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# Montana Republicans vow to block Mike Lee's public lands sale
- URL: https://utahpolitics.news/montana-republicans-vow-to-block-mike-lees-public-lands-sale/
- Published: 2025-06-27T13:45:48.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-09T15:51:21.000Z
- Author: Bryan Schott
- Tags: Morning Memo

## Friday, June 27, 2025

## ⏰ Tick Tock

Days to Utah's 2025 municipal primary elections (8/12/2025) - **46**  
Days until Election Day (11/4/2025) - **130**  
Days until the 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026) - **494**  
Days until the 2028 presidential election (11/7/2028) - **1,229**

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

### UTAH AND THE WEST

A Wyoming shell company and a man who may not exist. Who is really behind the Salt Lake City "No Kings" protest? \[[Utah Political Watch](https://utahpolitics.news/a-wyoming-shell-company-and-a-man-who-may-not-exist-who-is-really-behind-the-salt-lake-city-no-kings-protest/)\]

Montana Republicans vow to kill Sen. Mike Lee's public land sales provision. \[[NOTUS](https://www.notus.org/congress/montana-republicans-mike-lee-public-land-sales?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

Some Utah GOP lawmakers push back against federal pause in AI laws in Trump's budget bill. \[[KSL](https://www.ksl.com/article/51335977/some-utah-gop-lawmakers-push-back-against-federal-pause-on-ai-laws-in-trumps-budget-bill?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

Utah Supreme Court to hear appeal in "Utah Fits All" scholarship. \[[Fox 13](https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/utah-supreme-court-to-hear-appeal-in-utah-fits-all-lawsuit?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

What the Supreme Court's Planned Parenthood ruling means for Utah. \[[Deseret News](https://www.deseret.com/politics/2025/06/26/supreme-court-issues-decision-on-medicaid-and-planned-parenthood/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

SLCPD denies request for body cam video, 911 calls in shooting at "No Kings" protest. \[[KUTV](https://kutv.com/newsletter-daily/slcpd-denies-request-for-body-cam-video-911-calls-in-shooting-at-no-kings-protest?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

Can housing support in Utah be more efficient? State looks to streamline programs. \[[Salt Lake Tribune](https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/06/27/utah-housing-can-building-homes/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

### NATIONAL

A lot will have to go right for Senate Republicans to pass the massive tax and spending bill before the self-imposed deadline of July 4\. \[[Politico](https://www.politico.com/newsletters/inside-congress/2025/06/27/how-trump-could-get-his-july-4-megabill-00429170?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

The Senate parliamentarian disqualified a series of health care cuts and savings in the reconciliation package, including Medicaid rules requiring proof of citizenship for recipients. \[[NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/rcna215224?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

Republicans are calling on President Trump to revoke Zohran Mandami's citizenship and deport him. \[[The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/zohran-mamdani-trump-deportation-citizenship-b2777570.html?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

Edward "Big Balls" Coristine, one of Elon Musk's hires at DOGE, has returned to government as an employee of the Social Security Administration. \[[Wired](https://www.wired.com/story/big-balls-social-security-administration/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

### INTERNATIONAL

President Trump is sticking to his claim that Iran's nuclear program was "obliterated" by U.S. airstrikes. Senate Republicans aren't convinced. \[[Politico](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/26/senate-iran-intelligence-briefing-00428638?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

- Early intelligence assessments provided to European governments determine Iran's nuclear stockpile remains largely intact. \[[Financial Times](https://www.ft.com/content/0808eeb8-341c-4a4e-8ccf-0db07febef91?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]
- The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said the centrifuges at one of Iran's uranium enrichment plants are "no longer operational" following the U.S. military strike. \[[New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/world/middleeast/centrifuges-fordo-damage-iran.html?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]
- President Trump has threatened to sue the New York Times and CNN for publishing articles about a preliminary intelligence report that disputed his claims about the success of the military strike on Iran. \[[New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/business/media/trump-iran-new-york-times-cnn.html?referringSource=articleShare&ref=utahpolitics.news)\]
- President Trump threatened to prosecute Democrats after accusing them without evidence of leaking information about the U.S. airstrike on Iran. \[[Axios](https://www.axios.com/2025/06/26/trump-democrats-iran-leak-prosecution-threat?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

The Trump administration has discussed providing as much as $30 billion in aid to help Iran build a civilian-energy-producing nuclear program, easing sanctions and freeing up Iranian funds to entice them to come back to the negotiating table. \[[CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/26/politics/us-iran-talks-nuclear-program?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

### HEALTHCARE

An advisory panel appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted to walk back recommendations for flu vaccines containing an agreement the anti-vaccine movement has falsely linked to autism. \[[New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/health/rfk-jr-vaccines-acip-cdc.html?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]