Tuesday, June 10, 2025
⏰ Tick Tock
Days to Utah's 2025 municipal primary elections (8/12/2025) - 63
Days until Election Day (11/4/2025) - 147
Days until the 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026) - 511
Days until the 2028 presidential election (11/7/2028) - 1,246
👀 Here's what you need to know for Tuesday morning:
UTAH AND THE WEST
Senators advance Gov. Cox's pick to lead state public record office. [KSL]
Utah lawmakers break with Trump, oppose AI moraturium in "Big, Beautiful Bill." [Fox 13]
Utah Gov. Cox makes unannounced Iceland trip for Mormon history event. [Utah Political Watch]
What each Utah university and college is eliminating under state-imposed budget cuts. [Salt Lake Tribune]
Wasatch Front water managers concerned by new usage trends. [KSL]
Researchers may be underestimating the intensity of Utah's future big earthquakes, study finds. [Utah News Dispatch]
This Utah county is among the riskiest in the U.S. for wildfires – and now insurance rates are spiking. [Salt Lake Tribune]
The cost to access court records in Utah is about to go up. [KSL]
Utah No. 4 for childhood well-being, but there are rocky spots. [Deseret News]
Loan company deems Salt Lake housing market as having one of the worst outlooks in the country. [Fox 13]
Dozens of environmental groups sign letter opposing return of Utah public lands sale. [Utah News Dispatch]
Wild bison crossing into Colorado from Utah gain protection under new law. [Colorado Sun]
NATIONAL
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says President Donald Trump is "unhinged" and speaking like an "authoritarian." [Politico]
- White House "border czar" Tom Homan says "there's no intention" to arrest Gov. Newsom. [CBS News]
White House lawyers are working to find a way for the federal government to carry out immigration enforcement without President Trump invoking the Insurrection Act. [CNN]
The day before the Trump administration deployed U.S. Marines to Los Angeles, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to order the military to detain or arrest "lawbreakers." [SF Chronicle]
A fourth court ruled President Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act was illegal. [X]
It's looking more and more doubtful that Senate Republicans will miss their self-imposed deadline for passing the massive reconciliation bill by the July 4 recess. [NOTUS]
Three years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, women are far more likely to identify as pro-choice than men. [Gallup]
HEALTH
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the entire panel of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on immunizations, saying the move would restore faith in vaccines. [STAT]
ECONOMY
Elon Musk's public fight with President Trump has caused his personal fortune to drop by an estimated $34 billion, the second-biggest wealth loss in human history. [Vanity Fair]
