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OTHER UTAH HEADLINES

Deseret News

• Op-ed: 5 ways we can clean Utah's air
• Op-ed: Finding solutions for the Olympia Hills development
• Jay Evensen: A viral video featuring a Salt Lake restaurant is the latest example of instant judgment
• Natalie Gochnour: Romney's maiden speech spurs memories of D-Day and the cause of freedom
• Salt Lake district says teachers union rejected $50K starting salary offer
• New science standards approved for Utah students after 5 hours of debate
• Salt Lake Chamber scraps plan for pricey 'off-record' meeting with lawmakers
• Utah Sen. Mitt Romney now only 'honorary' participant in his annual Deer Valley summit
• Radioactivity reclassification may bring more low-level waste to Utah

Salt Lake Tribune

• Op-ed: It's time to modernize Utah's Depression-era sales tax
• 'Rather than risk continued interruptions,' Utah will cancel its contract with standardized testing company Questar after delays and glitches this spring
• EPA may take Salt Lake off its dirty-air list, thanks partly to the weather
• Utah's science standards will be updated - despite concerns over what students will learn about evolution, climate change and humans being 'like pigs'
• Greg Hughes isn't running for Utah governor yet, but his PAC raised $100K last month
• Utah Democrats running to lead the party discuss fundraising and the 2020 election - despite fire alarm interruption

Other

• Ogden City budget season wrapping up, no property tax increases scheduled as of yet (Standard-Examiner)

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NATIONAL HEADLINES

Trade war

• Mexico is proposing to limit the number of migrants heading north in order to avoid President Trump slapping tariffs on them next week. The proposal would also give the U.S. greater ability to deport Central Americans seeking asylum - https://wapo.st/2IDwnB9
• The Federal Reserve signaled this week they may have to cut interest rates in order to counter any ill effects from Trump's trade war - https://wapo.st/2I1hPMz
• Trump has until September to use tariffs to exert pressure on other countries because that's when American manufacturers traditionally import goods for the holiday shopping season, meaning Americans will start feeling the economic pinch - https://wapo.st/2I5647T

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Impeachment. Judiciary Committee Chairman .Nadler is turning up the pressure on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to allow him to open impeachment proceedings against President Trump - https://cnn.it/2I1hr0z

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2020. Former Vice President Joe Biden reversed himself this week, saying he now opposes the Hyde Amendment, which blocks federal funds from being used for most abortions. Just earlier this week Biden reaffirmed his support for the policy - https://nyti.ms/2I1VONs

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The investigations

• Robert Mueller could be subpoenaed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee within the next two weeks if they cannot reach a deal for him to appear voluntarily - https://politi.co/2HZPvdf
• A top Russian official tried to set up a video teleconference between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin the day after Trump's inauguration according to a senior FBI agent's notes - https://politi.co/2HZP4zM
• A group of Democratic senators wants the Federal Reserve to investigate whether Deutsche Bank complied with anti-money-laundering laws after bank employees flagged transactions tied to President Trump as suspicious - https://nyti.ms/2ItSyta

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Woah. A wealthy Iraqi sheik who has urged the U.S. to take a hard-line approach toward Iran spent 26 days staying in a suite at President Trump's D.C. hotel according to leaked records - https://wapo.st/2IoWLyv

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Subpoenas

• The Justice and Commerce departments ignored a subpoena demanding documents related to the addition of a citizenship question on the 2020 census. The move all but assures the House will move to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt - https://wapo.st/2I02Mm0
• House Democratic leaders are preparing to give committee leaders sweeping powers to enforce their subpoenas to the Trump administration, including taking legal action - https://politi.co/2IqOxpo

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Iran. The top commander of American forces in the Mideast said Iran was forced to "step back" from preparations for an apparent attack on the U.S. after an increased American military presence in the Persian Gulf - http://bit.ly/2I1wqYg

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Automakers warn Trump on pollution rules. Car manufacturers say the Trump administration's plan to weaken tailpipe pollution standards would cut their profits and cause "untenable" instability for the industry - https://nyti.ms/2ImgDCg

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Energy. Michael Bloomberg is donating $500 million to a campaign aiming to close down every coal-fired power plant in the U.S. - https://nyti.ms/2I11YNG

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Scary. A man was arrested after authorities say he was planning to throw grenades at tourists in Times Square - https://cnn.it/2Iwc6x0

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Some good news. The FCC voted on Thursday to allow cell phone carriers to block unwanted robocalls automatically for all customers - https://cnn.it/2IpyNTz

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Not to worry. An asteroid the size of a football field is hurtling toward Earth, but astronomers say the rock will just miss us - https://cnn.it/2I0dQQe

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Measles. The number of measles cases in the U.S. has topped 1,000 in the biggest outbreak in 25 years - http://bit.ly/2IrXK0H

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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1776 - Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the Declaration of Independence.

1862 - The United States and the United Kingdom agree in the Lyons-Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade.

1892 - Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.

1899 - American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kansas.

1942 - World War II: The Battle of Midway ends in American victory.

1965 - The Supreme Court hands down its decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, prohibiting states from criminalizing the use of contraception by married couples.

1967 - Israeli troops captured Jerusalem during the Six-Day War.

1971 - The Supreme Court overturns the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment.

1998 - Three white supremacists killed James Byrd Jr. by dragging him for 3 miles behind a pickup truck in Jasper, Texas. The three men were convicted of murder.

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Policy News

Downtown Farmers Market opens for 28th season
Beginning June 8th and running every Saturday through October 19th, the Downtown Farmers Market will support local farmers and provide fresh produce to the public.

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Casual Friday: Weekend Events & Outdoors Report
Outdoors Report-- Salt Lake Tribune: First harmful algal bloom of the summer appears at Utah Lake

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More National Headlines

• Why the world can thank American exceptionalism for successful D-Day (New York Post)
• Something Big Just Happened On Mexico's Southern Border (Hot Air)
• 'Surveillance capitalism': critic urges Toronto to abandon smart city project (Guardian)
• Who's in - and out - of the first Democratic debates (Politico)
• 'I Have a Plan': Warren Gains on Sanders With Policy Focus (Bloomberg)
• As allies remember D-Day, Putin and Xi look ahead to an alliance for the 21st century (Washington Post)
• Jeff Bezos invades the swamp as D.C. catches anti-trust fever (Vanity Fair)
• U.S. commander says American forces face 'imminent' threat from Iran (NBC News)

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