Good Tuesday morning from Salt Lake City.
Breaking news for my fellow theater nerds: Broadway legend Carol Channing has died at the age of 97 - https://wapo.st/2Fz6sue
Tuesday's news at a glance: The government shutdown enters day #25. Trump denies he worked for Russia. Romney and Stewart say Iowa Rep. Steve King should resign from Congress for making racist remarks.
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Today is the 15th day of the year. There are 350 days remaining in 2019.
11 days until Salt Lake County Democrats elect a new County Mayor (1/26/2019)
13 days until the first day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (1/28/2019)
58 days until the final day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (3/14/2019)
109 days to the Utah State Republican Party Organizing Convention (5/4/2019)
139 days until the municipal election filing period opens (6/3/2019)
143 days until the municipal election filing period ends (6/7/2019)
210 days to the 2019 Utah primary elections (8/13/2019)
294 days to the 2019 municipal elections (11/5/2019)
385 days to the 2020 Iowa Caucuses (2/3/2020)
653 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020)
Rep. Chris Stewart calls for Iowa Republican Steve King to resign
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Rep. Chris Stewart joined the growing chorus of Republicans in Congress calling on Iowa Rep. Steve King to resign after making racist remarks in an interview last week. ...
Romney calls on Steve King to resign over racist remarks
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Sen. Mitt Romney says Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King should resign following comments he made questioning why the term "white supremacist" was offensive....
Bishop may face stiff opposition if he's Trump's pick for Interior Secretary
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Rep. Rob Bishop's name keeps surfacing as President Donald Trump's possible nominee to be the next Secretary of the Interior. But, some members of Congress say he might have a difficult time being confirmed....
Chaffetz: Where were the Democrats when I wanted to investigate Clinton?
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Former House Oversight Committee chairman and current Fox News commentator Jason Chaffetz said Democrats who plan to investigate the Trump administration are being hypocritical because they were MIA during his attempts to investigate Benghazi and the IRS....
Guest opinion: Local elected leaders plan best for their communities - and the public agrees
By Mayor Jon Pike, St. George/ ULCT President and Cameron Diehl, ULCT Executive Director
Change makes us uncomfortable. Whether it's upgrading from an old lounge chair or a laptop, it takes some effort. Yet, if the right choices are made, the result can be a future of greater ease and efficiency....
Utah company, Galileo, expands
By Press release
The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development announced Galileo Processing, Inc. will expand its operations in Utah, adding up to 300 jobs, $12 million in new state revenue and up to $15 million in capital investment over the next seven years....
Utah Foundation 2019 Annual Luncheon to feature 'the most influential academic in the world'
By Utah Foundation
Utah Foundation is pleased to announce that renowned Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam will serve as the keynote speaker at our Annual Luncheon on May 21 at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City....
Deseret News
Editorial: It's time to exempt Utah from the Antiquities ActUtah officials starting plan for prolonged federal government shutdown
Salt Lake Tribune
Air quality continues to deteriorate, with no relief expected until later this week
The government shutdown is entering its 25th day.
