC]

Germany announced it was banning a far-right group that refuses to recognize the German government and has set up a parallel one of its own. [New York Times]