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GOP unsettled by narrow win in US House race in Arizona
Bob Christie and Anita Snow, Associated Press | Posted Apr 25th - 11:49am
It took a big money push from the Republican Party, tweets by the president and the support of the state's current and former governors, but the GOP held onto an Arizona U.S. House seat they would have never considered endangered in any other year.
The Latest: Democrat concedes in Arizona special election
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 25th - 10:55am
The Latest on Arizona's 8th Congressional District special election (all times local):
Curtis-Herrod re-match in 3rd District not making same headlines as Romney's Senate race
Lisa Riley Roche, KSL | Posted Apr 25th - 7:04am
Mitt Romney may be making national headlines for being forced into a primary in the U.S. Senate race, but the re-match between Rep. John Curtis and former state lawmaker Chris Herrod isn't attracting much attention.
Republican wins US House race in Arizona GOP stronghold
Bob Christie and Anita Snow, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 11:00pm
Republican Debbie Lesko won the special election in Arizona's 8th Congressional District on Tuesday, keeping the U.S. House seat in GOP control but by a much narrower margin than expected.
Salt Lake County approves ordinance to enact $58M sales tax hike if enough cities signal support
Katie McKellar, KSL | Posted Apr 24th - 9:25pm
Under a new ordinance the Salt Lake County Council passed Tuesday, the once-failed $58 million sales tax hike that voters rejected in 2015 will come back from the dead if enough city leaders signal support.
Judge orders reopening of DACA, after 90-day delay
Tal Kopan and Ariane De Vogue, CNN | Posted Apr 24th - 8:45pm
Another federal judge has overruled the Trump administration's efforts to end a popular immigration program — this time saying the government has to accept new applications.
In big shift, Trump assesses Kim Jong Un as 'very honorable'
Jonathan Lemire and Matthew Pennington, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 8:32pm
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Kim Jong Un wants a historic, high-stakes meeting as soon as possible and suggested the North Korean dictator has been "very open" and "very honorable," a sharply different assessment of a leader he once denounced as "Little Rocket Man."
Trump wants 'detente' with Russia, U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. says
Dennis Romboy | Posted Apr 24th - 5:17pm
President Donald Trump wants to work with Russian President Vladimir Putin to achieve "detente" with Russia, U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. said.
Judge tosses lawsuit by Utah imam involving no-fly listing
Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 3:36pm
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Utah Muslim leader who said he was wrongly placed on a government watch list and temporarily blocked from leaving Kenya with his family last summer.
Rep. John Curtis' school safety summit seeks to 'mine, find and mature' best thinking on security
Marjorie Cortez, KSL | Posted Apr 24th - 8:01am
Rep. John Curtis' Safe School Summit held Monday at Provo's Edgemont Elementary School sought to "mine, find and mature," the best thinking on school security in Utah.
Calif. Democrats vying for US House may crowd each other out
Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 12:39am
Fresh-faced Democrats are packing U.S. House races nationwide, inspired to run in the Trump era with hopes of seizing long-held Republican seats in a much-anticipated "blue wave."
No typical double date: Trumps, Macrons dine at Mount Vernon
Darlene Superville, Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 9:31pm
Tending to bonding before business, President Donald Trump and France's Emmanuel Macron opened the French president's visit Monday with an anything-but-ordinary double date with their wives at George Washington's house.
Pompeo nomination narrowly clears panel, goes to full Senate
Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 6:23pm
Mike Pompeo, President Donald Trump's choice for secretary of state, avoided a rare rebuke Monday as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee narrowly recommended him, but the vote served as a warning shot to the White House as nominees to lead the CIA and Veterans Affairs are hitting stiff resistance.
Colorado Supreme Court knocks US Rep. Lamborn off ballot
James Anderson and Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 6:05pm
Colorado's Supreme Court on Monday knocked six-term U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn from his party's primary, saying the Colorado Springs Republican didn't collect enough valid voter signatures to qualify for the ballot.
Ex-Rhode Island governor considers run for old Senate seat
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 25th - 10:47am
Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee says he's considering running for his old seat in the U.S. Senate.
Ohio governor's race feud grows over Kucinich's Syria work
Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press | Posted Apr 25th - 8:44am
Accusations are escalating in Ohio's Democratic primary for governor over former U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich's (koo-SIH'-nich-ihz) work with an organization sympathetic to the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Emergency special election will replace Texas' Farenthold
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 3:31pm
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has suspended state law and called a special election in June to fill the seat vacated by Republican U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold, who recently resigned following sexual harassment allegations.
APNewsBreak: Candidate refunds illegal EMILY's List donation
Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 3:06pm
A Democratic candidate for Iowa Secretary of State said Tuesday she would refund a major contribution from a national political group after learning it was mistakenly given and accepted in violation of Iowa law.
