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With the sun setting over his shoulder, the former Republican presidential nominee and would-be senator tells his audience, gathered on the patio of a resort, that President Donald Trump will win a second term. Romney also says that annual $1 trillion deficits under Trump are "highly stimulative."
Two dozen current and former Utah Republican state lawmakers endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Mike Kennedy on Friday, according to his campaign. But at least one of them said he did no such thing, and another said she hadn't given permission.
The 4th Congressional District race between Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, and the Democratic nominee, Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams, is too close to call, a new poll shows. Love is ahead of McAdams by four points, 47 percent to 43 percent, in the UtahPolicy.com poll released Wednesday.
Trading banter at a self-organized news conference - attended by a group of concerned west-side residents who weren't laughing - House Speaker Greg Hughes and Sen. Jim Dabakis on Tuesday unveiled a list of proposals they believe could break Utah inland port negotiations free from gridlock. It was the first that Salt Lake City officials and other state Democrats had heard of the private chats between the Draper Republican and the Salt Lake City Democrat - talks that Hughes said happened spontaneously in a parking lot after he and Dabakis butted heads over the inland port on a Sunday morning TV talk show.
Mitt Romney's record on gun control came up this week during debate for a U.S. Senate seat in Utah , a conservative western state with strong support for the Second Amendment. Romney's opponent, Republican Utah state lawmaker Mike Kennedy, criticized him for signing an assault-weapons ban as governor of Massachusetts, a state that's long had tough gun laws.
FILE - This March 1, 2018 file photo shows Rep. Mike Kennedy, R-Alpine, speaking during news conference at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. Mitt Romney is heading into a debate against Republican state lawmaker Ke... .
Seam... A teacher who was shot while tackling and disarming a student at an Indiana school said Monday that his swift decisions "were the only acceptable actions" to save his seventh-grade classroom. . This May 29, 2016 photo provided by Christian Kahahawai shows Lyndsey Haraguchi-Nakayama planting huli, or taro seedlings at her farm in Hanalei, Kauai island, Hawaii.
In this image provided by the Holt family, Joshua Holt, his wife Thamara and her daughter Marian Leal, board a plane at the airport in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, May 26, 2018. Jailed in Venezuela on weapons charges nearly two years ago, Holt was released Saturday after a U.S. senator pressed for his freedom in a surprise meeting with President Nicolas Maduro.
While the day Josh Holt is expected to return home to this south Salt Lake County community was still a little up in the air Sunday, family, friends, neighbors and even strangers worked to ensure that whenever he does arrive, he'll be greeted with a visual reminder that he was never forgotten. A two-year ordeal for the Holt and his family came to an end this weekend, after the former LDS Church missionary and his wife were released early Saturday morning from a Venezuelan prison and flown to Washington, D.C. Holt and his wife, Thamy, were met by his parents, Laurie and Jason Holt, as well as Sen. Orrin Hatch and his wife, Elaine, and then were welcomed by President Donald Trump at the White House.
An American held in Venezuela for nearly two years on weapons charges has been released and is on his way home, with a pit stop at the White House. President Trump hailed the release on Twitter Saturday morning, saying Utah resident Josh Holt would land in Washington around 7 p.m. and be reunited with his family.
For the first time, the Utah Debate Commission is hosting three primary debates, including between U.S. Senate candidates Mitt Romney, a former GOP presidential nominee, and state Rep. Mike Kennedy, R-Alpine. The debate between the two contenders for the Republican nomination in the race to take the place of retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, will be held May 29 at 6 p.m. at the KBYU Studios on the Brigham Young University campus in Provo.
In this Feb. 21, 2018, file photo, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, gestures to the Utah House during a visit at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Retiring Hatch is looking to cement his legacy after more than 40 years in Washington as he unveils plans for a think tank and library bearing his name in Salt Lake City.
Rescission Package. While the White House is still discussing sending a rescission package to Congress, it is now likely that the package wouldn't include more than $25 billion in spending reductions, a much smaller amount than the original $60 billion suggested.
Democrats in deep-red Utah are looking to McAdams to flip one of the state's four ... . FILE - In this April 10, 2017, file photo, Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams looks on during a committee hearing in Salt Lake City.
Thousands of Utah Democrats will gather in downtown Salt Lake City on Saturday to select nominees for the state's congressional races, including a U.S. House contest that is predicted to be Utah's sole competitive race for federal office. Two-term Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams is expected to receive the nomination to face off against GOP Rep. Mia Love in what may be Utah Democrats' best chance to send one of their own to Congress.
In this April 10, 2017, file photo, Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams, right, listens during a committee hearing in Salt Lake City. Democrats in deep-red Utah are looking to McAdams to flip one of the state's four Republican-controlled congressional districts and help take control of the U.S. House.
Utah Democrats are trying to capitalize on the chaos from last week's GOP state convention by promising their delegates won't spend hours haggling over party issues when they meet Saturday. "We're going to have as much good, positive energy there as we can," Utah Democratic Party Chairwoman Daisy Thomas said of the Democratic state convention, set to start 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Salt Palace.
Mitt Romney seemed to be on a smooth path to Utah's U.S. Senate seat, with the backing of President Donald Trump, the blessing of retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch, R, and a popularity unique to the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Delegates at the GOP's state convention denied Romney their nomination as Mike Kennedy, a three-term state representative who entered the race just weeks earlier, edged out the establishment favorite with 50.88 percent of the vote to 49.12 percent.
A Utah man will serve five years and three months in federal prison after he robbed three banks in three states last fall, officials said. Gregory Jerome Brown, of Bountiful, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice.
President Donald Trump is trying to put in place the policies that got him elected - it's creating backlash among supporters. A woman is suing the LDS Church, alleging that the then-MTC president raped her.