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Supreme Court temporarily blocks deportations of Venezuelan migrants under wartime law
Andrew Chung, Luc Cohen, Kristina Cooke and Jack Queen, Reuters | Posted April 19 - 2:41 p.m. | Save Story
The U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday temporarily barred the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelan migrants it accused of being gang members and was seeking to remove under a rarely used wartime law.
US judge temporarily blocks mass firings at consumer bureau
Kanishka Singh and Douglas Gillison, Reuters | Posted April 19 - 2:00 p.m. | Save Story
A federal judge on Friday halted the mass firings carried out Thursday afternoon at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying she was deeply concerned that the Trump administration had violated court orders setting conditions on dismissals.
Indiana takes a first — and long — shot at acquiring parts of Illinois
David A. Lieb, Associated Press | Posted April 19 - 12:58 p.m. | Save Story
Indiana is taking a first step toward acquiring parts of Illinois, though a last step appears rather unlikely.
Poll: Americans less likely to buy homes, other big-ticket items due to Trump tariffs
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted April 19 - 12:57 p.m. | Save Story
Americans say President Donald Trump's on-again, off-again tariffs have made them less likely to buy a home or make another major purchase this year.
Provo Power aiding in Navajo Nation electrification initiative
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted April 19 - 11:41 a.m. | Save Story
Provo Power is aiding in electrification efforts on the Navajo Nation, among 45 utility companies taking part in the Light Up Navajo! initiative.
Trump moves to rescind public lands conservation rule
Amy Joi O'Donoghue, Deseret News | Posted April 19 - 10:53 a.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump's Department of Interior is moving to rescind the BLM's Public Lands Rule that set conservation on the same footing with other forms of use on federal public land.
Venezuelan migrants ask Supreme Court to halt 'imminent' deportations
Luc Cohen and Kristina Cooke, Reuters | Updated April 19 - 9:30 a.m. | Save Story
Lawyers for Venezuelan men detained in Texas asked the Supreme Court on Friday to block what the lawyers said were the men's imminent deportation by the Trump administration without the judicial review previously mandated by the justices.
US congressmen visits Syria in first trip since Assad's ouster
Maya Gebeily, Reuters | Updated April 19 - 7:51 a.m. | Save Story
Two U.S. Congress members landed in Damascus on Friday to meet Syrian officials, the first visit by American lawmakers to the war-ravaged country since Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power by an Islamist-led rebel offensive in December.
Iran says nuclear deal is possible if Washington is realistic
Reuters | Posted April 18 - 9:56 p.m. | Save Story
Iran believes reaching an agreement on its nuclear program with the United States is possible as long as Washington is realistic, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Friday.
Trump to reclassify many federal workers, making them easier to fire
Tim Reid and Ismail Shakil, Reuters | Posted April 18 - 9:53 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump said on Friday his administration is set to change the employment classifications of tens of thousands of federal workers, a move governance experts say will make it easier to carry out more mass layoffs.
'They're staying here': Millcreek immigrants won't abide by US government pressure to leave
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted April 18 - 9:37 p.m. | Save Story
The lawyer for four Venezuelans says they are legally living in Millcreek and won't abide by U.S. immigration officials' pressure, outlined in a letter, to leave the country.
Judge strikes down Utah's school choice program, leaving kids in limbo
Suzanne Bates, Deseret News | Posted April 18 - 9:25 p.m. | Save Story
A Utah judge ruled the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program was unconstitutional in a decision delivered Friday, leaving thousands of children who were beneficiaries of the program in limbo.
Utah congressman visits prison in El Salvador where man was mistakenly deported
Daniel Woodruff, KSL-TV | Updated April 18 - 6:43 p.m. | Save Story
A Utah congressman is sharing details about his visit to a prison in El Salvador where a man mistakenly deported from the U.S. is being held.
US senator met wrongly deported Salvadoran man at hotel, calls for release
Daniel Trotta and Kanishka Singh, Reuters | Updated April 18 - 6:26 p.m. | Save Story
Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen said on Friday he met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man mistakenly deported and being held in a prison in El Salvador, at a hotel after initial requests to meet with him were denied.
Judge extends ban on Musk's DOGE access to private Social Security data
Nathan Layne, Reuters | Posted April 18 - 4:31 p.m. | Save Story
A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction on Thursday that extends a ban on billionaire Elon Musk's aides from accessing private information on millions of Americans.
