Utah and National Updates

Elections, Politics, & Government

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Associated Press

Trump’s battle with ‘Obamacare’ moves to the courts

Trump is counting on the courts to kill off “Obamacare.” But two federal judges in Washington, D.C., blocked parts of Trump’s health care agenda.
7 years ago
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Associated Press

Biden defends his behavior with women

Joe Biden said Sunday that he doesn’t believe he ever acted inappropriately toward women but will “listen respectfully” to suggestions he did.
7 years ago
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Associated Press

Regents OK tuition changes across Utah’s higher ed system

The Utah Board of Regents has approved changes to tuition amounts across the state’s public higher education system for the coming year.
7 years ago
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Associated Press

Number of asylum seekers sent back over border to grow

WASHINGTON (AP) — Border officials are aiming to more than quadruple the number of asylum seekers sent back over the southern border each day, a major expansion of a top government effort to address the swelling number of Central Americans arriving in the country, a Trump administration official said Saturday. It was the latest attempt […]
7 years ago
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukrainian actor and candidate in the upcoming presidential election, hosts a c...
Associated Press

Comedian leads presidential polling in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A comedian who’s never held political office tops the public opinion polls ahead of Ukraine’s presidential election, but even he appears to be falling far short of enough support to win in the first round. Ukrainians on Sunday will choose from among 39 candidates for a president they hope can guide […]
7 years ago
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Associated Press

Feds approve first step in limited Utah Medicaid expansion

Utah will begin taking applications to cover an additional 70,000 to 90,000 more people, far fewer than the full Medicaid expansion approved by voters.
7 years ago
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Matthew Brooks

Rep. Chris Stewart says democrats’ focus on Mueller report will cost them in 2020

Utah congressman Rep. Chris Stewart told Fox News on Friday, with the release of the Mueller report, that the head of the House Intelligence Committee, democrat Rep. Adam Schiff, needs to lay off the collusion rhetoric against President Trump. Rep. Schiff continues to publicly claim he has seen evidence of collusion between Trump and Russia […]
7 years ago
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi heaps scorn on Attorney General William Barr, saying his letter about sp...
LISA MASCARO, LAURIE KELLMAN and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press

Democrats intensify demand for Robert Mueller’s full report

Democrats intensified their demands for Robert Mueller's full report after learning the special counsel's findings from his Trump-Russia investigation run to more than 300 pages, while President Donald Trump boasted of total exoneration based on a four-page summary by his attorney general.
7 years ago
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Paul Nelson

Lee and other senators promote bill aimed to help small farmers

WASHINGTON D.C. – What could possibly get Senator Mike Lee on the same side as senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker?  They’ve teamed up to introduce legislation that could help local farmers better understand what the government is doing with their money. You’ve seen the commercials with famous slogans like, “Beef.  It’s what’s for dinner,” […]
7 years ago
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Paul Nelson

McAdams pushes bill allowing banks to accept legal marijuana money

Imagine banks losing their license over something that’s legal.  That’s a possibility for financial institutions that accept money made from medical marijuana sales.
7 years ago
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Associated Press

Facebook charged with housing discrimination by HUD

Facebook was charged for allegedly allowing landlords and real estate brokers to systematically exclude groups from seeing ads for houses and apartments.
7 years ago
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Mark Jackson

New motorcycle law in Utah

There's a new motorcycle law coming to Utah, HB 149 has been signed and will go into effect on May 14th that would allow "lane-splitting" under certain conditions for motorcyclists after a similar law saw a 30% drop in motorcyclist fatalities in California.
7 years ago
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Mark Oliver

Auditor breaks down Utah’s worst abuses of taxpayer money

KSL Newsradio's Dave & Dujanovic invited State Auditor John Dougall on their show to share how taxpayer money is misused in our state.
7 years ago
Screenshot: Rep Alexandria Ocasia-Cortez responded after her bill failed with 0 votes in the Senate...
Analyst Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large

129 seconds that perfectly explain why liberals go wild for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

On the day that the Senate rejected -- by a vote of 0-57 -- the broad strokes of the so-called "Green New Deal," New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D), one of the leading voices for the legislation, went off on those who mock the effort as nothing more than an elitist fantasy.
7 years ago
Sen. Mike Lee...
Colby Walker

WATCH: Utah Sen. Mike Lee’s viral floor speech

What happens when Aquaman, a Tauntaun, and Ronald Reagan on a velociraptor appear on the floor of the Senate? You get a viral speech from Sen. Mike Lee.
7 years ago
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Heather Kelly

Utah just gained more restrictions on abortion

A new law now places an 18 week limit on abortions along with state-mandated online education, a face-to-face informed consent session designed to discourage people from seeking abortion services and then wait for 72-hours before receiving abortion care.
7 years ago
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One, Sunday, March 24, 2019, at Palm Beach International Ai...
JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press

Trump declares victory now but legal perils far from over

President Donald Trump may be reveling in what he sees as "complete and total exoneration" from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, but his legal perils are far from over.
7 years ago
FILE - President Donald Trump speaks with the media after stepping off Marine One on the South Lawn...
ERIC TUCKER, MICHAEL BALSAMO, CHAD DAY and JULIE PACE Associated Press

Mueller’s Russia probe report rules out criminal collusion

Special counsel Robert Mueller did not find evidence that President Donald Trump's campaign "conspired or coordinated" with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election but reached no conclusion on whether Trump obstructed justice, Attorney General William Barr declared. That brought a hearty claim of vindication from Trump but set the stage for new rounds of political and legal fighting.
7 years ago
Attorney General William Barr submitted his summary of the main conclusions from Mueller's investig...
Colby Walker

Read: Justice Department summary of Mueller report

Attorney General William Barr on Sunday submitted to Congress his summary of the main conclusions from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation saying "The Special Counsel's investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election."
7 years ago
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Emerson Oligschlaeger

Utah congressional delegation reacts to Mueller investigation

Each member of Utah's congressional delegation expressed their desire for the country to accept Mueller's findings and move forward.
7 years ago
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CNN

Mueller report summary delivered to Congress

Special counsel Robert Mueller did not find Donald Trump's campaign or associates conspired with Russia, Attorney General William Barr said Sunday.
7 years ago
An American flag flies outside the Department of Justice in Washington, Friday, March 22, 2019. Spe...
Associated Press

Nation awaits key findings as Mueller wraps up Russia investigation

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller closed his long and contentious Russia investigation with no new charges, ending the probe that has cast a dark shadow over Donald Trump’s presidency. The Justice Department was expected to release the main findings as soon as Saturday. Even with the details still under wraps, the end Friday […]
7 years ago
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Associated Press

Utah governor signs Down syndrome abortion ban

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has signed a proposal to ban abortions if the only reason is the fetus has been diagnosed with Down syndrome.
7 years ago
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Associated Press

Now what? Mueller ends the Russia investigation

Special counsel Robert Mueller has concluded his Trump-Russia investigation and on Friday delivered his final report to the attorney general. Now what?
7 years ago