Friday, June 13, 2025

⏰ Tick Tock

Days to Utah's 2025 municipal primary elections (8/12/2025) - 60
Days until Election Day (11/4/2025) - 144
Days until the 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026) - 508
Days until the 2028 presidential election (11/7/2028) - 1,243

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

UTAH AND THE WEST

Hundreds march peacefully in Salt Lake City in protest against immigration policies. [Fox 13]

Man accused of attacking peaceful protesters outside Salt Lake City and County Building. [KUTV]

University of Utah student is being held in Colorado immigration detention center. [Salt Lake Tribune]

2 Utah courthouses reduce staff ahead of planned protests as state leaders urge calm. [KSL]

Time running out for Gov. Cox to put the repeal of Legislature's anti-union law on the 2025 ballot. [Salt Lake Tribune]

Utah proposes developing uranium processing facility on military grounds. [Utah News Dispatch]

Rocky Mountain Power files appeal for larger rate hike than legislature approved. [KUTV]

Utah attorney general joins lawsuit objecting to 23andMe's potential data sale. [KSL]

Uinta Basin Railway group looks to fund project with $2.4 billion in federal bonds. [Utah News Dispatch]

Salt Lake County Democrats select public defender for County Council seat. [Salt Lake Tribune]

NATIONAL

The massive GOP tax cut and spending bill gives a massive boost to wealthy households while taking benefits away from low-income people. [Wall Street Journal]

President Donald Trump bristles at the planned "No Kings" protests scheduled across the country on Saturday. [New York Times]

U.S. Senator Alex Padilla, a Democrat, was manhandled and handcuffed after attempting to enter a news conference behing held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. [Politico]

  • Tensions between Republicans and Democrats exploded in Congress following the incident involving Padilla. [Axios]

President Trump acknowledged his administration's immigration crackdown has hurt the agriculture and hotel industries and said that "changes are coming." [New York Times]

President Trump says 15,000 foreigners have already signed up for the Trump "gold card" that offers a path to citizenship for $5 million. [USA Today]

INTERNATIONAL

Israel attacked Iran's nuclear sites early Friday, raising fears that all-out war betweetn the two countries is on the horizon. [Associated Press]

ECONOMY

Crude oil prices spiked Friday following Israel's attack on Iran. [CNBC]