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Donald Riegle, who represented Michigan in Congress under 7 presidents, dies at 88
Associated Press | Posted April 26 - 8:58 p.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 26 - 8:55 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump said on Sunday Iran could telephone if it wants to negotiate an end to their 2-month war and stressed it can never have a nuclear weapon.
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 nomination 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 nomination in Utah's highly publicized first congressional race.
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.
Utah, Box Elder County officials mull plan to spur energy production, data center development
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Posted April 24 - 9:01 p.m. | Save Story
Utah and Box Elder County officials are mulling an initiative dubbed the Stratos Project, meant to spur energy production, data center development and more.
Redistricting reshapes the battlefield as Maloy, Lyman spar over how to rebuild trust in Congress
Brigham Tomco, Deseret News | Posted April 24 - 6:02 p.m. | Save Story
Rep. Celeste Maloy learned on the job how to balance a workhorse mentality with the chaos of running for election. Now she's facing off with one of the state's well-known conservative disruptors.
Justice Dept. to close investigation into Fed Chair Powell, US Attorney Pirro says
Andrew Goudsward, Howard Schneider, Ann Saphir, Ryan Patrick Jones and Doina Chiacu, Reuters | Updated April 24 - 4:32 p.m. | Save Story
The DOJ is closing its investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, removing an obstacle to confirm Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the central bank.
