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Sen. Curtis says Congress needs to weigh in after Trump restarts military operations in Iran
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted July 14 - 8:30 p.m. | Save Story
Sen. John Curtis said Congress must assert its authority on whether to declare war in Iran just days after President Donald Trump notified lawmakers that military operations have been restarted.
New York becomes the first state to impose a data center moratorium
Jasper Ward, Reuters | Updated July 14 - 4:30 p.m. | Save Story
New York became the first state on Tuesday to halt construction of large new data centers, imposing a one-year moratorium as various concerns grow.
Justices make rare Capitol Hill appearance to warn of threats against them
John Kruzel and Andrew Chung, Reuters | Posted July 14 - 2:45 p.m. | Save Story
In a rare appearance before Congress, Supreme Court justices sought more security funding on Tuesday and warned of a sharp rise in threats against them.
ICE suspends traffic stops in wake of Maine fatal shooting, sources say
Aleksandra Michalska and Kristina Cooke, Reuters | Updated July 14 - 2:14 p.m. | Save Story
Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday suspended vehicle stops related to immigration enforcement, two sources said, after agents fatally shot two men six days apart.
E. Jean Carroll is paid $5.8M in Trump sex abuse and defamation case
Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press | Posted July 14 - 1:55 p.m. | Save Story
Court records show writer E. Jean Carroll has been paid over $5.6 million that a jury awarded in her sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump.
Warsh says Fed has 'no tolerance' for high inflation but provides no hints on next move
Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press | Posted July 14 - 1:02 p.m. | Save Story
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh pledged to make high inflation "a thing of the past" in his first congressional testimony Tuesday, yet provided no signal about his next steps.
Trump drops Hormuz fee plan in favor of Gulf investment deals
Enas Alashray, Elwely Elwelly, Tala Ramadan and Katharine Jackson, Reuters | Updated July 14 - 12:46 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump dropped a proposal to charge a 20% transit fee to guard the Strait of Hormuz, saying on Tuesday he would instead seek investment deals with Gulf states.
Russian anti-war politician says Kremlin is bent on stopping his election run
Reuters | Posted July 14 - 9:51 a.m. | Save Story
Boris Nadezhdin, an anti-war Russian politician, accused authorities of trying to sabotage his campaign, after he was designated a "foreign agent" and questioned by police.
'Sacred,' 'pristine': Data center foes redouble calls to protect area where facility would be built
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Posted July 14 - 6:16 a.m. | Save Story
Foes of the Box Elder County data center proposal gave media representatives a tour of the area and redoubled their calls to protect the zone.
Policy expert, report question effect of diversity, equity and inclusion law on women in leadership
Kennedy Camarena, KSL | Posted July 13 - 7:30 p.m. | Save Story
A new Utah Women and Leadership Project report questions whether Utah's anti-diversity, equity and inclusion initiative law that passed in 2024 has affected women leaders in Utah's K-12 education system.
Trump shrinks sizes of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments — again
Carter Williams, KSL | Updated July 13 - 6:12 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump has once again ordered the sizes of two monuments in southern Utah to be reduced, but his new order will shrink them beyond his first order nearly a decade ago.
Houthis fire missiles at Saudi Arabia, breaking years of calm
Mohammed Ghobari, Tala Ramadan and Timour Azhari, Reuters | Updated July 13 - 5:30 p.m. | Save Story
Yemen's Houthi movement fired missiles at Saudi Arabia after accusing the kingdom of bombing an airport under their control on Monday, breaking a four-year truce in the conflict.
Mike Lee urges Congress to pass the SAVE America Act after Lindsey Graham's death
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL | Posted July 13 - 3:03 p.m. | Save Story
Sen. Mike Lee is repeating calls for Congress to pass the SAVE America Act over the weekend, saying it would be "one of the best ways" to honor Sen. Lindsey Graham, who died Saturday.
Darline Graham Nordone, sister of Lindsey Graham, picked to fulfill remainder of his US Senate term
Meg Kinnard And Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press | Posted July 13 - 2:31 p.m. | Save Story
Lindsey Graham's sister, Darline Graham Nordone, has been named as her late brother's temporary replacement in the U.S. Senate.
Lindsey Graham, Republican senator and Trump ally, dies at 71 from heart ailment
Steve Holland, Akanksha Khushi, Thomas Derpinghaus and Tim Reid, Reuters | Updated July 12 - 6:01 p.m. | Save Story
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham died late on Saturday from a heart ailment caused by hardening of the arteries, his office said on Sunday. He was 71.
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.
