Monday, June 9, 2025

⏰ Tick Tock

Days to Utah's 2025 municipal primary elections (8/12/2025) - 64
Days until Election Day (11/4/2025) - 148
Days until the 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026) - 512
Days until the 2028 presidential election (11/7/2028) - 1,247

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

UTAH AND THE WEST

Podcast: The royal hierarchy of Twitter dweebs. [Utah Political Watch]

Rep. Moore: "Most everybody knew Elon was exaggerating...right?" [Deseret News]

Here's how Utah parents are spending their kids' school vouchers. [Salt Lake Tribune]

Utahns show up to stand in solidarity with Los Angeles protests. [Fox 13]

Utah can execute convicted murderer who has dementia, judge rules. [USA Today]

This city is exploring an unconventional solution to water scarcity: sewage. [NPR]

A parched Utah community has asked the feds to resume review of a contentious pipeline project. [Salt Lake Tribune]

Utah Gov. Cox wants you and your family to unplug this week. Here's why. [Utah News Dispatch]

NATIONAL

California officials are urging calm after a weekend of protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids. President Donald Trumpbypassed Gov. Gavin Newsom to call in the National Guard and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested U.S. Marines might be deployed to the streets. [Los Angeles Times]

  • Gov. Newsom pushed back against threats from the Trump administration, daring them to arrest him. [NBC News]
  • Gov. Newsom says he's suing the Trump administration for deploying the National Guard to Los Angeles, which he called "unconstitutional." [Washington Post]
  • A slight majority of Americans approve of the Trump administration's deportation policies, mostly because of strong backing from Republicans. [CBS News]
  • International soccer fans are rattled by the Trump administration's immigration policy, which may be a factor in why ticket sales for the FIFA Club World Cup in the U.S. are lower than expected. [New York Times]

Senate Republicans have just three weeks to meet their leadership's goal of passing the massive party-line tax and spending bill before the July 4 recess. [Punchbowl News]

The White House is reportedly struggling to find qualified people to serve as chief of staff and senior advisors to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. At least three people have already turned down jobs. [NBC News]

INTERNATIONAL

Israeli forces have detained an aid boat bound for Gaza. Greta Thunberg and other activists are aboard the ship. [Associated Press]

HEALTHCARE

More Americans disapprove of the job that Robert F. Kennedy is doing as Secretary of Health and Human Services. 43% say they disapprove, while 36% approve. [Pew Research Center]

ECONOMY

Staffing crunches are hitting national parks hard ahead of the summer travel season. [Reuters]

TECHNOLOGY

Sam Altman brings his eye-scanning identity verification startup to the UK. [CNBC]