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Vanilla Ice's 'Ice, Ice Baby' climbs back up the charts — but not only for musical reasons
Ari Hait, WPBF via CNN | Posted Feb. 12 - 10:11 p.m. | Save Story
Vanilla Ice's smash hit "Ice, Ice Baby" has surged to the top of the music charts, driven by politics and winter trends, and the rapper said on Thursday he loves the publicity it's getting.
Curtis will oppose Trump State Department nominee over antisemitic remarks
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted Feb. 12 - 9:34 p.m. | Save Story
Sen. John Curtis will oppose one of President Donald Trump's State Department nominees as the candidate has been criticized for making comments deemed racist and antisemitic.
Utah forces Chinese company to sell motorsports park in Tooele County
Bridger Beal-Cvetko and Daniel Woodruff, KSL | Updated Feb. 12 - 9:27 p.m. | Save Story
A Chinese company has been forced to sell a Tooele County motorsports park, state leaders announced Thursday.
'Never seen anything like it': Thousands of Utahns want their names removed from Prop 4 repeal
Bridger Beal-Cvetko and Daniella Rivera, KSL | Posted Feb. 12 - 9:06 p.m. | Save Story
More than 2,000 Utah voters have asked to have their names removed from a petition to overturn Proposition 4.
House advances Trump-backed voter ID bill as Mike Lee puts pressure on Senate
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted Feb. 12 - 8:36 p.m. | Save Story
Republicans narrowly advanced their hotly debated voter ID legislation on Wednesday, marking the second time the proof-of-citizenship legislation has passed the lower chamber in the last year.
Trump revokes basis of climate regulation, ends vehicle emission standards
Valerie Volcovici and David Shepardson, Reuters | Updated Feb. 12 - 6:29 p.m. | Save Story
The Trump administration on Thursday repealed scientific findings that served as the legal basis for federal climate regulations, and ended federal greenhouse gas emission standards.
Senate blocks Homeland Security funding, raising likelihood of shutdown
Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Nolan D. McCaskill, Reuters | Updated Feb. 12 - 2:30 p.m. | Save Story
The Senate on Thursday blocked legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security past a Friday deadline, as Democrats pressed to rein in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
US military pulls last troops from key military facility in Syria
Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, CNN | Updated Feb. 12 - 1:15 p.m. | Save Story
U.S. military forces have departed a strategic military garrison in Syria after more than a decade "as part of a deliberate and conditions-based transition" to a smaller U.S. footprint, U.S. Central Command said on Thursday.
NY Fed report says Americans pay for almost all of Trump's tariffs
Michael S. Derby, Reuters | Posted Feb. 12 - 11:45 a.m. | Save Story
Americans are shouldering almost all of President Donald Trump's import tax surge, a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said on Thursday.
US judge blocks Pentagon's effort to punish Sen. Mark Kelly
Jan Wolfe, Reuters | Updated Feb. 12 - 11:40 a.m. | Save Story
A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon from reducing Sen. Mark Kelly's retired military rank and pension pay because he urged troops to reject unlawful orders.
Federal authorities announce an end to the immigration crackdown in Minnesota
Steve Karnowski, Associated Press | Updated Feb. 12 - 10:38 a.m. | Save Story
Federal officials have announced an end to an immigration crackdown in Minnesota that led to mass detentions, protests and two deaths.
Utah targets social media companies with new tax
Brigham Tomco, Deseret News | Posted Feb. 12 - 8:05 a.m. | Save Story
Utah lawmakers will consider becoming only the second state in the country to levy a tax on online advertising giants like Facebook and Google with a new bill introduced on Tuesday.
Utah lawmaker revives proposal targeting immigrant workers in the country illegally
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Posted Feb. 12 - 6:15 a.m. | Save Story
Utah Rep. Tiara Auxier, R-Morgan, has revived a proposal targeting immigrant workers in the country illegally and the companies that hire them.
Israel has joined Trump's 'Board of Peace,' Netanyahu says
Kanishka Singh, Reuters | Updated Feb. 11 - 9:35 p.m. | Save Story
Israel has joined President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" initiative, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday during his visit to Washington.
House votes to end Trump's tariffs on Canada in rare rebuke from Republicans
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted Feb. 11 - 8:10 p.m. | Save Story
The House voted on Wednesday to terminate the tariffs President Donald Trump imposed on Canada last year, marking a rare win for Democrats after a handful of Republicans defected.
Does Utah's court system need a transparency overhaul? State lawmakers think so
Bridger Beal-Cvetko and Daniel Woodruff, KSL | Posted Feb. 11 - 7:11 p.m. | Save Story
Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz wants the court system to upgrade its website to make it easier to access public records and view hearings.
US lawmakers accuse Bondi of hiding names of Epstein associates
Andrew Goudsward, Reuters | Updated Feb. 11 - 5:39 p.m. | Save Story
A Republican lawmaker on Wednesday accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of concealing the names of powerful associates of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
'Blindsided' by new homeless campus, west side lawmakers want a seat at the table
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, Daniel Woodruff and Carter Williams, KSL | Posted Feb. 11 - 5:03 p.m. | Save Story
As Utah leaders weigh building a 1,300-bed homeless services campus in northwest Salt Lake City, two lawmakers worry their constituents are being left out of the process.