President Donald Trump says he never worked for Russia. The president denied reports he was working on behalf of Russia and called FBI officials who launched a counterintelligence investigation to determine if he did "known scoundrels" - https://wapo.st/2Fx3VRo
Is there really a crisis at the border? The New York Times digs into the situation at the southern border and found some startling facts. Illegal border crossings are at their lowest point in more than 40 years - https://nyti.ms/2FDxHEd
President Trump rejects a plan to end the shutdown. Sen. Lindsey Graham suggested Trump temporarily reopen the government while he negotiates funding for his border wall, but Trump dismissed that idea saying he would not back down from his position - https://nyti.ms/2Fyp9yc
How long will Republicans stick with Trump? As more federal workers miss paychecks because of the shutdown, pressure is building on Republicans in Congress to buck the president and vote to re-open the government - https://nyti.ms/2Fz1bTs
The nation's airports are beginning to buckle because of the shutdown, and it's going to get worse. The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport advised travelers to arrive at least 3 hours early because of longer wait times at security checkpoints. Other airports are preparing for the problem to get worse as TSA agents stay home rather than work without pay - http://bit.ly/2FppwvG
Trump's Attorney General nominee promises to let Mueller finish his investigation. William Barr said on Monday it's in the best interest to let special counsel Robert Mueller finish his probe into contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia - https://nyti.ms/2FAFjr2
Trump wants to leave NATO. President Trump said several times over the last year he wanted to withdraw the U.S. from the military pact, a move Russian President Vladimir Putin would likely welcome - https://nyti.ms/2FA9deJ
President Donald Trump's legal team refused a request from special counsel Robert Mueller for an in-person interview. Mueller's team wanted to ask follow-up questions from Trump's written testimony in the Russia probe. Trump's lawyer, Rudy Guiliani, reportedly said the interview would happen "over my dead body" - https://cnn.it/2FEfarp
The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to Matthew Whitaker's appointment as acting Attorney General. Opponents argued Whitaker was not qualified for the position because he had not faced Senate confirmation. A simliar challenge is pending in federal court in Maryland - https://nbcnews.to/2FwT3D7
Congress punishes Iowa Republican Steve King. Republicans in the House voted to strip Rep. King of his committee assignments because of racist comments he made in an interview last week - https://nyti.ms/2FBDcmv
Brexit vote today. British Ms vote today on Prime Minister Theresa May's plan to leave the European Union. The vote is expected to fail, but that is not set in stone - https://cnn.it/2FzgcVp
Ivanka Trump will help choose the new World Bank President. The president's daughter has been rumored to be a candidate for the job is not in the running according to an administration official - https://nyti.ms/2Fxczz8
Most of the U.S. population has a Democrat for a governor. 175 million Americans have a Democratic governor, even though a majority of states still have Republicans leading them - http://bit.ly/2Fyrw44
President Trump fed the Clemson Tigers football team fast food, and the internet couldn't handle it. The national champions were given a feast of McDonald's, Wendy's and Domino's pizza. Trump reportedly paid for the food itself. Twitter users went bananas over pictures from the event - http://bit.ly/2Fsfc6b
You're more likely to die from an opioid overdose than a car crash. The National Safety Council says the lifetime odds of an American dying from opioids is 1 in 96, while the odds of dying in a car crash are now 1 in 103 - http://bit.ly/2FBJ4MW
Antarctica is melting six times faster than it did in the 1980s. Ice loss at the South Pole is accelerating dramatically. The melting rate is 15 percent higher than last year - http://bit.ly/2Fu0sUv
China is the first country to grow plants on the moon. The Chinese lander on the dark side of the moon sprouted seeds taken on the mission - https://bbc.in/2FxqtS6
1844 - The University of Notre Dame receives its charter from the state of Indiana.
1870 - A cartoon by Thomas Nast appeared in Harper's Weekly with a donkey symbolizing the Democratic Party for the first time.
1889 - The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
1892 - James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
1919 - Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, killing 21 and injuring 150.
1943 - The Pentagon was dedicated.
1967 - The first Super Bowl was played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10.
1973 - President Richard Nixon called a halt to U.S. military offensives in Vietnam.
2001 - Wikipedia goes online.
Sutherland Institute announces new members on its Board of Trustees
Sutherland Institute President and CEO Rick Larsen announced that both Greg Miller and John Sperry will join the organization's Board of Trustees....
ABC's Jon Karl: People Close to Mueller Say His Report 'Certain to Be Anti-Climactic' (Mediaite)
Conservative Groups Targeted in Lois Lerner's IRS Scandal Receive Settlement Checks (Daily Signal)
Both parties aim to woo defectors as shutdown drags on (Politico)
Bernie Sanders to meet with former campaign staffers about 2016 harassment issues (CNN)
Joe Lieberman ramps up feud with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York Post)
PG&E Plans To File For Bankruptcy Over Possible Liability In California Wildfires (NPR)
Perspective
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." Albert Einstein
Imbeciles
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain
