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Tracking Trump's Day 1 promises

01/09/2025 10:03pm
President-elect Donald Trump vows to waste little time in rolling out his policy priorities.

Appeals court denies bid to block public release of special counsel's report on Trump Jan. 6 probe

01/09/2025 8:02pm
A federal appeals court has denied a bid to block the public release of special counsel Jack Smith's report on President-elect Donald Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.

Will Biden's new ban on offshore drilling stand?

01/09/2025 6:40pm
President Joe Biden has announced prohibitions on future oil and gas drilling across parts of the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and the Northern Bering Sea.

Indiana man who fled to avoid prison sentence for storming Capitol is arrested in Canada

01/09/2025 5:42pm
An Indiana man who fled to avoid a nine-month prison sentence for storming the U.S. Capitol has been arrested in Canada this week on the fourth anniversary of the mob's attack.

Insurers dropped high-risk clients before latest LA wildfires. How will it impact Utah homeowners?

01/09/2025 5:40pm
It's too early to gauge the economic impacts of the wildfires still raging in multiple southern California communities, which had also claimed five lives as of midday Thursday, but estimates already exceed some of the biggest fire-related events in the Golden State, including the devastating 2018 Camp Fire in California's north-central Butte County which led to $12.5 billion in insured losses.

Utah firefighters head to Southern California to help with wildfires

01/09/2025 5:02pm
Salt Lake County — Utah was in the process Thursday morning of scrambling three “task forces” of firefighters to head

Senate Democrats help advance Republican bill on migrants accused of crimes

01/09/2025 4:51pm
More than half the U.S. Senate's Democrats joined with Republicans on Thursday to advance a bill that would require the federal government to detain migrants living in the country illegally who are suspected of crimes, even if they are not charged.

Jimmy Carter honored in Salt Lake City and elsewhere by Habitat for Humanity with ceremonial wall

01/09/2025 3:05pm
Habitat for Humanity Greater Salt Lake Area held a ceremony to raise and bless a memorial wall inside the Salt Lake ReStore in honor of the late President Jimmy Carter.

Judge scraps Biden's Title IX rules, reversing expansion of protections for LGBTQ+ students

01/09/2025 1:16pm
The Biden administration's Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in Kentucky found that they overstepped the president's authority.

Dozens of Utah firefighters head to California to help battle Los Angeles area fires

01/09/2025 10:22am
Over 60 Utah firefighters are heading to California to help battle a series of devastating fires in the Los Angeles area.

Johnson & Johnson pauses US rollout of Varipulse heart device after stroke reports

01/09/2025 9:44am
Johnson & Johnson said on Wednesday it temporarily paused the rollout of its Varipulse heart device in the United States as the company investigates four reported stroke events.

US says it has no plans to increase military presence in Greenland

01/09/2025 9:41am
The United States has no current plans to increase its military presence in Greenland, the U.S. embassy in Copenhagen said on Thursday, after President-elect Donald Trump expressed renewed interest in acquiring the vast Arctic island.

Eli Lilly's obesity drug gets Medicare coverage for sleep apnea

01/09/2025 9:40am
Eli Lilly's obesity drug Zepbound can now be covered by government-backed Medicare insurance plans for use in sleep apnea, broadening access to the blockbuster weight-loss treatment.

Schools cancel classes across the Southern US as another burst of winter storms move in

01/09/2025 9:37am
Schools and cities from Texas to Georgia are shutting down in anticipation of freezing rain and snow forecast for much of the Southern U.S. The severe weather is expected across a stretch from New Mexico to Alabama.

Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case

01/09/2025 8:46am
A sharply divided Supreme Court has rejected President-elect Donald Trump's bid to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case.

Jimmy Carter lauded for his humility and service in Washington before his return to Georgia

01/09/2025 7:50am
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was honored with the pageantry of a funeral in the nation's capital before a second service in his tiny Georgia hometown that launched a Depression-era farm boy to the world stage.

Firefighters make progress slowing wildfires while Los Angeles grapples with scope of devastation

01/09/2025 7:10am
Firefighters are making progress slowing the major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and caused thousands of people to flee their homes.

Sen. Mike Lee will reintroduce the SAVE Act to block noncitizen voting

01/09/2025 6:33am
Utah Sen. Mike Lee said he will reintroduce legislation that would make it more difficult for noncitizens to vote.

Dozens of Utah firefighters prepare to help fight California fires

01/09/2025 5:04am
Salt Lake City – Dozens of Utah firefighters are gearing up for a critical mission to Southern California, where

California man anxiously watching the wildfires with family in Utah

01/09/2025 4:46am
Logan – For some people in Utah, watching the devastating wildfires in California is extremely stressful. Right now a