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Korean band BTS appeared at the White House press briefing on May 31 and will meet with President J...
Betsy Klein, Kate Sullivan and Nikki Carvajal, CNN

K-pop supergroup BTS visits the White House

Korean pop supergroup BTS appeared at the White House press briefing on Tuesday and will meet with President Joe Biden to discuss Asian inclusion and representation and address anti-Asian hate crimes and disinformation.
2 years ago
FILE: Rep. Chris Stewart speaks during the Utah Republican Party state convention at the Maverik Ce...
Michael Houck, KSL TV

Rep. Stewart introduces bill to stop US contributions to WHO

Rep. Chris Stewart announced a bill that would halt the United State's contributions to the World Health Organization unless it 'hold(s) China accountable for the origins of COVID-19.'
2 years ago
Michael Sussmann, a cybersecurity lawyer who represented the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign ...
Marshall Cohen, CNN

Clinton 2016 campaign lawyer found not guilty of lying to FBI in Durham investigation

Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann was acquitted Tuesday of lying to the FBI, in the first trial of special counsel John Durham's investigation.
2 years ago
North Dakota lawmaker quits after child porn suspect texts
(Credit: North Dakota Legislative Branch...
JAMES MacPHERSON, Associated Press

North Dakota legislator set to resign, mum on investigation

North Dakota’s longest-serving state senator is declining to comment on whether he’s the subject of an ongoing investigation that he's associated with a man jailed on child pornography charges.
2 years ago
President Joe Biden speaks to the media on the south lawn of the White House on May 30, 2022 in Was...
ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK, Associated Press

Biden to meet Fed chair as inflation bites US pocketbooks

President Joe Biden is set to meet with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell as soaring inflation takes a bite out of Americans’ pocketbooks.
2 years ago
FILE: President Joe Biden speaks to the media on the south lawn of the White House on May 30, 2022 ...
WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press

Biden sees chance of ‘rational’ Republican approach on guns

President Joe Biden says there may some bipartisan support to tighten restrictions on the kind of high-powered weapons used by the gunman in the Texas school shooting.
2 years ago
Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a weekly news conference at the U.S. Ca...
Lauren Fox and Diane Ruggiero, CNN

Nancy Pelosi’s husband arrested for DUI

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband was arrested for DUI, according to the Napa County Criminal Justice Network's public booking report.
2 years ago
WASHINGTON - MARCH 27:  A protester holds an American flag and a Mexican flag while participating i...
Associated Press

US state legislators praise abortion access in Mexico

A group of U.S. state legislators from Texas, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and North Carolina toured Mexico and are impressed by efforts to expand abortion access south of the border.
2 years ago
Emalyce Kee, a Navajo and Rosebud Sioux, holds her 2021 beaded graduation cap Wednesday, May 25, 20...
SAM METZ and RICK BOWMER Associated Press

Utah Native students exercise right to wear regalia at graduation

Native American students in southern Utah donned beaded caps and eagle feathers at high school graduations this week, months after the state passed a law enshrining their right to wear tribal regalia at the ceremonies. Utah is among a growing list of states where lawmakers have responded to reports of Native American students being barred from wearing beaded caps or eagle feathers at graduation by passing laws to stop school districts from banning them.
2 years ago
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 18:  Governor Kevin Stitt (R-OK) speaks during a roundtable at the State Dini...
SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press

Oklahoma governor signs the nation’s strictest abortion ban

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed the nation’s strictest abortion ban that prohibits all abortions with few exceptions.
2 years ago
The 2022 General Session of the Utah Legislature began on Tuesday. (Tamara Vaifanua/KSL TV)...
Michael Houck, KSL TV

Utah lawmaker proposes new bill to raise firearm purchase age from 18 to 21

A Utah lawmaker introduced a new bill that would raise the age of purchasing a firearm to 21-years-old in response to the Uvalde, Texas shooting.
2 years ago
U.S. President Joe Biden listens ahead of the signing of an executive order to reform federal and l...
Maegan Vazquez and Nikki Carvajal, CNN

