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Politics & Elections

PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - APRIL 12: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump and...
Lisa Mascaro and Jill Colvin, Associated Press

Trump gives support to embattled Speaker Mike Johnson at pivotal Mar-a-Lago meet

Donald Trump has given his support to embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson during a visit to the Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
12 days ago
Natalie Cline attends the monthly meeting for the Utah State Board of Education, the first since th...
Lindsay Aerts and Michael Houck, KSL TV

Salt Lake County Republicans will decide the political future of Natalie Cline

A few hundred Republicans in Salt Lake County will decide the political future of Utah State Board of Education member Natalie Cline during county convention on Saturday.
12 days ago
Michael Cook, who was running for the Republican nomination for Spanish Fork's District 25 senate s...
Lindsay Aerts

Spanish Fork Republican candidate for state senate disqualified as incumbent senator threatens lawsuit

A Republican senator is threatening a lawsuit claiming the Utah County Republican Party wasted his time and resources on a race that ultimately ended with his opponent being disqualified.
13 days ago
Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S, Oksana Markarova, speaking with different Utah leaders while visit...
Erin Cox

Ambassador of Ukraine to U.S. meets with Utah state and church leaders

For the first time, the Ukrainian Ambassador to the US, paid the Beehive State a visit.
13 days ago
Utah legislators, supporters of the new law, and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson at a press conference to...
Daniel Woodruff

New Utah school safety law earns praise from victims’ families, but cost concerns persist

Family members who lost children in the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history came to Utah to celebrate a new law aimed at making schools safer.
14 days ago
Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump speaks at an election-night watch ...
Bill Barrow and Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press

Trump says Arizona’s abortion ban goes too far while defending the overturning of Roe v. Wade

Donald Trump says an Arizona law that criminalizes nearly all abortions goes too far and the former president called on Arizona lawmakers to change it.
14 days ago
First Lady Abby Cox. (Photo courtesy Abby Cox on Twitter)...
Daniel Woodruff

Utah’s first lady, Abby Cox, begins recovery after spinal surgery

Utah’s first lady is recovering after surgery, the governor’s office said Wednesday.
15 days ago
The press conference announcing the Restoring Ancestral Winds hotline on Monday....
Karah Brackin

Utah nonprofit launches helpline for Indigenous people experiencing domestic and sexual violence

A new statewide helpline aimed at helping Indigenous communities with domestic and sexual violence has opened its lines on Monday.
17 days ago
President Joe Biden speaks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2...
Seung Min Kim and Collin Binkley, Associated Press

President Joe Biden will unveil his new plan to give student loan relief to many new borrowers

President Joe Biden will announce a significant new plan next week to cancel federal student loan debt for new categories of borrowers.
19 days ago
Bryce Canyon National Park in March, 2024. (Gina Wade)...
Associated Press

Florida man killed after fall in Utah’s Bryce Canyon National Park

The husband of Florida's Senate president has died after falling while the couple was hiking in Utah.
20 days ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, here on February 18, will have surgery under full anesth...
Tamar Michaelis, Benjamin Brown and Jessie Gretener, CNN

Netanyahu to have hernia surgery under full anesthesia, deputy PM to temporarily step in

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have surgery under full anesthesia for a hernia, his office said in a statement.
25 days ago
President Joe Biden speaks on his economic plan for the country at Abbots Creek Community Center on...
Katie Lobosco, CNN

Why student loan forgiveness remains a key issue for the Biden campaign even after Supreme Court loss

When Americans head to the polls in November, President Joe Biden will have had a direct effect on the household finances of about 4 million of them: He canceled their student loan debt.
25 days ago
FILE - President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress a...
Arlette Saenz and Betsy Klein, CNN

Biden campaign makes direct appeal to Haley supporters in new digital ad

The ad features clips of the former president calling Haley a “birdbrain,” ”a very angry person” and “not presidential timber.”
26 days ago
FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom answers questions at a press conference in Sacramento, Calif., ...
Associated Press

California governor to deploy 500 surveillance cameras to Oakland to fight crime

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says hundreds of high-tech surveillance cameras are coming to the city of Oakland and surrounding freeways to battle crime.
26 days ago
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach answers questions during a news conference about a new state la...
Collin Binkley and John Hanna, Associated Press

Republican states, including Utah, file lawsuit challenging Biden’s student loan repayment plan

A group of Republican-led states, including Utah, is suing the Biden administration to block a new student loan repayment plan that provides a faster path to cancellation and lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers.
26 days ago
FILE - A female red wolf emerges from her den sheltering newborn pups at the Museum of Life and Sci...
Matthew Brown, Associated Press

Biden administration restores threatened species protections dropped by Trump

The Biden administration has restored rules to protect imperiled plants and animals that had been rolled back under former President Donald Trump.
27 days ago
President Joe Biden speaks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2...
Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

House Republicans invite President Biden to testify at public hearing as impeachment inquiry stalls

House Republicans have invited President Joe Biden to testify before Congress on their stalled monthslong impeachment inquiry.
27 days ago
Lehi homes...
Daniel Woodruff

Governor highlights bills to help Utah homebuyers, but will they make a difference?

Gov. Spencer Cox on Thursday highlighted several new bills he just signed into law that are aimed at getting more buyers into the market.
27 days ago
FILE - President Joe Biden, accompanied by first lady Jill Biden blows his whistle for the start of...
Darlene Superville, Associated Press

The White House expects about 40,000 participants at its ‘egg-ucation’-themed Easter egg roll

The White House says it's getting ready to welcome 40,000 people to its annual Easter Egg Roll.
28 days ago
Caroline Gleich wants to change what a senator should look like...
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com

Caroline Gleich wants to change what people think a senator should ‘look’ like

"I don't look like a U.S. senator." It's a message professional ski mountaineer and Democratic Senate candidate Caroline Gleich has heard often enough as she began her first televised ad of the 2024 cycle by addressing it.
28 days ago
small housing units...
Debbie Worthen

Utah’s micro-shelter pilot program gets extension to help homeless

A micro-shelter pilot program will stay in place for at least six more months.
28 days ago
The Cache County Council took up the e-mail controversy...
Mike Anderson

A single text stirs political fallout in Cache County election

A text message is blowing up into a whole lot of political fallout in Cache County.
28 days ago
A new law is changing the amount of hunter orange that an individual is required to wear during spe...
Mark Jones

Several wildlife-related bills passed into law during 2024 legislative session

A number of wildlife management-related bills have been signed into law by Gov. Spencer Cox, following the completion of the 2024 Utah Legislature.
29 days ago
FILE _ "I Voted" stickers are ready to be distributed to each person who filled out a ballot, Tuesd...
Kim Chandler, Associated Press

Democrat who ran on reproductive rights, flips seat in Alabama House

A Democrat who made reproductive rights a centerpiece of her campaign in deeply conservative Alabama has won a special election to the Alabama Legislature.
29 days ago

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