Monday, June 2, 2025

⏰ Tick Tock

Days to Utah's 2025 municipal primary elections (8/12/2025) - 71
Days until Election Day (11/4/2025) - 155
Days until the 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026) - 519
Days until the 2028 presidential election (11/7/2028) - 1,254

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

UTAH AND THE WEST

Utah Democrats pick new leader, signal more aggressive strategy. [Utah Political Watch]

As June begins, so do Utah fire restrictions. [KSL]

How a hot dry summer could alter Utah's wildlife behaviors. [KSL]

University of Utah west-side campus: School gets $2M to clean up contaminated Rio Grande site. [Salt Lake Tribune]

For this Salt Lake City building, energy efficiency, decarbonization are essential to function. [Utah News Dispatch]

Utah Lake isn't "gross" anymore. Here's why, officials say. [Salt Lake Tribune]

Nonprofit distributes thousands of flags across Utah to kick off pride month. [Fox 13]

Utah's biggest mansion – including Disney-themed rooms – heads to auction this week. [Mansion Global]

NATIONAL

Eight people demonstrating in support of Israeli hostages held in Gaza were set on fire in a "targeted act of violence" on Sunday. [Denver Post]

  • Fox News reports the suspect is an Egyptian national who is in the U.S. illegally after overstaying his visa.

Republican Senators who are wary of cutting Medicaid could derail the massive tax and spending budget reconciliation bill. [Politico]

Senate Republicans may strip out a provision in the "big, beautiful bill" that blocks courts from issuing injunctions. [Washington Post]

The Department of Homeland Security has removed a list of "sanctuary" states, cities and counties from its website after backlash from law enforcement. [Reuters]

President Donald Trump withdrew his nomination of Jared Isaccman, an ally of Elon Musk, to head NASA over political donations he made to Democrats. [New York Times]

INTERNATIONAL

Iran is set to reject a U.S. proposal for a new nuclear deal. [Reuters]

ENVIRONMENT

In China and California, road surfaces are broiling. Highway surface temperatures in China have reached 158F. Scorching temperatures threaten power grids and could send energy prices soaring. [Bloomberg]

ECONOMY

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. "is never going to default" as Congress is facing a looming deadline for raising the federal debt ceiling. [Fortune]

Analysts expect the dollar to fall about 9% in value over the coming year. [Bloomberg]

HEALTHCARE

Utah and Florida have banned fluoride in drinking water. A new study estimates if that ban were to expand nationwide, 7.5% more children in the U.S. would get cavities, costing an estimated $9.8 billion. [STAT]

More than half of all the top trending videos offering mental health advice on TikTok contain misinformation. [Guardian]