Gamboa to remain in jail

⏰ Tick Tock

Days to Utah's 2025 municipal primary elections (8/12/2025) - 53
Days until Election Day (11/4/2025) - 137
Days until the 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026) - 501
Days until the 2028 presidential election (11/7/2028) - 1,236

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

UTAH AND THE WEST

National 50501 organization cuts ties with Salt Lake City chapter after fatal protest shooting. [Utah Political Watch]

Arturo Gamboa to remain in jail after SLCo District Attorney granted 3-day extension. [Fox 13]

State audit reveals Vineyard failed to report "substantial" payments to developers. [Salt Lake Tribune]

Poll: Cox sees small boost to approval as he broadens his message to the right and left. [Deseret News]

An "amicable divorce" proposed in Colorado River negotiations. [Fox 13]

Utah judge now faces bipartisan calls to resign. [KSL]

Head of Utah Department of Public Safety announces retirement. [Deseret News]

New Utah law was hailed as a win for air quality. But what impact will it have? [Salt Lake Tribune]

NATIONAL

The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that several proposals the GOP inserted in the massive reconciliation violate the Byrd Rule. [X]

Employees terrified of ICE raids are failing to show up at work. [Bloomberg]

Border czar Tom Homan says immigration raids will continue at farms and hotels. [Axios]

The trust funds for Social Security and Medicaid will run out of money in as little as 8 years according to a new report. [ABC News]

Republican Congressman Max Miller of Ohio says he was "run off the road" by another driver who brandished a Palestinian flag and drove away. [Politico]

INTERNATIONAL

President Donald Trump says he will decide on what role the U.S. will take in the conflict between Israel and Iran in "two weeks." [Reuters]

• A majority of Americans don't want the U.S. to get involved in the war between Israel and Iran. [Axios]

More than 13 million people in Africa could catch malaria due spending cuts in U.S. aid programs. [Financial Times]

ECONOMY

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says higher prices are coming because of President Trump's tariffs. [Bloomberg]

• President Trump ripped Powell for not lowering interest rates. [CNBC]

The U.S. added 1,000 new millionaires a day in 2024. [CNBC]

SCIENCE

Study shows making hydrogen with soda cans and seawater is scalable and sustainable. [MIT News]