Happy Monday!
A new space race has emerged between the U.S. and China, as each nation invests money and resources into increasing its military might in orbit. President Donald Trump has proposed a Space Force, and both countries are trying to develop laser and cyber weapons to destroy each other’s satellites. And Qiao Liang, a major general in the Chinese air force, has said the outspending tactics the United States used against the Soviet Union in the Cold War won’t work against China, an economic powerhouse in its own right. [Politico]
Topping the news: Salt Lake City mayoral candidates are addressing concerns about homeless resources, as the main Salt Lake City shelter is expected to close this fall and three new, smaller shelters are set to open. [Trib]
->Utah Rep. Chris Stewart, a Republican who sits on the House Intelligence Committee, said it would be “foolish” for candidates not to accept information about their opponent from a foreign entity. [Trib] [DNews]
> A group of more 30 than teachers in Utah County took a gun safety course from the Utah County Sheriff’s Office, meant to prepare the educators for violent situations. [DNews]
Tweets of the day: From @aedwardslevy: "i don’t understand how all these congressional districts can still be ‘at large’ like, they shouldn’t be that hard to find when we know what state they’re in and everything?”
->From @LauraK9doc: “Hey #utpol, time for a thought experiment. Imagine there was a foreign threat to #Utah but officials were afraid to discuss it with Gov. @GovHerbert because they feared he would either countermand any protective actions or talk about the threat with foreign agents. Is that ok?”
-> From @mattyglesias: “Looking forward to major universities, television networks, and business enterprises discrediting themselves by lavishing money & attention on Sarah Sanders.”
->From @MEPFuller: “Mick Mulvaney likes to tell his old Freedom Caucus pals that he went from losing at the kids’ table to at least winning once in a while with bigger stakes. I don’t know what exactly Mick Mulvaney has won, but he seems to be taking some pretty embarrassing L’s tbh.”
-> From @itsJeffTiedrich: “a brief history of collusion: 1. NO COLLUSION! 2. maybe there was but I didn’t know about it 3. maybe I knew but so what 4. lots of people collude 5. it’s not illegal when the president does it 6. you can’t indict a president 7. NO COLLUSION! 8. I’ll collude again if I want to”
Also in the news: The Utah Department of Public Safety will investigate whether or not a Woods Cross police officer who pulled a gun on a 10-year-old black child engaged in racial profiling or broke the law. [Trib] [DNews]
-> A lawsuit filed by medical cannabis advocacy groups against the state of Utah will proceed to a jury trial, after parties concluded the odds of a settlement are “poor.” [FOX13]
-> Freaky weather conditions stirred up by climate change are making fires in Utah’s highlands more difficult to control. [Trib]
-> Cartoonist Pat Bagley depicts world dictators supporting President Donald Trump. [Trib]
Nationally: The United States is escalating digital attacks on Russia’s electric power grid in a warning to President Vladimir Putin about election hacking and misinformation. [NYTimes]
-> Some Democratic congressional representatives are eager for impeachment of President Trump, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has remained firm in her position that impeachment is a poor political move for the Democrats. [WaPost]
-> Protestors in Hong Kong continued their demonstrations Sunday, speaking out against the government’s handling of a bill to allow extraditions to China. [WaPost]
->President Trump said in a tweet Sunday his supporters might “demand” he stays in office longer than two terms. [WaPost]
-> Members of the Trump administration will meet with congressional leaders from both parties this week to try and compromise on a spending bill. [Politico]
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-- Bethany Rodgers and Alison Berg
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