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How Hillary Clinton loses to The Donald. Paul Huntsman says Tribune sale should close Tuesday. Secret Service punishes more then 40 employees who probed Chaffetz's records.
Happy Friday. Some Democrats are downright giddy about Donald Trump winning the GOP nomination because they think it clears the path for a President Hillary Clinton. How could America elect Trump, they say. But if you drill down enough, it's clear there are at least four paths to Clinton losing, and any one of them poses a real risk for a candidate likely to follow her usual careful, calculating playbook. [<a href="http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/2016-election-hillary-clinton-campaign-loses-defeated-donald-trump-213924">Politico</a>]
<strong>Topping the news: </strong>The<strong> </strong>Deseret News accidentally published Sen. Orrin Hatch's pre-written op-ed on meeting Supreme Court nominee Marrick Garland before the meeting happened. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3937603-155/hatch-op-ed-on-supreme-court-nominee"; target="_blank">APviaTrib</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/05/26/draft-of-sen-hatchs-op-ed-about-talks-with-merrick-garland-published-before-meeting-occurred/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/hatch-writes-dnews-publishes-op-ed-about-meeting-before-it-happens"; target="_blank">KUTV</a>] After actually meeting with Garland, Hatch says the Senate should not consider a nominee until after November's election. [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865655128/Hatch-steadfast-in-holding-up-Supreme-Court-confirmation-after-meeting-with-Garland.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> Paul Huntsman expects to be the official owner of The Salt Lake Tribune by Wednesday and his father, Jon Huntsman Sr., promised the paper would not become a shill for the LDS Church or the GOP. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3937257-155/huntsman-expects-to-cinch-tribune-purchase"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> More than 40 Secret Service employees are being disciplined for accessing private information on Rep. Jason Chaffetz.<strong> </strong>[<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/26/politics/secret-service-jason-chaffetz/"; target="_blank">CNN</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/more-than-40-secret-service-staff-disciplined-looked-at-chaffetzs-file"; target="_blank">APviaKUTV</a>]
<strong>Tweets of the day: </strong>From <a href="https://twitter.com/wpjenna"; target="_blank">@wpjenna</a>: "<span class="s1">Donald Trump says that he cut an article out of a newspaper today. <span class="s2"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/printforever?src=hash">#printforever</a>"</span></span>
From <a href="https://twitter.com/kkondik?refsrc=email&s=11"; target="_blank">@kkondik</a>: "<span class="s1">When it comes to future plans, politicians truly lie all the time."</span>
<strong>Happy birthday</strong>: Today to Capt. Brandon Splawn, USAF. And on Sunday to former State Rep. Jay Seegmiller and Charlie Bradley.
<strong>Tune in: </strong><span class="s1">Tribune reporters Emma Penrod, Lee Davidson and Robert Gehrke as well as columnist Paul Rolly join Roger McDonough to talk about the week's top news stories, including Utah suing the Obama Administration over the transgender bathroom directive, controlling the state's air pollution problem and UTA's newly re-opened committee meetings. Tune in to Behind the Headlines live at 9 a.m. on KCPW or Utah Public Radio.</span>
<strong>In other news: </strong>Sen. Mike Lee has not endorsed Donald Trump, but he "really liked" Trump's list of Supreme Court nominees. [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865655086/Lee-praises-Trumps-potential-Supreme-Court-picks-but-hasnt-endorsed-him.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> The senior Mormon missionary who suffered burns and shrapnel wounds in the Brussels airport attack was released from the hospital Tuesday. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3936770-155/last-mormon-missionary-wounded-in-brussels"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865655089/Richard-Norby-released-from-hospital-returns-home-to-Lehi-Utah.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/05/26/lds-missionary-injured-in-brussels-attack-released-from-hospital/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/fourth-missionary-injured-in-brussels-attack-out-of-hospital"; target="_blank">KUTV</a>]
-> Police remind hikers and campers of watershed laws in hopes of preventing citations this summer. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3936653-155/police-remind-hikers-of-utah-watershed"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/05/26/police-say-bringing-dogs-into-big-and-little-cottonwood-canyons-cause-for-citation/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>] [<a href="http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/650-fine-for-bringing-dogs-into-canyons"; target="_blank">ABC4</a>]
-> Utah state senate candidate and former congressional hopeful Morgan Philpot will defend Ammon Bundy in the Oregon refuge takeover trial. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3937494-155/ammon-bundy-hires-utahs-morgan-philpot"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] Paul Rolly notes that Philpot recently lost his own court fight. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3936182-155/rolly-utah-candidate-representing-ammon-bundy"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> The Hole in the Rock Foundation is urging Utah to auction off the land near the proposed Bears Ears Monument. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3937814-155/hole-in-the-rock-foundation-asks"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> American Fork Police Department named Lt. Darren Falslev its interim police chief. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3937495-155/interim-police-chief-appointed-in-american"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865655117/American-Fork-appoints-interim-police-chief.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> Bob Bernick and Bryan Schott discuss the gubernatorial race and the GOP endorsing candidates in primary races. [<a href="http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/9652-Bryan%20Schott%20and%20Bob%20Bernick">UtahPolicy</a>]
