Wednesday, June 25, 2025
⏰ Tick Tock
Days to Utah's 2025 municipal primary elections (8/12/2025) - 48
Days until Election Day (11/4/2025) - 132
Days until the 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026) - 496
Days until the 2028 presidential election (11/7/2028) - 1,231
Editor's note
Apologies for not publishing a morning newsletter on Monday and Tuesday of this week. I had to take a quick trip to Los Angeles for a project I'm excited to be part of.
Unfortunately, I can't divulge any details right now.
Watch this space.
👀 Here's what you need to know for Wednesday morning:
UTAH AND THE WEST
Mike Lee says he'll scale back public land sale as proposal hits roadblock in Senate. [Utah News Dispatch]
Rep. Blake Moore says Trump had authority to conduct strikes on Iran. [KSL]
All 3 confirmed measles cases in Utah were unvaccinated. [Fox 13]
Meet Molly Hart – Utah's new school superintendent of public instruction. [Deseret News]
Utah women rank 29 out of 51 for voter turnout. [Utah News Dispatch]
Utah's school voucher program is dominated by homeschoolers. It's made reimbursements a "nightmare." [Salt Lake Tribune]
How did the Forsyth Fire start 10 days before anyone ever noticed? [Fox 13]
Some parents claim upcoming Alpine School District split brings important matters to halt. [KUTV]
Western governors unite behind Gov. Cox's energy plan. [Deseret News]
Draper mayor claims city had no choice but to approve new housing development plan. [KUTV]
NATIONAL
Senate Republicans plan to start voting Friday on the "one big, beautiful bill." [Axios]
- The White House is pressuring reluctant Senate Republicans to get behind the GOP megabill ahead of a vote on the legislation. [Politico]
- There are plenty of Republican critics of the massive reconciliation bill who dislike the legislation for various reasons. [Punchbowl News]
The FBI is reassigning agents who were shifted to focus on immigration cases to work on counterterrorism. [NBC News]
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller reportedly has a significant financial stake in tech company Palantir, which is helping the Trump administration with its immigration crackdown. [Rolling Stone]
A whistleblower says Emil Bove, who President Donald Trump has nominated for a federal judgeship, allegedly told subordinates he was willing to defy court orders if they derailed the president's deportation agenda. [New York Times]
President Trump has decided that former senior Biden aides won't be protected by executive privilege in a congressional probe into former President Joe Biden's fitness for office. [Axios]
New York state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic primary for New York City Mayor, defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo. [New York Times]
INTERNATIONAL
President Trump claims the military strike on Iran set that country's nuclear program back by "decades" in response to reporting that the raid had minimal impact. [BBC]
- President Donald Trump called those who claim the military strike on Iran was far less effective than he claims "scum." [Daily Beast]
Germany announced plans to significantly ramp up spending on its military and infrastructure. [New York Times]