Poll shows how Utahns feel about DOGE, Trump spending cuts
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted April 18 - 8:05 a.m. | Save Story
Utah voters are split on how they view the Department of Government Efficiency and the role Elon Musk is playing in the Trump administration, a new poll shows.
Gov. Cox wants info from Trump administration regarding international student visa revocations
Jason Swensen, Deseret News | Posted April 18 - 7:21 a.m. | Save Story
During his monthly news conference, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said his office has reached out to the Trump administration for more information about the dozens of international students at Utah campuses who have recently had their visas revoked.
Trump administration seeks court backing for control over White House press access
Andrew Goudsward and Mike Scarcella, Reuters | Updated April 18 - 6:54 a.m. | Save Story
A lawyer for President Donald Trump's administration argued on Thursday that Trump has broad authority over media access to the White House and asked a U.S. federal appeals court to keep a judge from lifting restrictions the White House imposed on the Associated Press.
The history is coming: Utah to honor Paul Revere, American Revolution 250 years later
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted April 17 - 10:34 p.m. | Save Story
Utah is joining in the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's famous ride warning of British movement at the start of the Revolutionary War with events on Friday and Saturday.
Trump signals tit-for-tat China tariffs may be near end; TikTok deal on ice
Trevor Hunnicutt, Reuters | Posted April 17 - 10:01 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump on Thursday signaled a potential end to the tit-for-tat tariff hikes between the U.S. and China that shocked markets, and that a deal over the fate of social media platform TikTok may have to wait.
Utah lieutenant governor announces audit of citizenship on voter rolls
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com | Posted April 17 - 9:04 p.m. | Save Story
Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson says her office will audit the citizenship of people on the state's voter rolls — a day after Elon Musk responded to her stance on the SAVE Act.
Will Trump's travel and transgender athlete bans impact LA's 2028 Summer Games?
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted April 17 - 8:20 p.m. | Save Story
A top U.S. Olympic official said he's been given "significant reassurances" that President Donald Trump's proposed travel restrictions won't keep athletes from attending the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.
Ukraine-US minerals deal could be signed by next week, Trump says
Yuliia Dysa, Angelo Amante and Trevor Hunnicutt, Reuters | Posted April 17 - 7:34 p.m. | Save Story
Ukraine and the U.S. could sign the minerals and economic cooperation deal they've been negotiating as soon as next week, President Donald Trump said on Thursday.
Judges warn Trump risks public perception of lawlessness in his fight with courts
Luc Cohen and Jack Queen, Reuters | Posted April 17 - 5:32 p.m. | Save Story
A U.S. appeals court urged the Trump administration on Thursday to back off from its escalating confrontation with the judiciary, warning of a loss of public confidence.
Hamas says it is ready to release all remaining hostages for an end to Gaza war
Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters | Posted April 17 - 4:42 p.m. | Save Story
Hamas wants a comprehensive deal to end the war in Gaza and swap all Israeli hostages for Palestinians jailed in Israel, a senior official from the Palestinian militant group said, rejecting Israel's offer of an interim truce.
US Supreme Court to hear Trump bid to enforce birthright citizenship order
Andrew Chung, Reuters | Updated April 17 - 4:30 p.m. | Save Story
The U.S. Supreme Court said on Thursday it will hear arguments next month over Donald Trump's bid to broadly enforce his executive order to restrict automatic birthright citizenship, a key pillar of the Republican president's hardline approach toward immigration.
BYU international student's visa revoked over apparent fishing-license violation
Jason Swensen, Deseret News | Posted April 17 - 2:42 p.m. | Save Story
A Brigham Young University Ph.D. candidate from Japan has had his international student visa revoked — perhaps because of a fishing violation from years ago.
Cox addresses deportations, public union bill referendum in monthly news conference
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com | Updated April 17 - 2:41 p.m. | Save Story
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox addressed the Trump administration's targeting of Ivy League universities and handling of deportations during his monthly news conference Thursday.
Trump slams Fed's Powell, saying his termination can't 'come fast enough'
Howard Schneider, Reuters | Updated April 17 - 12:38 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's termination "cannot come fast enough," while calling for the U.S. central bank to cut interest rates, the sort of pressure that Powell just a day before had pledged to resist as the Fed grapples with an outlook complicated by Trump's own policies.
