Wednesday, May 7, 2025
⏰ Tick Tock
97 days to Utah's 2025 municipal primary elections (8/12/2025)
181 days until Election Day (11/4/2025)
545 days until the 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026)
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Utah Headlines
Republicans in Congress want to sell off more than 11,000 acres of public lands in Utah and Nevada to pay for President Donald Trump's massive tax cuts. [Bloomberg]
Utah anti-union law put on hold as referendum exceeds signature requirements. [Utah Political Watch]
"800 pound gorilla": GOP chair hopeful urges party to flex political muscle. [Utah Political Watch]
Salt Lake City adopts 3 new flags to bypass new state flag law. [KSL]
This gay Utah mayor plans to keep pride flags in his city office as a state ban goes into effect. [Tribune]
These new Utah laws take effect Wednesday. [KSL]
"Counterproductive and cruel": Advocates form coalition to protect Medicaid from federal cuts. [Utah News Dispatch]
Where and when Utah will see higher wildfire risks this summer, Rocky Mountain Power meteorologists say. [Tribune]
Salt Lake City mayor seeks record $512M budget but warns of "economic uncertainty." [KSL]
Utah ranks as the best state in the nation – again. [Deseret News]
National/International
The papal conclave gets underway today as 133 cardinals meet to elect the Catholic Church's 267th pope. [BBC]
"Canada is not for sale." New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney poured cold water on President Trump's pitch to annex Canada. [Politico]
Global shipping is grinding to a standstill, which means empty shelves in stores are coming. [Barrons]
Top U.S. officials will hold trade talks with a high-level Chinese delegation in Switzerland. [Associated Press]
The U.S. trade deficit jumped 14% in March as businesses stockpiled goods to get ahead of President Trump's tariffs. [Wall Street Journal]
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's order to pause military aid to Ukraine in January caught the White House off guard. [Reuters]
The U.S. reached a ceasefire agreement with Houthi rebels in Yemen. [Axios]
The U.S. is increasing intelligence-gathering efforts regarding Greenland. [Wall Street Journal]
Two more federal judges blocked President Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants. [CNN]
The U.S. may deport migrants to Libya for the first time this week. [Reuters]
The Supreme Court says the Trump administration can proceed with plans to ban transgender people from the military. [Politico]
Briefly...
President Trump plans to announce that the U.S. will now refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or Gulf of Arabia. [Associated Press]
58 crypto wallets have made millions on Trump's meme coin. 764,000 have lost money, data shows. [CNBC]
