⏰ Tick Tock

81 days to Utah's 2025 municipal primary elections (8/12/2025)
165 days until Election Day (11/4/2025)
529 days until the 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026)

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

UTAH AND THE WEST

SB54's last stand? Is the Utah GOP hatching a plan to end the signature path to the ballot? [Utah Political Watch]

Teacher misconduct reports are rising, but shortage of investigators causes backlog. [Utah News Dispatch]

This Utah college is cutting more from its budget than the Legislature required. Why? [Salt Lake Tribune]

Salt Lake's popular farmer's market could soon go year-round. Can it turn Pioneer Park around? [KSL]

This sprawling Utah city is exploding with new people – and still has room to grow. Do locals want it to? [Salt Lake Tribune]

Conservation group urges public support to maintain canyon trails amid rising use. [KUTV]

NATIONAL

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revoked Harvard University's ability to enroll foreign students, and is forcing current foreign students to transfer to other schools or lose their legal status. [Reuters]

  • Harvard responded by suing the Trump administration over

The "big, beautiful bill" passed by the House on Thursday faces a swarm of objections from Republicans in the Senate who are vowing to make changes. [The Hill]

The GOP megabill would only provide a modest .03% boost to the economy according to a nonpartisan analysis of the legislation. [Politico]

The massive tax and spending bill approved by the House contains provisions that would allow the Trump administration to use the tax code to punish political enemies. [New York Times]

The White House has pulled official transcripts of President Donald Trump's remarks from its website, replacing them with selected videos of his public appearances. [NBC News]

An image that President Trump said was evidence of mass killings of white South Africans during an Oval Office meeting actually came from a video shot in the Congo. [Reuters]

The Trump administration is seeking to end a policy that offers federal protections to child migrants in federal custody. [Associated Press]

INTERNATIONAL

President Trump says he is recommending a 50% tariff on the European Union after trade talks stalled. [CNBC]

The U.S. is considering pulling 4,500 troops out of South Korea and move them to other locations in the region. [Wall Street Journal]

ECONOMY

President Trump is threatening a 25% tariff on Apple's iPhones unless they're made in the United States. [Bloomberg]

Home sales have fallen 2% from April of last year. Overall, home sales have been at 75% of pre-pandemic levels. [CNBC]

The Cybertruck is officially a flop, selling just 46,000 unites since it launched in 2023. The car's value has depreciated by 45% in just one year. [Fast Company]

The popularity of labor unions in America has surged over the past decade as support for big business has waned. [Axios]

MEDIA

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating liberal group Media Matters, which published research on hateful and antisemitic content on Elon Musk's X. [New York Times]

Disney and ABC reportedly asked the hosts of The View to tone down their criticism of President Trump. [Daily Beast]