Salt Lake County close to sale of Salt Palace land portion as downtown plans heat up
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Updated April 17 - 11:24 a.m. | Save Story
Salt Lake County leaders are close to deciding whether to sell a large portion of the Salt Palace Convention Center land that would likely be part of plans for a downtown entertainment district.
Musk's SpaceX is frontrunner to build Trump's Golden Dome missile shield
Mike Stone and Marisa Taylor, Reuters | Posted April 17 - 10:06 a.m. | Save Story
Elon Musk's SpaceX and two partners have emerged as frontrunners to win a crucial part of President Donald Trump's "Golden Dome" missile defense shield, six people familiar with the matter said.
How Salt Lake County plans to respond to Utah laws banning fluoride, certain flags
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com | Posted April 17 - 7:37 a.m. | Save Story
Salt Lake County is moving ahead with plans to end the fluoridation of drinking water and rescind its policy for which flags can be flown to comply with new state laws.
Judge says Trump administration officials could face contempt charges over deportations
Luc Cohen, Andrew Goudsward and Tom Hals, Reuters | Updated April 17 - 6:45 a.m. | Save Story
Trump administration officials could face criminal contempt charges for violating a U.S. federal judge's order halting deportations of Venezuelan migrants under a wartime law, the judge said on Wednesday.
California sues Trump administration to block tariffs
Brendan Pierson and Dietrich Knauth, Reuters | Posted April 16 - 10:33 p.m. | Save Story
California on Wednesday filed a lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on foreign trading partners, accusing him of abusing his powers and inflicting financial harm on the state and nation.
Trump reports 'big progress' in tariff talks with Japanese officials
Daniel Leussink and Nathan Layne, Reuters | Posted April 16 - 10:03 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump said there was "big progress" when he made the surprise move on Wednesday to negotiate directly with Japanese officials about the barrage of tariffs he has imposed on global imports.
US State Department closing office aimed at countering foreign disinformation
Daphne Psaledakis, Reuters | Posted April 16 - 9:34 p.m. | Save Story
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday he was shutting down a State Department office that had sought to counter foreign disinformation, accusing it of censorship and wasting U.S. taxpayer money.
US sues Maine over Trump executive order on transgender athletes
Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters | Posted April 16 - 8:32 p.m. | Save Story
The Trump administration sued Maine on Wednesday, escalating its conflict with the state for refusing to ban transgender athletes from participating in women's and girls' sports.
House Republican Elise Stefanik eyes run for New York governor
Bo Erickson, Reuters | Posted April 16 - 7:50 p.m. | Save Story
Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik is considering running for governor of New York next year, according to a person familiar with her plans.
Utah House speaker says embattled judge could be impeached if he doesn't resign
Daniel Woodruff, KSL-TV | Posted April 16 - 7:37 p.m. | Save Story
Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz said lawmakers will look at starting impeachment proceedings against a judge charged with sexual abuse if he does not step down.
'This is what solidarity looks like': Unions announce 320K signatures for HB267 referendum
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com | Posted April 16 - 7:13 p.m. | Save Story
Organizers of the effort to overturn Utah's law banning public unions from collectively bargaining say they've turned in more than 320,000 signatures to put a referendum on the ballot.
El Salvador blocks US senator from visiting wrongly deported Salvadoran man
Nelson Renteria and Diego Ore, Reuters | Posted April 16 - 5:03 p.m. | Save Story
Sen. Chris Van Hollen said on Wednesday authorities in El Salvador had denied him access to Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man mistakenly deported and being held in a notorious prison in the country.
Congress opens investigation into 23andMe after bankruptcy raises concerns of data privacy
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted April 16 - 4:03 p.m. | Save Story
Congressional Republicans are opening an investigation into 23andMe after the genetic testing company filed bankruptcy earlier this year, raising questions about what would happen to millions of Americans' DNA information uploaded to its database.
US judge blocks Energy Department from slashing federal research funding
Nate Raymond, Reuters | Posted April 16 - 11:44 a.m. | Save Story
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from carrying out steep cuts to federal research funding provided to universities by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Audit finds some Utah elections offices stored passwords in plain sight, other security issues
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com | Posted April 16 - 8:03 a.m. | Save Story
Auditors are recommending several changes to ensure the cybersecurity of Utah's elections after finding a handful of potential "vulnerabilities."