Biden says he will travel to Texas to visit families of school shooting victims ‘in the coming days’

President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he will travel to Uvalde, Texas, in the near future to meet the families of the 19 children and two teachers killed during a horrific school shooting.
2 years ago
Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on Covid-19. Pictur...
JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press

UK ‘partygate’ report blames culture of Johnson’s office

A report into lockdown-breaching U.K. government parties says blame for a culture of rule-breaking in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office must rest with those at the top.
2 years ago
A U.S. Secret Service officer lowers the American flag to half staff over the White House following...
Madison Swenson, KSL TV

Gov. Cox orders flags to be lowered in honor of Texas school shooting victims

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has ordered the flags at all state facilities to be lowered in honor of the 19 students and two adults who were shot and killed at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday.
2 years ago
Law enforcement officers gather outside of Robb Elementary School following the mass shooting at Ro...
Madison Swenson, KSL TV

Utah leaders, organizations react to deadly shooting at Texas elementary school

Several Utah leaders and organizations shared their thoughts following a deadly shooting Tuesday at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that claimed the lives of 19 students and two adults.
2 years ago
FILE PHOTO - Florida Gov. De Santis (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)...
CURT ANDERSON Associated Press

Appeals court rules Florida’s social media law unconstitutional

A Florida law intended to punish social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter for allegedly discriminating against conservative thought is an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously concluded that it was overreach for Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and the GOP-led Florida Legislature to tell the social media companies how to conduct their work.
2 years ago
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz greets supporters after the primary race resulted in an ...
MARC LEVY, Associated Press

GOP intervenes in Pa. Senate race vote-counting lawsuit

The national and state Republican parties are taking the side of celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania’s neck-and-neck GOP primary contest for U.S. Senate and opposing a lawsuit by ex-hedge fund CEO David McCormick.
2 years ago
FILE: The U.S. Supreme Court is shown on April 25, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsc...
JESSICA GRESKO, Associated Press

Search for Supreme Court leaker falls to former Army colonel

When Gail Curley began her job as Marshal of the U.S. Supreme Court less than a year ago, she would have expected to work mostly behind the scenes: overseeing the court’s police force and the operations of the marble-columned building where the justices work.
2 years ago
FILE: U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)...
JEFF AMY Associated Press

Tuesday’s 2022 midterms: What to watch nationally

Georgia takes center stage in Tuesday's primary elections as Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger try to fight back challengers endorsed by Donald Trump. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia is testing Republican voters' tolerance for controversy in her primary.
2 years ago
FILE: Rep. Madison Cawthorn speaks before a rally for former U.S. President Donald Trump at The Far...
FARNOUSH AMIRI, Associated Press

Ethics panel opens investigation into GOP’s Madison Cawthorn

The House Ethics Committee is investigating allegations that Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn had a conflict of interest in a cryptocurrency and engaged in an improper relationship with a member of his staff.
2 years ago
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Associated Press

Man charged with threatening Oklahoma US Rep. Eisenberger

A man known for showing up uninvited at political events to get close to politicians has been charged with cyberstalking and threatening an Oklahoma congressman and his family.
2 years ago
President Joe Biden and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio attend the Japan-US summit meeting at Akasaka ...
JOSH BOAK and AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press

Biden launches Indo-Pacific trade deal, warns over inflation

President Joe Biden has launched a new trade deal with 12 Indo-Pacific nations aimed at strengthening their economies as he warns Americans worried about high inflation that it is “going to be a haul” before they feel relief.
2 years ago
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol as they visit t...
AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK, Associated Press

Biden: SKorean chip plant a model for deeper ties to Asia

President Joe Biden says a South Korean computer chip factory that is the model for a similar plant in Texas can help deepen ties with the Indo Pacific.
2 years ago
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to reporters following a closed-door lunch with ...
ALAN FRAM, Associated Press

Senate votes final congressional OK for $40B Ukraine aid

A $40 billion infusion of military and economic aid for Ukraine and its allies has cleared the Senate and will head to President Joe Biden for his signature.
2 years ago

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