Utah and National Updates

Elections, Politics, & Government

In this Feb. 11, 2005 file photo, trays of printed social security checks wait to be mailed from th...
Caitlyn Johnston

Social Security sending collection notices to recipients for overpayments

The federal government is sending collection notices to hundreds of thousands of recipients who were overpaid.
3 years ago
The What Works Caucus, a new initiative aiming to increase accountability and government effectiven...
Derrick Jones

What Works Caucus: improving government effectiveness

Two members of Congress are working on the What Works Caucus, an initiative that focuses on improving government effectiveness.
3 years ago
A conservative approach to climate change. Rep. John Curtis speaks at the second annual Conservativ...
Derrick Jones

Rep. John Curtis taking constituent concerns back to Washington after in-state tour

Representative John Curtis from Utah's 3rd Congressional District provided a look at what he gathered during his in-state work period this summer.
3 years ago
Former President Donald Trump’s public statements about the federal election interference investi...
Katelyn Polantz and Holmes Lybrand

Special counsel asks judge to limit President Trump’s public statements in federal election subversion case

Prosecutors want to use public statements by former President Donald Trump against him.
3 years ago
Utah Sen. Mitt Romney shakes hands with ROTC students at the Sutherland Institute's 2023 Congressio...
Boyd Matheson

Matheson: What Mitt Romney got right and most in power miss

Mitt Romney choosing not to seek reelection is a great lesson in the fallacy of the irreplaceable. Here's what we can learn.
3 years ago
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, speaks during the Utah Republican Party Organizing Convention at Utah Valley...
Mark Jones

Lee says reforming Antiquities Act will end uncertainty around national monuments

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, shares with KSL NewsRadio a piece of legislation that would reform the Antiquities Act that would help solve uncertainties around national monuments.
3 years ago
Devin Oldroyd

Before you attack the Supreme Court, understand its role

The Supreme Court has faced more and more criticism over recent years. Public trust in the court is the lowest it's been in generations.
3 years ago
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) answers questions in his office after announcing he will not seek re-electi...
Simone Seikaly

Here’s what’s next after Sen. Mitt Romney announced no reelection run

Utah Democrats and Utah Republicans are settling in with the news that Sen. Mitt Romney will not be seeking another term.
3 years ago
The Bears Ears area (Scott G Winterton/Deseret News)...
Peter Johnston

Lawmakers want to restrict presidential power to create monuments in Utah

Lawmakers say the Antiquities Act of 1906 gives presidents unilateral power to declare monuments in Utah.
3 years ago
Tierney Sneed, Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN

Twitter turned over at least 32 direct messages from Trump’s account to special counsel

The detail of what prosecutors obtained with a search warrant issued to the social media platform was revealed in a brief submitted under seal in May.
3 years ago
Blurred images of information obtained by KSL NewsRadio by a government records request involving a...
Lindsay Aerts

Restructuring and reports of a rant: Changes at the Utah County Elections Office

One current two former staffers describe tensions among Utah County Elections staffers. The clerk says the issues are moot.
3 years ago
Mark Jones

Hunter Biden indicted on felony gun charges; legal expert weighs in

Hunter Biden was indicted on three felony gun charges on Thursday by grand jury in Delaware.
3 years ago
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announces an order restricting people from carrying guns in Bernalillo ...
Jack Hannah

Federal judge temporarily blocks portions of New Mexico governor’s gun ban

A temporary order by the New Mexico governor to suspend the rights to carry weapons in public has been blocked by a federal judge.
3 years ago
Image of the ChatGPT page of the OpenAI website. Story - a tech expert in Utah says distinguishing ...
Curt Gresseth

Artificial intelligence joins politics for 2024 presidential race. Can you spot the fake?

Artificial intelligence has joined the presidential campaign trail. As a voter, do you know how to spot the fake?
3 years ago
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Samantha Herrera

Utah lawmakers and leaders react to Romney reelection announcement

Several of the statements addressed or alluded to candidates who will run to replace Romney.
3 years ago
Sen. Mitt Romney, purposes the Family Security Act. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)...
Sam Herrera

Sen. Mitt Romney will not run for reelection saying, ‘It’s time for a new generation of leaders’

Sen. Mitt Romney made the announcement in a video on Wednesday, saying he would not seek reelection for his seat in the Senate.
3 years ago
New York Republican Rep. George Santos, seen here on May 17, said on September 12 that he was not i...
Haley Talbot and Jack Forrest

Rep. George Santos says he’s not in talks with DOJ on potential deal in criminal case

New York Republican Rep. George Santos on Tuesday said he was not in talks with the Justice Department to strike a plea deal.
3 years ago
Side by side images of President Biden, Utah Sen. Mike Lee, and Utah Sen. Mitt Romney. Utah's repub...
Becky Bruce

Utah delegation reacts to calls for Biden impeachment inquiry

Sen. Lee said the impeachment inquiry against President Biden was a necessary course of action, while Sen. Romney said it was important.
3 years ago
Example of ranked choice voting ballot. Twelve cities across Utah will participate in ranked choice...
Britt Johnson

Several Utah cities to use ranked choice voting in upcoming election

Those who support ranked choice voting say it creates more informed voters, and allows for a robust debate.
3 years ago
Gov. Spencer Cox shakes hands with Sen. Kirk Cullimore, R-Draper....
Mariah Maynes

Utah’s social media law raising questions about parent, teen rights

Utah's social media law is the first of its kind. It requires age verification and restricts access to social media for minors during certain hours.
3 years ago
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears to be on a train heading to Russia, multiple South Korean m...
Jake Kwon, Gawon Bae, Jessie Yeung, Brad Lendon and Helen Regan

Armored train carrying Kim Jong Un at Russian border ahead of Putin meeting

(CNN) — Kim Jong Un’s heavily-armored private train has been geolocated at the Russian border ahead of an expected and closely-watched summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, amid warnings from the United States that the two leaders could strike an arms deal. It comes as South Korea’s Defense Ministry said it believes the North Korean leader entered […]
3 years ago
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Donald Judd

9/11 Memorial: Biden calls on Americans ‘to protect our democracy’

9/11 Memorial: President Joe Biden, in a stop in Anchorage, Alaska, told servicemembers “terrorism – including political and ideological violence – is the opposite of all we stand for as a nation.”
3 years ago
Utah Army National Guard and Moroccan military personnel work together learning different structura...
Mark Jones

All members of Utah National Guard in Morocco are safe following earthquake

Members of the Utah National Guard are in Morocco for a training exercise. They aren't in the area where a 6.8 magnitude earthquake occurred over the weekend.
3 years ago
Carlos Artiles Fortun

New Mexico gun order similar to pandemic-era health orders, KSL legal analyst says

The order declared gun violence and drug abuse a public health emergency and temporarily banned the carrying of guns on public property.
3 years ago