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Elections, Politics, & Government

gun sales biden...
Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business

Gun sales expected to set new records after Joe Biden’s White House win

Joe Biden's projected White House win could boost gun sales in what has already been a landmark year for gun makers.
6 years ago
covid-19 test 15 minutes...
Kelli Pierce

COVID-19 tests in the Davis School District provide results in 15 minutes

More than 150 students and staff in the Davis School District have taken a COVID-19 test that works so fast, it gives people their results in 15 minutes. 
6 years ago
mitt romney voter fraud...
Lindsay Aerts, Madeleine Porter and Becky Bruce

Mitt Romney reports no evidence of voter fraud in the election

Sen. Mitt Romney told reporters he sees no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, an assertion at odds with claims from the president.
6 years ago
media call races...
ALEXANDRA OLSON and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press

EXPLAINER: Why do the media call races in US elections?

Fifty-one separate elections — one in each state and one in Washington, DC. Each with different rules and regulations, and no national elections commission to tell the world who wins on Election Day. How, then, to determine who won the highest office in the land?
6 years ago
Hong Kong's pro-democracy legislators pose for a photo before a press conference at Legislative Cou...
ZEN SOO Associated Press

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers to resign en masse

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers say they will resign en masse after four of them were ousted from the semiautonomous Chinese territory’s Legislature.
6 years ago
final presidential debate 2020 polls...
Curt Gresseth

How did pollsters get the 2020 race so wrong – again – or did they?

The polls had Joe Biden taking back the White House and winning the Senate in 2020. How did pollsters get the presidential race so wrong -- or did they?
6 years ago
Tillus beats Cunningham in NC...
GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press

Democrat Cunningham concedes to US Sen. Tillis in North Carolina

Democrat Cal Cunningham has conceded to incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis in North Carolina. Tillis leads Cunningham by 94,500 votes.
6 years ago
Many people say they're looking for guidance when it comes to discussing current events with family...
John Wojcik

Peace and conflict: Talking politics and navigating tension over the holidays

With political tension still in the air and the holidays fast approaching, many people are looking for guidance when it comes to inevitably having to discuss politics and current events with their family, friends, and neighbors.
6 years ago
civilian review South Salt...
Kelli Pierce

South Salt Lake Police chief wants more staff to work with citizens review board

South Salt Lake is in the middle of putting together a citizens review board that will look into use of force issues in the police department.
6 years ago
FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2000, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Al Gore, ...
DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press

Candidate concessions have been colorful, funny — or absent

Losing presidential candidates have conceded to their opponents in private chats, telegrams, phone calls and nationally televised speeches.
6 years ago
utah icus...
Paul Nelson

Doctors urge Utahns to follow COVID-19 mandates, saying hospitals are at ‘tipping point’ of being overwhelmed

Doctors say Hospitals at the point of becoming overwhelmed, and believe the virus spread will slow down as long as people follow the emergency orders.
6 years ago
SLC Mayor says hospitals have reached their breaking point with rising COVID-19 patients rationing ...
Kelli Pierce

COVID-19 vaccine coming to Utah. But who gets it first?

SALT LAKE CITY – Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is not yet approved, but five major hospitals are expected to get a shipment of it within weeks.  Utah Department of Health Immunization Director Rich Lakin says the hospitals are able to store thousands of vials of the COVID-19 vaccine in ultra-cold freezers and give it to their […]
6 years ago
election racist...
Curt Gresseth

Live Mic: In a post-Trump world, what does the GOP look like?

In a post-Trump world, what will the GOP look like and how could Utah's Republican leaders shape it?
6 years ago
FILE -  Oct. 8, 2020, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper speaks before a meeting with Romanian Defense...
ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press

Pres. Trump fires Esper as Pentagon chief

President Trump says has fired Defense Sec. Mark Esper. Christopher Miller, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, will serve as acting secretary.
6 years ago
Democrats and Republicans...
Paul Nelson

Political leaders: Democrats and Republicans not as divided as many people believe

This extremely bitter election process has left many Americans feeling the country is divided beyond repair.  However, some political leaders in Utah say Democrats and Republicans are actually are a lot closer than many people would expect. 
6 years ago
hunting fishing amendment e utah...
Kelli Pierce

Hunting and fishing will get constitutional protection in Utah under Amendment E

Amendment E, which would protect the right to hunt and fish in the Utah constitution, is likely to pass by a wide margin. 
6 years ago
University of Utah COVID-19...
Simone Seikaly

U of U will test all 32,000 students for COVID-19 before Thanksgiving break

University of Utah officials say they will test all 32,000 students for COVID-19 before the Thanksgiving break.
6 years ago
Romney voter fraud 2020...
Devan Cole and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN

Romney calls for nation to ‘get behind’ Biden, says he has seen “no evidence of voter fraud”

On Sunday, Sen. Mitt Romney said he's seen no evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 Presidential election, and that implying such could be "destructive."
6 years ago
president-elect Biden...
Cami Mondeaux

Biden, Harris address nation after winning presidential election

Forty-eight years after he was first elected as senator of Delaware, president-elect Biden addressed the U.S. for the first time since the race was called.
6 years ago
AP explainer why called race Biden...
BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press

EXPLAINER: Why AP called the 2020 election for Joe Biden

On Saturday, The Associated Press declared Joe Biden the victor after he garnered Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes, which pushed him over the 270 electoral vote threshold needed to win.
6 years ago
Stop Steal Trump Biden...
ANITA SNOW, DAVID GOLDMAN and LISA MARIE PANE Associated Press

‘This isn’t over!’: Trump supporters protest apparent Biden win

Hundreds and in some cases thousands of Pres. Trump supporters protested at state capitols across the country on Saturday.
6 years ago
4th Congressional District, Burgess Owens pulls ahead 2,095 votes in Utah’s 4th District...
Simone Seikaly

Latest tally has Burgess Owens ahead by 688 votes in 4th District race

Burgess Owens' lead on Saturday is the latest flip in a tally that has gone back and forth between the two candidates since November 3, election night.
6 years ago
Romney marching,Senator Romney and other Local politicians congratulate Joe Biden...
Ryan Meeks and Cami Mondeaux

Sen. Romney, other Utah politicians, congratulate Joe Biden

Mitt Romney and other Utah politicians used Twitter to congratulate Joe Biden after he received the electoral votes needed to claim the US presidency.
6 years ago
Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided US...
JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press

Biden apparent winner of the White House, vows new direction for divided US

Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by the historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil.
6 years ago