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King Charles set to meet Trump for the toughest mission of his reign
Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Betsy Klein and Christian Edwards, CNN | Updated April 27 - 10:30 a.m. | Save Story
The British monarch lands in the U.S. on Monday for a four-day state visit to mark the 250th anniversary of its independence.
Trump's upcoming public events may present fresh security challenges after latest attack
Will Weissert, Associated Press | Updated April 27 - 8:50 a.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump is likely to face new security questions as he plans to attend a series of large, high-profile events in the coming months.
Donald Riegle, who represented Michigan in Congress under 7 presidents, dies at 88
Associated Press | Updated April 27 - 7:31 a.m. | Save Story
Donald W. Riegle, who represented Michigan in Congress for nearly three decades under seven presidents, has died, his family said Sunday. He was 88.
Trump says Iran can phone if it wants to talk; Iranian minister heads to Russia
Steve Holland, Saad Sayeed and Asif Shahzad, Reuters | Posted April 27 - 7:05 a.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump said on Sunday Iran could telephone if it wants to negotiate an end to their two-month war and stressed it can never have a nuclear weapon.
King Charles' visit to US to proceed after Washington shooting
Michael Holden and Sam Tabahriti, Reuters | Updated April 26 - 9:45 p.m. | Save Story
King Charles' state visit to the U.S. will go ahead as planned on Monday despite a shooting at a White House dinner attended by President Donald Trump.
Trump support drops in Utah, driven by religious voters
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted April 26 - 7:00 p.m. | Save Story
New polling shows President Donald Trump's approval ratings are sinking in the Beehive State, mostly thanks to flagging support among Republicans and religious voters.
Hidden developers' tax is zapping Utah homebuyers for billions
Eric S. Peterson for the Utah Investigative Journalism Project | Posted April 26 - 4:55 p.m. | Save Story
An often hidden developers' tax is zapping Utah homebuyers for billions. The debt of public infrastructure districts has exploded to three times that of the state government.
Suspect in White House press dinner shooting wrote anti-Christian manifesto, Trump says
Bo Erickson, Nandita Bose, Jana Winter and Steve Holland, Reuters | Posted April 26 - 2:34 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump said that the suspect accused of trying to attack administration officials at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner had an anti-Christian manifesto.
Netanyahu's biggest rivals join forces for Israel's next election
Maayan Lubell, Reuters | Posted April 26 - 1:02 p.m. | Save Story
Two of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's most formidable political rivals said on Sunday they were joining forces in a bid to oust his coalition government in the upcoming election expected later this year.
Senator Tillis says he's ready to advance confirmation of Warsh as Fed chair
Nichola Groom and Ryan Patrick Jones, Reuters | Posted April 26 - 11:01 a.m. | Save Story
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis on Sunday said he would allow Senate confirmation of Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh to go forward after the Department of Justice on dropped an investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
Trump was likely target of shooting at White House Correspondents' dinner, says official
Bo Erickson, Nandita Bose, Jana Winter and Steve Holland, Reuters | Updated April 26 - 9:34 a.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump and officials in his administration were the likely targets of a suspect who fired on a security agent guarding at dinner in Washington, official said.
Liban Mohamed wins District 1 convention vote, as Utah Democrats seek to ride 'blue tsunami'
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted April 25 - 9:21 p.m. | Save Story
Liban Mohamed upset former Congressman Ben McAdams in a ranked-choice vote election Saturday to secure the Democratic convention vote in Utah's 1st Congressional District.
US-Iran peace hopes fade as Trump scraps talks
Saad Sayeed, Ariba Shahid and Steve Holland, Reuters | Updated April 25 - 8:02 p.m. | Save Story
Hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran receded as a new week began, with talks aimed at ending the two-month conflict at a standstill.
Moore, Maloy head to GOP primary after state convention
Bridger Beal-Cvetko and Daniel Woodruff, KSL | Posted April 25 - 6:50 p.m. | Save Story
Two members of Congress, Reps. Celeste Maloy and Blake Moore, will face primary challengers following a lengthy Republican nominating convention on Saturday.
Mike Lee threatens to 'nuke' filibuster over stalled SAVE America Act
Brigham Tomco, Deseret News | Posted April 25 - 6:28 p.m. | Save Story
Sen. Mike Lee called for an end to the Senate filibuster on Saturday if rules are not changed to require in-person Democrat opposition to stop a vote on his SAVE America Act.
Former congressman wins special election to Utah Legislature
Bridger Beal-Cvetko and Daniel Woodruff, KSL | Posted April 25 - 2:32 p.m. | Save Story
A former longtime member of Congress from Utah has won a special election to fill a vacancy in the state Legislature.
How Rep. Mike Kennedy plans to reinstill confidence in a broken branch of government
Brigham Tomco, Deseret News | Posted April 25 - 1:01 p.m. | Save Story
The lesson Rep. Mike Kennedy delivered to Republican delegates ahead of Saturday's convention appeared to contradict recent surveys and multiple weeks of messy scandals.
US imposes sanctions on a China-based oil refinery and 40 shippers over Iranian oil
Fatima Hussein, Associated Press | Updated April 25 - 8:42 a.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump's administration is placing economic sanctions on a major China-based oil refinery and roughly 40 shipping companies and tankers involved in transporting Iranian oil.
