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Minnesota sues Texas, seeking extradition of US immigration agent on assault charges
Jonathan Allen, Reuters | Updated Aug. 18 - 10:03 p.m. | Save Story
Minnesota sued Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday to try to compel him to extradite a federal immigration agent facing assault charges for shooting a Venezuelan man in the leg in Minneapolis during last winter's deportation surge.
Trump says US and Canada strike deal, temporarily pauses tariffs
Kanishka Singh, Promit Mukherjee and Maria Cheng, Reuters, Associated Press | Updated Aug. 18 - 9:07 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump announced late on Tuesday night he was putting a three-day pause on new 50% tariffs set to go into effect on Canadian goods on Wednesday, saying the two countries had reached an agreement.
Democratic US Representative Moskowitz fends off challenge in Florida from democratic socialist
Richard Cowan, Reuters | Posted Aug. 18 - 6:32 p.m. | Save Story
U.S. Democratic Representative Jared Moskowitz was projected to win the Democratic primary in Florida's 25th congressional district, fending off challenger Oliver Larkin, who was backed by the left-wing Democratic Socialists of America.
Justice Department pushes to revive criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Travis Loller, Associated Press | Updated Aug. 18 - 5:26 p.m. | Save Story
The Justice Department is pushing to revive criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, telling a federal appeals court late Monday that the judge erred in his ruling.
Pentagon orders audit of 30 universities' partnerships with foreign institutions
Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press | Updated Aug. 18 - 4:36 p.m. | Save Story
The Department of Defense has ordered 30 universities to audit their partnerships with mostly Chinese universities and military training institutions.
Utah's 10 largest fires this year have already cost nearly $217M to battle
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted Aug. 18 - 3:03 p.m. | Save Story
Utah is in the midst of its worst fire season in nearly two decades, and it and the federal government are quickly running up a large tab to handle all of it.
How a BYU study led Utah lawmakers to pass a student data privacy law
Logan Stefanich, KSL | Posted Aug. 18 - 2:01 p.m. | Save Story
Research from Brigham Young University found that education technology vendors don't always meet their student privacy obligations, a realization that has prompted legislation to address some of these privacy issues.
HHS 'actively reviewing' Mike Lee's push for a new Type 1 diabetes treatment
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Updated Aug. 18 - 1:35 p.m. | Save Story
The Department of Health and Human Services is reviewing a request from Sen. Mike Lee to reclassify a set of cells within the pancreas to be used to treat Type 1 diabetes.
Multiple candidates still vying for Wyoming's lone House seat
Lauren Irwin, Deseret News | Posted Aug. 18 - 11:49 a.m. | Save Story
There are multiple Republican candidates hopeful that they will win the primary on Tuesday to become Wyoming's next member of Congress.
Disney, ABC sue FCC over threats to broadcast licenses
David Shepardson, Reuters | Updated Aug. 18 - 8:11 a.m. | Save Story
Disney and ABC sued the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday to block an early review of licenses, arguing the Trump administration is punishing the network over broadcast content.
Trump says Iran won't make deal he thinks is needed, threatens to bomb Oman
Trevor Hunnicutt and Katharine Jackson, Reuters | Updated Aug. 17 - 9:29 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran would not make the deal he thinks is needed to end a war with the U.S. and should surrender as talks between the countries remained stalled.
Trump administration briefly pauses contentious border project in Texas' Big Bend National Park
Rebecca Santana, Associated Press | Updated Aug. 17 - 8:33 p.m. | Save Story
The Trump administration said Monday it is temporarily pausing construction of a border construction project in Texas while the head of the agency tasked with building the wall visits to do an "on-the-ground evaluation."
Justice Department creates a new pathway to restore gun rights for some convicted of felonies
Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press | Updated Aug. 17 - 4:07 p.m. | Save Story
The Justice Department has finalized a rule that will pave the way for people who've been barred from owning firearms because of criminal convictions to apply to have their gun rights reinstated.
British PM reportedly exchanged messages with impostor of top White House official
Associated Press | Posted Aug. 17 - 1:05 p.m. | Save Story
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham exchanged messages with an impostor posing as President Donald Trump's chief of staff, according to reports published Monday.
US Supreme Court again rebuffs Trump in $5 million E. Jean Carroll case
Andrew Chung, Reuters | Posted Aug. 17 - 9:06 a.m. | Save Story
Rebuffing President Donald Trump for a second time, the U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear his appeal of a $5 million verdict in favor of E. Jean Carroll after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming the former magazine columnist.
Trump's envoys in Middle East to push for Gaza peace plan
Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters | Updated Aug. 16 - 6:29 p.m. | Save Story
Donald Trump's envoys meet with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators in Cairo on Sunday, a diplomatic source said, in a bid to advance Trump's Gaza peace plan, even as Israel pressed on with airstrikes in the enclave.
Afghanistan marks 5 years under the Taliban with safer streets but pleas for jobs and education
Abdul Qahar Afghan and Suzan Fraser, Associated Press | Posted Aug. 16 - 9:32 a.m. | Save Story
As Afghanistan's Taliban rulers mark five years since sweeping back to power, some Kabul residents say they feel safer after decades of conflict and upheaval.
Idaho must allow abortions to preserve women's health, district judge rules
Daniel Wiessner, Reuters | Updated Aug. 14 - 9:03 p.m. | Save Story
A U.S. judge has ruled that Idaho's near-total abortion ban is unconstitutional because it provides exceptions when abortions are life-saving and not for broader risks to pregnant women's health.