-> A Layton businessman was sentenced to up to 30 years in prison for committing fraud that cheated investors of at least $14 million. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3938170-155/utah-fraudster-pleads-for-release-gets"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> A new University of Utah study found a cataclysmic landslide created Zion Canyon 4,800 years ago. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3934105-155/cataclysmic-landslide-created-flat-and-tranquil?fullpage=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865655060/U-study-shows-how-huge-landslide-shaped-Zion-National-Park-video.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> Over 400 students graduated from Davis Applied Technology College Thursday, making it the school's largest ever ceremony. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3936523-155/datc-graduates-largest-ever-class"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Pat Bagley gives his take on the GOP's reaction to Obama's transgender bathroom directive. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/3938005-155/bagley-cartoon-unfunny-bathroom-joke"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
<strong>Nationally: </strong>President Obama visits Hiroshima today, which may prove to be a political challenge. [<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/05/obama-hiroshima-apology-nuclear/483617/"; target="_blank">Atlantic</a>] [<a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/obama-spotlights-peace-nuclear-nonproliferation-on-hiroshima-visit-1464317247"; target="_blank">WSJ</a>] [<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-hiroshima-obama-will-offer-a-chance-for-reconciliation-that-is-fraught-on-all-sides/2016/05/26/6f215140-230f-11e6-8690-f14ca9de2972_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_obama-hiroshima-9pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory" target="_blank">WaPost</a>] [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/28/world/asia/obama-hiroshima-japan.html"; target="_blank">NYTimes</a>]
-> Donald Trump has officially clinched the Republican nomination. [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/27/us/politics/donald-trump-republican-nomination.html"; target="_blank">NYTimes</a>] [<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/26/politics/donald-trump-has-delegates-to-clinch-gop-nomination/"; target="_blank">CNN</a>]
-> Louisiana passed a law that makes targeting police officers a hate crime. [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/27/us/louisiana-enacts-hate-crimes-law-to-protect-a-new-group-police.html?version=meter+at+null&module=meter-Links&pgtype=article&contentId=&mediaId=&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&priority=true&action=click&contentCollection=meter-links-click" target="_blank">NYTimes</a>] [<a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/26/479634098/in-louisiana-its-now-a-hate-crime-to-target-police-officers"; target="_blank">NPR</a>] [<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/05/26/louisiana-governor-set-to-sign-blue-lives-matter-bill-thursday.html"; target="_blank">FoxNews</a>]
-> Likely Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson may be able to make a big third-party run. [<a href="http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21699452-gary-johnson-could-launch-libertarians-big-third-party-run-guns-weed-and">Economist</a>]
<strong>Where are they?</strong>
<ul>
<li>Rep. Jason <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/jasoninthehouse"; target="_blank">Chaffetz</a></strong> has no public events.</li>
<li>Rep. Chris <a href="https://twitter.com/RepChrisStewart"; target="_blank"><strong>Stewart</strong></a> has no public events.</li>
<li>Rep. Mia <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMiaLove"; target="_blank"><strong>Love</strong></a> has no public events.</li>
<li>Gov. Gary <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/GovHerbert"; target="_blank">Herbert</a></strong> has National Governors Association phone calls in the morning. In the afternoon, he attends a high school graduation at Utah Valley University.</li>
<li>Lt. Gov. Spencer <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerJCox"; target="_blank">Cox</a></strong> has no public events.</li>
<li>State Auditor John <strong><a href="http://twitter.com/FrugalDougall"; target="_blank">Dougall</a></strong> attends Lone Peak High School's graduation ceremony and attends a subcommittee meeting for the Utah Transparency Advisory Board.</li>
<li>SL Co. Mayor Ben <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/MayorBenMcAdams"; target="_blank">McAdams</a></strong> attends a Clark Planetarium media event in the morning. In the afternoon, he speaks at the Utah Islamic Center and meets with Deputy Mayor Lori Bays.</li>
<li>President Barack <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama"; target="_blank">Obama</a></strong> attends a G7 meeting on energy and climate and two G7 outreach sessions in Shima City, Japan. He then travels to Hiroshima, where he will deliver remarks at the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and participate in a wreath laying ceremony at Hiroshima Peace Memorial. The president then departs Japan, briefly stops in Anchorage, Alaska, and returns to the White House.</li>
</ul>
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