Deseret News

• Boyd Matheson: Why Mike Pence should see the economic crossroad to the world from a peak in Utah
• Is Utah falling short of its potential by spending least per pupil nationally?
• White House confirms details of Vice President Pence’s trip to Utah
• Ex-Utah council candidate claims employee and fast clock wrongly tossed him from race
• Former NFL player blames ‘black elitists’ for holding back African Americans
• Audit asks if revenue will be sufficient to cover the $1.43 billion Lake Powell Pipeline
• Leaders, treatment providers reflect on success stories from 2 years of Operation Rio Grande
• Trump expected to nominate replacement for Jon Huntsman Jr. in Russia
• Utah courts protecting children during divorce proceedings, but could speed up process, audit finds
• Inland port opponents confront Salt Lake City Council over proposed $28 million tax commitment for warehouse development

Salt Lake Tribune

• $20 million over budget? Audit says that happens regularly with new buildings at Utah’s colleges.
• Feds make it easier for Native Americans to collect eagle feathers, but Utes fear change could go too far
• Lake Powell pipeline costs can be covered, audit says, but critic wonders if this pricey ‘boondoggle’ is needed
• Utah private prison company has bowed out of planned Evanston immigration detention center
• Lawmakers criticize Utah’s planned next-generation surveillance program as ‘North Korea-esque’ and ‘Big Brother’
• First 100 women have relocated from The Road Home to homeless resource center
• Residents speak against Salt Lake City proposal to offer tax reimbursements to developer in inland port area

• Amazon makes official announcement about its new West Jordan warehouse (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Amazon to open 2nd Utah fulfillment center (Deseret News)

• The New York Times surrenders to the left on race (The Week)
• Dean Baquet Kills the New York Times (Spectator)
• Harry Reid rips Dems over 'Medicare-for-all,' border policies: 'Of course' it will hurt us in 2020 (FOX News)
• Democrats back off once-fervent embrace of Medicare-for-all (Washington Post)
• CNN Pundit’s Bodyguard Charged with Assault after Removing Reporter Covering Her Speech (National Review)
• 'It Was One Problem After Another': How Woodstock 50 Fell Apart (Rolling Stone)
• Amid Homelessness Crisis, Los Angeles Restricts Living In Vehicles (NPR)
• He was paid to keep kids out of gangs. Now, he's charged in grisly MS-13 killings (Los Angeles Times)
• Joe Biden's brain surgeon is defending Joe Biden's brain (The Week)
• San Francisco homeless stats soar: city blames big business, residents blame officials (FOX News)
• Big Tech probe by state AGs could come as soon as next month, WSJ says (CNBC)

"Education is the movement from darkness to light." Allan Bloom

The White House makes moves to soften the effects of a recession. Trump administration officials are eyeing a payroll tax cut to counter an economic downturn [WaPo].

• J.P. Morgan estimates Trump's tariffs will cost the average American household $1,000 per year [CNBC].
• Trump tweeted Monday that the Federal Reserve should cut interest rates by "at least 100 basis points" in order to boost the economy [Axios].
• The Federal Reserve is making a series of changes to regulatory requirements put in place to prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis [NYT].
• RV shipments are slipping, which could be another sign of a looming recession [WSJ].

Trump retreats on gun restrictions. After initially sounding open to expanding background checks following mass shootings in Ohio and Texas, President Donald Trump appears to have softened that stance significantly [WaPo].

Impeachment. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, the No. 4 House Democrat, announced support for an impeachment investigation against President Trump [Politico].

• Lujan is the 124th House Democrat to come out in favor of launching an impeachment inquiry [Axios].

Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot. President Trump claimed, without any proof, that Google "manipulated" millions of votes leading to his loss in the popular vote in 2016 [TechCrunch].

Planned Parenthood. The organization is withdrawing from a federal family planning program that provides birth control and other health services to poor women rather than comply with a new Trump administration rule barring referrals to doctors who perform abortions [NYT].

2020. Democrats are spending big on down-ballot races to boost their chances of retaking control of several statehouses [AP].

Uh Oh. Facebook and Twitter say China is spreading disinformation online targeting protesters in Hong Kong [NYT].

China. A new study says the U.S. military is no longer the primary force in Asia, and China could overwhelm American forces within hours if a conflict were to break out [CNN].