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McConnell says a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking weeks of silence about health condition
Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press | Updated July 12 - 6:00 p.m. | Save Story
Sen. Mitch McConnell revealed that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking the silence about his condition after weeks of mounting speculation about the Kentucky Republican's health.
Why's the US military hitting its 2026 recruitment goals months ahead of schedule?
Jason Swensen, Deseret News | Posted July 12 - 9:36 a.m. | Save Story
Uncle Sam's call to action remains, "I Want You" — and legions of his "nieces" and "nephews" are heeding the exhortation to put on a uniform and serve.
Trump says he will not sign 'big yawn' bipartisan housing bill
Reuters | Updated July 11 - 4:06 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump said on Friday he would not sign a bipartisan housing affordability bill that he had called "a big yawn," but the measure can become law without his signature.
Utah senator renews calls for forest management after touring recent fires
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted July 11 - 9:37 a.m. | Save Story
Utah Sen. John Curtis renewed his calls for his colleagues to pass a bill to modernize forest management as he toured fire sites in Utah.
President Trump expected to reduce the size of Utah monuments
Eva Terry, Deseret News | Posted July 10 - 8:15 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Monday afternoon shrinking the size of two national monuments in Utah, which currently cover a combined 5,094 square miles, the Deseret News confirmed on background with a Utah source.
At least 1 million women have lost access to aid after funding cuts, UN says
The Associated Press | Updated July 10 - 7:30 p.m. | Save Story
At least 1 million women have lost access to humanitarian and other critical support as a result of budget cuts over the last 18 months, the U.N. agency focusing on women said Friday.
Kirk family, friends react following Tyler Robinson's preliminary hearing
Daniel Woodruff, KSL | Updated July 10 - 6:30 p.m. | Save Story
The family of Charlie Kirk says the conclusion of a weeklong preliminary hearing in the political activist's murder case "marks an important step forward in the pursuit of justice."
Crews are draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool again as part of Trump's troubled revamp
Will Weissert, Associated Press | Updated July 10 - 4:00 p.m. | Save Story
Crews are again draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as President Donald Trump's problem-plagued efforts to revamp the waterway pushes well past his initial goal of having it ready by July 4.
Burgess Owens, Celeste Maloy dismiss their lawsuit over Utah's new congressional map
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL | Posted July 10 - 2:08 p.m. | Save Story
Several politicians voluntarily dismissed their federal lawsuit that sought to prevent Utah's new congressional map from taking effect for this year's midterm elections.
Trump says US agreed to Iran's request to continue talks, but ceasefire is over
Ahmed Elimam, Eman Abouhassira and Andrew Mills, Reuters | Updated July 10 - 11:27 a.m. | Save Story
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Iran had asked to continue talks and the U.S. had agreed, but that the June ceasefire was "over".
Here's when Utah's congressional candidates will debate ahead of the fall elections
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL | Posted July 9 - 8:02 p.m. | Save Story
The Utah Debate Commission on Thursday announced this year's slate of four congressional debates ahead of the fall general election.
Trump's plan for a triumphal arch in DC wins early approval from a key federal agency
Darlene Superville, Associated Press | Posted July 9 - 4:22 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump's plans to build a skyline-altering arch in the nation's capital won initial approval Thursday from a key federal commission.
Commission pushes private jail ban in Salt Lake City amid ICE facility concerns
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted July 9 - 4:05 p.m. | Save Story
Utah's capital city could tweak its zoning code again to potentially thwart the construction of an immigration detention facility, after the concept received a key endorsement.
Smithsonian head says White House report unfairly characterized US history museum
Kanishka Singh, Reuters | Updated July 9 - 10:36 a.m. | Save Story
The Smithsonian Institution secretary said a White House report accusing the institution's National Museum of American History of "anti-Americanism" was an unfair characterization of its work.
Fatal ICE shooting in Houston sparks mass protest, demands for transparency
Arathy Somasekhar, Evan Garcia and Nathan Crooks, Reuters | Updated July 9 - 7:33 a.m. | Save Story
More than a thousand protesters chanting "ICE out of Houston" marched on Wednesday near the spot where a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a man driving to work.
Iran says it hits US military targets in Gulf, prepares to bury slain leader
Nayera Abdallah, Tala Ramadan and Ahmed Elimam, Reuters | Updated July 9 - 6:31 a.m. | Save Story
Iranian armed forces launched attacks on U.S. military infrastructure in neighboring Gulf states on Thursday following U.S. strikes on Iran, putting further strain on a three-week-old ceasefire agreement.
New attacks raise questions about what comes next in the Iran war
Will Weissert, Farnoush Amiri And Samy Magdy, Associated Press | Posted July 8 - 8:31 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump says he believes the ceasefire with Iran is over. He says he's not sure he wants a deal anymore and says the U.S. should "finish the job."
Utah lawmakers press pause on constitutional amendment on ballot initiatives
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL | Posted July 8 - 7:55 p.m. | Save Story
Top Utah lawmakers are backing away from plans to propose a constitutional amendment to address ballot initiatives this year, saying instead they want to wait for the outcome of an ongoing lawsuit over redistricting.
