Friday, May 30, 2025
⏰ Tick Tock
Days to Utah's 2025 municipal primary elections (8/12/2025) - 74
Days until Election Day (11/4/2025) - 158
Days until the 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026) - 522
Days until the 2028 presidential election (11/7/2028) - 1,257
👀 Here's what you need to know for Friday morning:
UTAH AND THE WEST
"Landmark" health report backed by Utah leaders cites nonexistent research. [Utah Political Watch]
Supreme Court ruling scales back environmental law and backs Utah oil railroad expansion. [PBS News]
Utah lawmakers won't revisit pause on gender care for minors after report finds positive outcomes. [KSL]
Mike Lee's SAVE Act is unlikely to get through the Senate. But is it already working? [Salt Lake Tribune]
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox pushes local leaders for help with his starter home goal. [Deseret News]
Utah Democrats to choose between seasoned legislator and young campaigner as new leader. [Utah News Dispatch]
Why water conservation remains a "top priority" in Utah after Cox's drought order expires. [KSL]
Here's where a subpar water year is already hitting Utah hard. [Fox 13]
A Utah lawyer was punished for filing a brief with "fake precedent" made up by artificial intelligence. [Salt Lake Tribune]
Utah's liquor board denies license to owner of "anti-Zionist" bar, who threatens to sue. [Salt Lake Tribune]
Trump administration pardons rapper NBA YoungBoy convicted in Utah for gun-related charges. [Utah News Dispatch]
NATIONAL
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed an undocumented migrant sent a letter threatening to kill President Donald Trump. Investigators believe the migrant did not write the letter and was the victim of a setup. [CNN]
Voters who support President Donald Trump want members of Congress to rubber-stamp his agenda. [New York Times]
Elon Musk's DOGE could end up costing the federal government more than they save. [CNN]
Federal authorities are probing an effort to impersonate White House chief of staff Susie Wiles after an unknown individual reached out to prominent Republicans and business executives pretending to be her. [Wall Street Journal]
During the 2024 campaign, Elon Musk's drug use reportedly increased dramatically. He reportedly was taking so much ketamine it was affecting his bladder. He also was said to be using Ecstasy and psychadelic mushrooms. [New York Times]
Despite promises to dismantle the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Secretary Noem is reportedly working behind the scenes to keep key employees in place ahead of hurricane season. [NBC News]
ECONOMY
The U.S. economy shrank 0.2% in the first quarter of 2025, with weaker than expected consumer spending. [Bloomberg]
President Trump's trade war has cost companies more than $34 billion in lost sales and higher costs. [Reuters]
Home sellers now vastly outnumber buyers, pointing to yet another slowdown in the U.S. housing market. [CNN]
CEO pay rose nearly 10% in 2024. [Associated Press]
TECHNOLOGY
The U.S. government has collected DNA samples from more than 130,000 migrant children and storing the information in a national criminal database. [Wired]
ENVIRONMENT
A United Nations scientific panel says the Earth will warm 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in two years. They warn that temperature represents an irreversible climate tipping point. [Washington Post]
$14 billion in clean energy projects have been canceled so far this year in the U.S. [Associated Press]
BRIEFLY
Harrison Ruffin Tyler, the last living grandson of President John Tyler, has died at the age of 96. Tyler, the 10th President of the United States, was elected 236 years ago. [New York Times]
