Friday, May 9, 2025
⏰ Tick Tock
95 days to Utah's 2025 municipal primary elections (8/12/2025)
179 days until Election Day (11/4/2025)
543 days until the 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026)
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Utah Headlines
Utah AG Brown backed Ed Martin for U.S. attorney before Trump pulled nomination. [Utah Political Watch]
Utah GOP delegation backs bill to rename Gulf of Mexico. [Utah Political Watch]
Trump weighs in on Utah GOP chair race by endorsing incumbent. [KSL]
Why these Utah legislators traveled to Washington to address key Western issues. [Deseret News]
Funding for water and wildlife conservation in Utah now on Trump's list of budget cuts. [Utah News Dispatch]
Is Maloy amendment good for Utah water infrastructure or massive land grab? [Fox 13]
Despite strong start to winter and a "Miracle March," runoff into lake powell forecasted to be lowest in years. [Tribune]
Former Gov. Herbert, Mike Pompeo talk tariffs, immigration, global policy at Trade Summit. [KUTV]
New report sheds more light on how tariffs could impact Utah – but uncertainty still abounds. [Utah News Dispatch]
How Trump's crackdown on student loan repayments could affect 320K Utah borrowers. [Tribune]
Why has unpaid school lunch debt in Utah nearly doubled in 2 years? [Fox 13]
Signature verification for collective bargaining referendum is complete. [Deseret News]
National/International
Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter died Friday. He was 85 years old. [ABC News]
Republicans in Congress are scaling back their plans to cut taxes after running into difficulty finding enough spending cuts to pay for them. [Politico]
President Donald Trump is pushing Congressional Republicans to increase taxes on Americans earning at least $2.5 million or couples making $5 million to offset other proposed tax cuts. [Bloomberg]
President Donald Trump says the 145% tariffs his administration slapped on goods coming from China will likely come down. [Reuters]
The "earth-shattering" announcement teased by President Trump is a "most favored nation" plan to cut Medicare drug prices. [CBS News]
India is accusing Pakistan of attacking three of its military bases. Pakistan is denying having any role. [BBC]
President Donald Trump is no longer demanding Saudi Arabia normalize ties with Israel as a condition for a nuclear deal with the U.S. [Times of Israel]
The U.S. and U.K. announced an agreement on the framework for a trade deal. [Wall Street Journal]
The military operation against Houthi rebels in Yemen has cost more than $1 billion so far. [NBC News]
President Trump says he will appoint Fox News host Janine Pirro as interim attorney for Washington, D.C. [ABC News]
Briefly...
Air traffic control in the U.S. needs a major technology upgrade, but that would cost billions upfront. [Wall Street Journal]
The measles outbreak in Texas is the largest in the U.S. since 2000. [Texas Tribune]
Bitcoin jumped above $100,000 for the first time since February. [CNBC]
President Donald Trump's low approval ratings are in potential "blue wave" territory. [Strength in Numbers]
