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Data center fallout upends Utah politics, ousting Senate president
Brigham Tomco, Deseret News | Posted June 28 - 3:00 p.m. | Save Story
Utah Republican voters sent a stunning rebuke to state leaders overseeing the Box Elder County data center on Tuesday, as a swing in support coincided with a massive electoral upset.
Trump says he will nominate Lance Schroyer as ICE director
Jasper Ward and Laila Kearney, Reuters | Posted June 28 - 9:29 a.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he will nominate Lance Schroyer as the next director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Most Utahns disapprove of how Trump is handling Iran war: Poll
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted June 28 - 8:50 a.m. | Save Story
A plurality of Utah voters disapprove of the military actions taking place in Iran and are critical of the way President Donald Trump is handling the war, according to a new poll.
Trump-backed Rep. Julia Letlow wins the GOP primary for Senate in Louisiana
Thomas Beaumont and Jack Brook, Associated Press | Posted June 27 - 10:50 p.m. | Save Story
Rep. Julia Letlow won Louisiana's Republican nomination for Senate on Saturday, delivering another win for President Donald Trump and his effort to replace Republicans who defied him.
Iran, US continue escalating attacks, recriminations over peace deal
Jana Choukeir and Jasper Ward, Reuters | Updated June 27 - 10:33 p.m. | Save Story
Iran and the U.S. continued their attacks in the Gulf as each accused the other of violating an interim deal signed less than two weeks ago to end their 4-month-old war.
Fear of data centers outpaces knowledge about them
Eva Terry, Deseret News | Posted June 27 - 7:06 p.m. | Save Story
Are concerns about data centers well-founded? The Stratos Project in Utah is one of more than 1,800 U.S.-based data centers in various stages of development.
Why Burgess Owens touts apprenticeships as wise career-path educational options
Jason Swensen, Deseret News | Posted June 27 - 5:46 p.m. | Save Story
Rep. Burgess Owens is certain that going to college is not the only dependable route to rewarding careers, and he spoke about that during a House subcommittee meeting on Wednesday.
'Great American State Fair' kicks off US 250th anniversary celebrations
Kanishka Singh, Reuters | Posted June 27 - 1:04 p.m. | Save Story
With a 110-foot Ferris wheel, a rodeo demonstration and an eye-popping array of junk food, "The Great American State Fair" opened on Washington's National Mall on Thursday to start a 16-day celebration of the country's 250th anniversary.
Pleasant View OKs expansion of residential rehabilitation home; neighbors mull legal action
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Posted June 27 - 8:33 a.m. | Save Story
Pleasant View officials approved a proposal allowing a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation home to expand, and some neighbors are considering legal action.
Ben McAdams is likely heading back to Congress. He feels a different urgency this time
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted June 27 - 7:15 a.m. | Save Story
There are a lot of similarities between Ben McAdams' primary win on Tuesday and his first House election in 2018. But the reality is far different this time around, he says.
Utah lawmakers want more clarity from feds in light of proposed, then scrapped, ICE facility
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL | Posted June 26 - 9:05 p.m. | Save Story
A bipartisan group of Utah lawmakers is looking for clarity from the federal government on working together on law enforcement issues.
US strikes Iran in response to a drone attack on a ship that Trump says violated ceasefire
Collin Binkley and Jon Gambrell, Associated Press | Updated June 26 - 5:06 p.m. | Save Story
The U.S. has struck Iran to respond to a drone attack a day earlier on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, a provocation that President Donald Trump said violated the ceasefire.
Fear grips Haitian communities after Supreme Court ruling unwinds protection from deportation
Gisela Salomon, Patrick Aftoora-orsagos and Claire Galofaro, Associated Press | Updated June 26 - 4:30 p.m. | Save Story
After the Supreme Court decided Thursday to allow the Trump administration to end legal protections for migrants fleeing violence and natural disasters in Haiti and Syria, fear ricocheted through those communities.
Israel and Lebanon sign framework agreement with US in 'first step' toward peace, Rubio says
Ben Finley, Abby Sewell and Melanie Lidman, Associated Press | Updated June 26 - 2:10 p.m. | Save Story
Secretary of State Marco Rubio joined Israel and Lebanon's ambassadors to the U.S. to announce a framework agreement described as a first step toward peace following months of conflict.
New York City freezes rents for 1 million apartments in Mamdani victory
Jonathan Allen, Reuters | Updated June 26 - 1:28 p.m. | Save Story
A New York City housing board voted on Thursday to freeze rents for about 1 million regulated apartments for up to two years, fulfilling a central campaign promise of Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Former Trump adviser John Bolton pleads guilty to mishandling classified documents
Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Reuters | Posted June 26 - 11:03 a.m. | Save Story
John Bolton, a former national security adviser for President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to mishandling classified information.
'We're not afraid': Supporters rally for longtime Salt Lake City man detained, facing deportation
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Updated June 26 - 10:34 a.m. | Save Story
Friends and family rallied in support of a longtime Salt Lake City man, originally from Mexico, who was detained by immigration agents and faces deportation.
The main motor: Latinos accounted for nearly half of Utah's growth from 2020 to 2025
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Posted June 26 - 6:18 a.m. | Save Story
Latinos accounted for nearly half of Utah's overall population growth between 2020 and 2025 and were the primary motors in Salt Lake, Weber and Davis counties.
