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Homeland Security to send hundreds more officers to Minnesota, Noem says
Julia Harte, Matt Tracy and Curtis Williams, Reuters | Updated Jan. 11 - 9:42 p.m. | Save Story
The Department of Homeland Security is sending "hundreds" more officers to Minnesota, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in remarks that aired on Sunday.
Fed's Powell says administration threatened him with criminal indictment over Senate testimony
Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir, Reuters | Updated Jan. 11 - 9:04 p.m. | Save Story
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Sunday the Trump administration had threatened him with a criminal indictment and served grand jury subpoenas over congressional testimony he gave last summer.
Cuba defiant after Trump says island to receive no more Venezuelan oil or money
Dave Sherwood and Marianna Parraga, Reuters | Updated Jan. 11 - 4:02 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump on Sunday said no more Venezuelan oil or money will go to Cuba and suggested the Communist-run island should strike a deal with Washington, ramping up pressure on the long-time U.S. nemesis and provoking defiant words from the island's leadership.
GOP House leaders want to add justices to the Utah Supreme Court
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL | Posted Jan. 11 - 3:00 p.m. | Save Story
Top Republicans in the Utah House are looking to expand the state's judiciary and add transparency measures to the court system in the upcoming legislative session.
Washington National Opera latest to leave Kennedy Center after Trump takeover
Kanishka Singh and Bhargav Acharya, Reuters | Posted Jan. 11 - 9:04 a.m. | Save Story
The Washington National Opera will leave the Kennedy Center, the two organizations said on Friday, marking the latest departure from the storied Washington arts institution since President Donald Trump and his allies took it over.
Anti-ICE protesters march in Salt Lake City and across the country
Rebecca Santana, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 10 - 7:27 p.m. | Save Story
Hundreds marched in downtown Salt Lake City Saturday, joining hundreds of other demonstrations across the country protesting the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
Trump moves to block courts from seizing Venezuelan oil revenue in US accounts
Ernest Scheyder, Reuters | Posted Jan. 10 - 4:37 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at blocking courts or creditors from impounding revenue tied to the sale of Venezuelan oil held in Treasury accounts, the White House said on Saturday.
Doctors say changes to US vaccine recommendations are confusing parents, could harm kids
Laura Ungar, Associated Press | Updated Jan. 10 - 1:59 p.m. | Save Story
Doctors fear this week's unprecedented changes to federal vaccine recommendations will stoke vaccine hesitancy even more, pose challenges for pediatricians and parents and ultimately lead to more illness and death among children.
Vigil in Logan joins nationwide outcry after Minneapolis shooting
Debbie Worthen, KSL | Posted Jan. 10 - 12:56 p.m. | Save Story
One small but determined group gathered Friday evening in Logan to honor the life of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed during an encounter with ICE agents in Minneapolis earlier this week.
Housing-linked stocks rally on Trump's $200 billion mortgage bond-buy order
Manya Saini, Reuters | Updated Jan. 10 - 9:32 a.m. | Save Story
U.S. mortgage lenders and housing stocks rose on Friday, a day after President Donald Trump said he is ordering his representatives to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds to bring down housing costs.
Vineyard implementing financial change while welcoming new City Council
Cassidy Wixom, KSL | Posted Jan. 10 - 7:07 a.m. | Save Story
Big change is on the horizon for Vineyard, with an almost entirely new council and a focus on financial transparency following last year's audit, which revealed inaccurate reporting of transactions.
DNC threatens legal action if Utah sends voter rolls to Justice Department
Lauren Irwin, Deseret News | Posted Jan. 9 - 9:02 p.m. | Save Story
The Democratic National Committee told Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson in a letter on Friday that if she provides the Department of Justice the voter information of Utahns, legal action will follow.
Judge blocks Trump from freezing $10B in child, family aid to five states
Jack Queen, Reuters | Updated Jan. 9 - 7:42 p.m. | Save Story
A judge on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from freezing access by five Democratic-led states to more than $10 billion of federal funds for child care and family assistance based on what it said were concerns about fraud.
Senate will hang plaque honoring Jan. 6 law enforcement — 4 years after it was approved
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted Jan. 9 - 6:28 p.m. | Save Story
The Senate will hang a plaque honoring the law enforcement officers who protected the Capitol grounds during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, following through with a law initially passed in 2022 that has yet to take effect.
Washington pipe bomb suspect pleads not guilty
Andrew Goudsward, Reuters | Posted Jan. 9 - 5:53 p.m. | Save Story
The man accused of planting pipe bombs in Washington the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack pleaded not guilty on Friday to two explosives-related charges.
New video emerges of Minnesota shooting, further inflaming tensions
Renee Hickman, Brad Brooks and Joseph Ax, Reuters | Posted Jan. 9 - 4:01 p.m. | Save Story
The White House on Friday reposted on social media a new video taken from the cellphone of the immigration officer who fatally shot a Minnesota woman in her car this week.
Here's who's running for the Utah Legislature in 2026
Bridger Beal-Cvetko and Daniel Woodruff, KSL | Updated Jan. 9 - 3:50 p.m. | Save Story
One of Utah's most prominent politicians is facing multiple challengers within his own party.
Utah's 2 senators vote against resolution limiting Trump's actions in Venezuela
Bridger Beal-Cvetko and Daniel Woodruff, KSL | Posted Jan. 9 - 3:00 p.m. | Save Story
Utah's two U.S. senators voted against a resolution that would limit President Donald Trump from conducting further military action in Venezuela without the approval of Congress.
