Alex Cochran and Michelle Budge, Deseret News Democrats and Republicans alike point to some form of election interference for their parties’ most recent presidential losses, a new poll suggests. In a Deseret News/HarrisX poll of U.S. voters, the most common reason Democrats give for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 loss to Donald...
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, in Reno, Nev. A landmark ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court has removed Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential ballot. Godofredo A. Vásquez, Associated Press The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that former President Donald Trump is ineligible...
Suzette Rasmussen, an attorney representing former employees and contractors of Operation Underground Railroad, speaks on behalf of her clients in front of the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Sept. 28, 2023. Attorneys representing O.U.R. filed a countersuit accusing counter-defendants of making defamatory claims about the organization. Kristin Murphy, Deseret...
Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City is pictured on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News A new media outlet covering state policy and politics opened its doors in Utah this week. A member of the States Newsroom network, the group will be funded by the national nonprofit...
Rep. Brian King, D-Salt Lake City, speaks in opposition to overriding Gov. Spencer Cox’s veto of HB11, which bans transgender girls from participating in female school sports, at the Capitol on March 25, 2022. King is challenging Cox in the 2024 gubernatorial race. Spenser Heaps, Deseret News The Utah Democratic...
Israeli soldiers take positions near the Gaza Strip border, in southern Israel on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. The army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack into Israel. Ohad Zwigenberg, Associated Press As the Israel-Hamas war approaches 21⁄2 months since Hamas first...
Judge Ann Marie McIff Allen of the 5th District Court, which serves Iron, Beaver and Washington counties. Allen has been nominated to a federal court position. Utah State Courts President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Ann Marie McIff Allen to serve as United States District Court Judge for...
The area at I-80 near 7200 West where the Utah inland port is planned to be built in Salt Lake City is pictured on Jan. 27, 2020. Steve Griffin, Deseret News In 1849, fantastical rags to riches rumors from the California gold rush swirled among Utahns, and they were tempted...
President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council in the Indian Treaty Room on the White House campus on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Washington. Evan Vucci, Associated Press This article was first published in the On the Trail 2024 newsletter. Sign up to receive the...
The cover of a U.S. passport is displayed in Tigard, Ore., on Dec. 11, 2021. Passport processing times are now back to the pre-pandemic rate. Jenny Kane, Associated Press The headache — and sometimes heartache — of waiting more than three months to get a passport seems to be over....