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Sen. Mitch McConnell returns to the Senate after 3-month health-related absence
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Updated Sept. 15 - 5:29 p.m. | Save Story
Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell returned to the Senate on Monday, casting his first vote since June when he was hospitalized for a fall at his home in Washington, D.C.
Here's what Utah's latest election audit found
VideoBridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL and Daniel Woodruff, KSL | Posted Sept. 15 - 4:20 p.m. | Save Story
A legislative audit found that state and local officials have taken steps to improve election administration, but several repeated "minor" errors should be addressed.
An Israeli documentary on the war in Gaza sets off a firestorm at home after Venice award
Sam Metz, Associated Press | Posted Sept. 15 - 3:19 p.m. | Save Story
An Israeli documentary about the civilian death toll in the war in Gaza has sparked fierce backlash at home after being awarded the special jury prize last week at the Venice Film Festival.
Iran war cost hits $38B, forecast to rise $3B a month, CBO says
Jacob Bogage, Reuters | Posted Sept. 15 - 2:46 p.m. | Save Story
The 6-month-old U.S. war against Iran has cost $38 billion so far and that amount is projected to rise by $3 billion a month, Congress' nonpartisan bookkeeper reported on Tuesday.
Kennedy Center board votes to close over financial woes, Trump branding dispute, sources say
Steven Sloan, Associated Press | Updated Sept. 15 - 2:22 p.m. | Save Story
The board of the Kennedy Center voted Tuesday to close the facility amid financial issues and a dispute over putting President Donald Trump's name on the iconic performing arts venue.
Senate fails to advance sweeping cryptocurrency bill in blow for industry
Hannah Lang, Reuters | Updated Sept. 15 - 2:16 p.m. | Save Story
The Senate failed to advance comprehensive cryptocurrency legislation on Tuesday in a blow for digital asset companies and Republicans who had championed the bill for months.
FBI chief Kash Patel defends hiring standards changes on prostitution, bestiality at fiery hearing
Eric Tucker, Associated Press | Updated Sept. 15 - 1:26 p.m. | Save Story
FBI Director Kash Patel defended the bureau's loosening of hiring requirements regarding prostitution and bestiality in a contentious during a contentious Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
Trump slams the Supreme Court for rejecting his push to restrict mail ballots
Seung Min Kim, Associated Press | Posted Sept. 15 - 10:50 a.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump on Tuesday went after the Supreme Court after it rejected his push to restrict mail-in voting in this year's midterm elections.
House Democrat forces Trump impeachment vote over ICE
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 14 - 8:31 p.m. | Save Story
The House could consider an article of impeachment targeting President Donald Trump this week, accusing the president of abusing his executive power after the killings of U.S. citizens at the hands of federal immigration officers earlier this year.
In loss for Trump, Supreme Court won't let Postal Service restrict mail ballots
Andrew Chung, Reuters | Posted Sept. 14 - 7:36 p.m. | Save Story
The Supreme Court declined on Monday to let the Postal Service enforce a rule targeting mail-in ballots, dealing a setback to President Donald Trump's effort to restrict voting by mail ahead of November's midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.
Utah governor calls on Congress to create 'framework' for AI safety
VideoBridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL | Posted Sept. 14 - 7:03 p.m. | Save Story
Gov. Spencer Cox called on Congress to establish guardrails for developing advanced artificial intelligence models Monday
Trump administration removes climate pollution limits on power plants
Laura Paddison, CNN | Posted Sept. 14 - 4:40 p.m. | Save Story
The Trump administration has finalized repealing regulations that limit the amount of planet-heating pollution coal- and gas-fired power plants are allowed to produce.
Sweden's center-left bloc leads close election against right-wing government
Johan Ahlander and Greta Rosen Fondahn, Reuters | Updated Sept. 14 - 4:33 p.m. | Save Story
Sweden's national election results showed a narrow lead early on Monday for the center-left opposition over the right-wing government, which could halt the Nordic nation's drift away from its liberal heritage.
Is the Utah Supreme Court a check on the Legislature? Nominees share their views
VideoBridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL and Daniel Woodruff, KSL | Posted Sept. 14 - 3:45 p.m. | Save Story
A Utah Senate panel has voted to recommend two state Supreme Court nominees, sending the governor's picks to the full Senate for a final vote later this week.
States sue to stop Trump rule that would make it harder for some immigrants to get green cards
Gloria Pazmino, Tami Luhby, Maria Santana, CNN | Posted Sept. 14 - 2:41 p.m. | Save Story
New York and 21 other states are suing the Trump administration to block a new Department of Homeland Security rule they said would give immigration officials wider discretion to deny green cards.
Trump says US has tools to keep AI safe, concerns are part of 'sick conspiracy'
Bhargav Acharya and Katharine Jackson, Reuters | Posted Sept. 14 - 9:01 a.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. already has guardrails in place to regulate and prosecute AI companies, appearing to play down concerns expressed by industry leaders over the weekend about misuse of artificial intelligence.
Pentagon: Male, female troops must pass identical fitness tests to serve in 'combat arms' jobs
Jason Swensen, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 14 - 6:33 a.m. | Save Story
Combat's physical demands are no respecter of gender — so the fitness standards for troops in front-line positions must be the same for males and females.
New attacks in Hormuz and Saudi test nerves as war's spread worsens oil disruption
Mohammed Ghobari and Nayera Abdallah, Reuters | Updated Sept. 13 - 9:31 p.m. | Save Story
New strikes on Saudi Arabia and on ships in the Gulf tested nerves in the Middle East, after an attack on a Saudi oil pipeline and an advance by Yemen's Houthis threatened to worsen the wartime disruption to global energy supplies.