Top Hegseth adviser Dan Caldwell put on leave in Pentagon leak probe
Phil Stewart, Reuters | Posted April 16 - 6:51 a.m. | Save Story
One of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leading advisers, Dan Caldwell, was escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, a U.S. official told Reuters.
Salt Lake swap meet serves ex-Redwood vendors; plans afoot for meet in Grantsville
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted April 16 - 6:16 a.m. | Save Story
A Salt Lake swap meet has expanded to serve vendors from the now-shuttered Redwood Swap Meet with separate plans afoot for a location in Grantsville.
UVU axes center that had served 'multicultural,' LGBTQ and other students
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted April 15 - 9:34 p.m. | Save Story
UVU has axed a center that served "multicultural," LGBTQ and other students, as other Utah universities have, in response to 2024 state legislation.
Utah named state with the best economic outlook for 18th straight year
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com | Posted April 15 - 9:02 p.m. | Save Story
A focus on economic policy has helped Utah top a list of states with the best economic outlook for the 18th year in a row, according to Utah Gov. Spencer Cox.
US judge blocks Trump's freeze on climate, infrastructure grants
Nate Raymond, Reuters | Posted April 15 - 7:29 p.m. | Save Story
A U.S. judge blocked President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday from freezing billions of dollars in grants Congress authorized under two signature climate investment and infrastructure laws of his Democratic predecessor, former President Joe Biden.
US transfers land on Mexican border to the Army to prevent illegal crossings
Nichola Groom, Reuters | Posted April 15 - 7:25 p.m. | Save Story
The Trump administration announced an emergency transfer of nearly 110,000 acres of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border to the Army to prevent illegal immigration, the Interior Department said on Tuesday.
Whistleblower group says DOGE may have caused 'significant cyber breach' at labor watchdog
Raphael Satter and AJ Vicens, Reuters | Posted April 15 - 5:18 p.m. | Save Story
A whistleblower complaint says that billionaire Elon Musk's team of technologists may have been responsible for a "significant cybersecurity breach," likely of sensitive case files, at America's federal labor watchdog.
New law will provide free school lunch for 40K students in Utah
Logan Stefanich, KSL.com | Posted April 15 - 5:07 p.m. | Save Story
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on Tuesday ceremonially signed HB100, expanding the number of Utah's K-12 students eligible to receive free school lunch.
After Harvard rejects US demands, Trump adds new threat
Jonathan Allen, Reuters | Posted April 15 - 4:16 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump threatened to strip Harvard of its tax-exempt status on Tuesday and said the university should apologize, a day after it rejected what it called unlawful demands to overhaul academic programs.
Utah Rep. Blake Moore leads efforts to remove income barriers for adoption
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted April 15 - 4:09 p.m. | Save Story
Low-income families could face fewer obstacles to adopt children and receive higher tax credit refunds under new legislation being introduced by Utah Rep. Blake Moore in Congress.
Judge to consider Trump's compliance with order over wrongly deported man
Luc Cohen, Reuters | Updated April 15 - 1:31 p.m. | Save Story
U.S. judge on Tuesday will consider her next steps on what she called the Trump administration's failure to update her on efforts to return a man illegally deported to El Salvador, in a case critics say shows the administration may choose to defy unfavorable court orders.
Empowering Utah's students, industry: Gov. Spencer Cox signs bevy of education bills
Jason Swensen, Deseret News | Posted April 15 - 10:05 a.m. | Save Story
The backdrop for Utah Gov. Spencer Cox's ceremonial signing of several education bills emphasized providing education in nontraditional ways.
Utahns concerned SAVE Act will make it harder for some to vote
Annie Knox and Daniella Rivera, KSL-TV | Posted April 15 - 9:39 a.m. | Save Story
A bill making its way through Congress would require anyone registering to vote to provide proof of U.S. citizenship, something advocates in Utah said could make it harder for married women and others to vote.
Trump administration wants to nearly halve State Department budget
Jonathan Landay and Humeyra Pamuk, Reuters | Updated April 15 - 9:17 a.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump's administration wants to slash the State Department budget by about half, according to internal planning documents.
