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⏰ Tick Tock

Days to Utah's 2025 municipal primary elections (8/12/2025) - 42
Days until Election Day (11/4/2025) - 126
Days until the 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026) - 490
Days until the 2028 presidential election (11/7/2028) - 1,225

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

UTAH AND THE WEST

Utah voters favored casting early mail ballots in last year's presidential election. [KUTV]

Weber County OKs accord with feds to help in the fight against illegal immigration. [KSL]

Utah sues Snapchat, claiming app facilitates drug sales, sexual exploitation, trafficking. [KUTV]

These five cities grew the most last year. Did your hometown get bigger? [Salt Lake Tribune]

Over 70% of Utah's 2025 growth was along the Wasatch Front. [Utah News Dispatch]

Shots fired at Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork "based on hate," leaders say. [KUTV]

NATIONAL

As of Tuesday morning, Senate Republicans were still scrambling to cobble together enough votes to pass the massive tax and domestic policy bill. [New York Times]

• The richest 20% of Americans will see an average $6,055 boost to their income under President Donald Trump's tax cut bill. [Bloomberg]
• Experts warn the legislation slashes food and health benefits for the poorest Americans, the largest cut to the social safety net in several decades. [Axios]

Polling shows Trump's "big, beautiful bill" is one of the most unpopular pieces of legislation ever. [X]

The feud between President Trump and Elon Musk reignited on Monday, with Musk threatening to launch a new political party because of the massive tax and spending bill. Trump responded by taking aim at the billions of dollars in federal subsidies for Musk's companies. [Washington Post]

Immigration raids are leaving billions of dollars of fruits and vegetables unharvested. [Reuters]

The Supreme Court will take up a case challenging the amount of money political parties can spend in coordination with individual candidates. [Washington Post]

A record-low 58% of U.S. adults say they are "extremely" or "very" proud to be an American – down 9 points from last year. [Gallup]

From the first week of May to the first week of June, non-criminal ICE detentions of immigrants spiked more than 250%. [CBS News]

INTERNATIONAL

American defense firms that have relationships with Israeli companies are at an "increased risk' of being targeted by Iran-linked government hackers. [NextGov]

Iranian-linked hackers are threatening to leak more emails stolen from President Trump's inner circle of advisers. [Reuters]

ECONOMY

Americans hosting July 4 cookouts will have to pay more than ever because of the skyrocketing price of beef. The retail price for beef has jumped to $6.67 per pound, the highest price recorded since 2013. [Wall Street Journal]

The U.S. dollar is on track to have its worth first half of the year since 1973. [Financial Times]

TECHNOLOGY

ICE is using a new mobile phone app that can identify someone based on their fingerprints or face. [404 Media]

HEALTHCARE

A new blood test could detect cancers up to 3 years before any other signs appeared. [Live Science]