> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://utahpolitics.news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # L.A. is not a 'war zone' - URL: https://utahpolitics.news/684981bfce5e1800010bb34b/ - Published: 2025-06-11T13:46:29.000Z - Updated: 2025-07-09T15:50:23.000Z - Author: Bryan Schott - Tags: Morning Memo ## Wednesday, June 11, 2025 ## ⏰ Tick Tock Days to Utah's 2025 municipal primary elections (8/12/2025) - **62** Days until Election Day (11/4/2025) - **146** Days until the 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026) - **510** Days until the 2028 presidential election (11/7/2028) - **1,245** ## 👀 Here's what you need to know for Wednesday morning: ### UTAH AND THE WEST "The whole thing's dumb." Utah Gov. Cox blasts Pride flag battle with Salt Lake City. \[[Utah Political Watch](https://utahpolitics.news/the-whole-things-dumb-utah-gov-cox-blasts-pride-flag-battle-with-salt-lake-city/)\] Gov. Cox issues a preemptive warning to protesters: Utah will not tolerate violence. \[[Salt Lake Tribune](https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/06/10/gov-cox-warns-protesters-against/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Gov. Cox supports Trump sending National Guard troops to quell riots in L.A. \[[Deseret News](https://www.deseret.com/politics/2025/06/10/utah-governor-sides-with-president-trump-on-deploying-national-guard-troops-to-california/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Sen. John Curtis says July 4 deadline to pass Trump's tax bill is "false." \[[KSL](https://www.ksl.com/article/51328023/sen-john-curtis-says-july-4-deadline-to-pass-trumps-tax-bill-is-false?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Sen. Mike Lee files formal legislation calling for the investigation of a prominent Trump critic. \[[Salt Lake Tribune](https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/06/11/sen-mike-lees-new-resolution-calls/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] As Cox advances nuclear agreements, he says the cost to develop technology is nothing so far. \[[Utah News Dispatch](https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/06/11/cox-advances-nuclear-agreements-cost-is-nothing-so-far/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] "Downwinders" want Utah leaders to help those made ill by nuclear tests. \[[Fox 13](https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/downwinders-want-utah-leaders-to-help-those-made-ill-by-nuclear-tests?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Utah's alcohol control authority director to step down for private sector job. \[[Fox 13](https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/utahs-alcohol-control-authority-director-to-step-down-for-private-sector-job?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] ### NATIONAL Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass imposed a curfew in the downtown area in response to a fifth day of immigration protests. \[[Politico](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/10/la-mayor-limited-curfew-protests-00398830?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] - All of L.A. is not a "war zone." Separating facts from spin and disinformation. \[[Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-10/la-ice-protests-truth-vs-fiction?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] - California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday that President Donald Trump is pushing America away from democracy and toward authoritarianism. \[[New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/newsom-speech-trump-la-protests.html?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] - President Trump warned he would send troops into other American cities in response to protests over immigration raids. \[[Newsweek](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-says-he-might-deploy-military-other-cities-2083750?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] - The Trump administration is preparing to transfer thousands of immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally to the U.S. military base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. \[[Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/06/10/trump-guantanamo-deportations/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Most Republican members of Congress surveyed said they would not be attending the lavish military parade President Trump is throwing on his birthday this weekend. \[[Politico](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/10/trump-parade-congress-republicans-00398774?template%5Fid=OTJIR2CRKUD6&variant%5Fid=OTV1GDUJ5B1ZS&is%5Flogin%5Flink=true&ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Elon Musk apologized for his social media posts attacking President Trump. \[[X](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1932695486684950962?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] The Trump administration is considering slashing $8 billion in federal education funding to California. \[[Politico](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/10/trump-administration-weighs-pulling-federal-education-grants-for-california-00397026?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Southern Baptists voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to call for the Supreme Court to overturn the ruling that legalized same-sex marriage. \[[New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/southern-baptist-obergefell-same-sex-marriage.html?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] ### INTERNATIONAL President Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he must permanently end the war in Gaza. \[[Times of Israel](https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-said-to-have-told-netanyahu-to-end-gaza-war-attacking-iran-off-limits-for-now/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] U.S. military leaders are exploring options to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. \[[Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-military-evaluating-options-prevent-nuclear-armed-iran-general-says-2025-06-10/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] ### ECONOMY Inflation slowed down in May, rising 0.1% from the previous month. \[[Axios](https://www.axios.com/2025/06/11/cpi-may-2025-trump-inflation?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] President Trump said that a U.S. trade "deal with China is done." \[[CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-us-china-trade-deal-done-tariff-talks-london-framework/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab4c&eid=7797489d4ea142699244cbfeff386b46080722aa&ET%5FCID=448583&ET%5FRID=65740514&ref=utahpolitics.news)\] ### ENVIRONMENT The Justice Department issued a memo on Tuesday saying President Trump has the authority to abolish national monuments. \[[Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/trump-national-monuments-california-3e90d2eb00364e4184acfd101a2bb7b6?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] The Environmental Protection Agency is set to roll back federal limits on pollution emissions from power plants. \[[Politico](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/10/epa-to-repeal-climate-rule-power-plants-wednesday-00398136?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] President Trump says he plans to dismantle the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this year's hurricane season, leaving states to handle disaster recovery on their own. \[[CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/11/politics/fema-hurricane-season-phase-out-trump?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] May 2025 was the second-hottest month on record. \[[Politico EU](https://www.politico.eu/article/2025-second-hottest-global-record-eu-scientists-climate-change-dry-temperature-fossil-fuel-green-deal/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] ### TECHNOLOGY Executives at X threatened companies with lawsuits unless they started advertising on the social media platform. \[[Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/business/media/x-twitter-ad-revenue-campaign-lawsuit-a882b5c6?mod=hp%5Flead%5Fpos3&ref=utahpolitics.news)\]