Cox says no special session to overturn SB54

⏰ Tick Tock

Days to Utah's 2025 municipal primary elections (8/12/2025) - 77
Days until Election Day (11/4/2025) - 161
Days until the 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026) - 525
Days until the 2028 presidential election (11/7/2028) - 1,260

👀 Here's what you need to know for Tuesday morning:

UTAH AND THE WEST

Cox says he doesn't plan to call special session to overturn SB54. [KSL]

Trump-affiliated legal group sues Utah company for firing gay Utah Republican. [Salt Lake Tribune]

Utah study on trans youth care extremely inconvenient for politicians who ordered it. [Mother Jones]

New Utah Tech president prepares for the university's largest class so far. [Utah News Dispatch]

Massive cricket invasion takes over Utah town, leaving residents overwhelmed. [Boing Boing]

With homelessness rising in this Utah valley, a nonprofit wants a year-round resource center. [Salt Lake Tribune]

Utah wants less money from companies starting controversial mining projects. Here's why. [Salt Lake Tribune]

Nearly half of Utah's foreign tourism comes from this country, and they're not coming this year. [Salt Lake Tribune]

NATIONAL

President Donald Trump is launching an aggressive behind-the-scenes effort t0 help Republicans hold the House of Representatives in 2026 so he can fend off a third impeachment if Democrats take control. [Axios]

Senate Republicans are looking to rework the massive tax and spending bill passed by the House last week. [Washington Post]

Experts say the Trump administration's efforts to crack down on illegal immigrants using federal aid programs would mostly impact young children who are U.S. citizens with undocumented parents. [New York Times]

NPR and other public radio organizations announced Tuesday morning that it was suing President Trump over his executive order to end federal funding for NPR and PBS. The suit claims Trump's order violates the First Amendment and that he usurped Congress's authority to direct federal spending. [New York Times]

The Trump administration is set to cancel all remaining federal contracts for Harvard University – worth an estimated $100 million. [New York Times]

The FBI is launching new investigations into the leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade and the 2023 discovery of cocaine at the White House. [Reuters]

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced more restrictions on the press, including banning reporters from entering large portions of the Pentagon without an escort. [Associated Press]

INTERNATIONAL

President Trump harshly criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying he had "gone absolutely CRAZY" for escalating his attacks on Ukraine while the two countries are negotiating a truce to bring the war to an end. [New York Times]

• The Kremlin dismissed Trump's criticism of Putin as "emotional overload." [Reuters]

President Trump said Sunday he was delaying the 50% tariffs on European Union countries until July 9. [New York Times]

ECONOMY

Americans have a dim view of the economy, with just 23% calling current economic conditions "excellent" or "good." 38% say economic conditions are "only fair" and 37% characterize them as "poor." [Gallup]

Millions of Americans saw their credit scores drop dramatically due to delinquent student loans last month. Scores dipped by more than 100 points for 2.2 million borrowers. [Washington Post]

Tourists from countries hit the hardest by President Trump's tariffs are staying away from the U.S. this year. [Guardian]

European sales of Tesla cars plunged 49% over the last year because of the damage Elon Musk has done to the company's brand and rising competition. [CNBC]

HEALTH

Nearly half the world's population could be diabetic or insulin resistant by 2050. [Forbes]

Briefly

Texas will require public school classrooms to display Ten Commandments under bill nearing passage. [Texas Tribune]