Romney fails to win GOP nomination for senate, heads to primary in Nov

Mitt Romney's restart of his political career hit a roadblock Saturday. The 2012 Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor failed to win the Utah Republican Party's nomination, which means he must face 11 challengers in a June primary for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch.

Nikki Bella goes ringless during first public appearance since split with John Cena

'You are delicious': The Sixth Sense actress reveals how Smallville star Allison Mack 'tried to recruit her into cult which forced women to have sex with its leader and branded them with his initials' Former Texas education official trolls Ivy League-bound biracial and black seniors asking them if they got into top colleges based on 'merit or quota' Embarrassment for Mitt Romney as he fails to secure Utah GOP nomination and will now head to a primary in June to try and replace Sen Orrin Hatch The diet that helped millions lose weight easily AND quickly: Dr Michael Mosley makes his 5:2 plan even better so you shape up for summer Florida county commissioner 'kept a stripper as a sex slave and paid her and her husband $300-a-week to sleep with him whenever he demanded' 'He broke the law!' Trump insists that James Comey leaked classified information in memos about their meetings and calls ... (more)

Romney must compete in primary for Senate seat

Mitt Romney was forced into a Republican primary in his bid for U.S. Senate in Utah after losing a nomination battle Saturday at the state's far-right-leaning GOP convention. Romney remains the heavy favorite overall to replace long-serving Sen. Orrin Hatch in November and said he was ready to keep campaigning hard.

George Pyle Opinion

Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg doesn't want his online empire slapped with a new regime of regulations, especially regulations written by people who think that deleting cookies is a euphemism for throwing up. So he was willing to sit there for two days, listening to old people who have no clue about what he has built and what parts of it might have escaped from his lab to wreak havoc among the ignorant villagers, promising to get back to them on technical questions and patiently explaining that just about all of the privacy bells and whistles the members of Congress suggested are already on there, somewhere, if you just keep clicking through.

Acting IRS Commissioner David Kautter said Thursday that some 79…

The acting head of the IRS says the current tax-filing season has gone well, while acknowledging the tough challenge the cash-strapped agency faces of administering the new tax law that will affect 2019 returns. Acting IRS Commissioner David Kautter told Congress Thursday that some 79 million refunds totaling about $226 billion have been issued as of April 6, averaging $2,900 - up $13 from last year.

Sen. Durbin visits Venezuela on diplomatic mission

A powerful U.S. senator traveled to Venezuela on Wednesday as pressure mounted on President Nicolas Maduro to hand over a Utah man jailed in the turbulent South American country for nearly two years. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois was to meet with members of the government and opposition, a spokesman for his office said.

Treat the opioid crisis like the HIV/AIDS epidemic: Elizabeth Warren & Elijah Cummings

It's time for Congress to show the same political courage on the opioid crisis that our colleagues showed 30 years ago for the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Treat the opioid crisis like the HIV/AIDS epidemic: Elizabeth Warren & Elijah Cummings It's time for Congress to show the same political courage on the opioid crisis that our colleagues showed 30 years ago for the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Escaping her past, kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart moves forward

Activist Elizabeth Smart, 30 poses for a portrait, on March 27, 2018, following an interview with USA TODAY, in New York. After being kidnapped from her home at age 14 and rescued nine months later, Smart has used her ordeal to become a champion for child safety.

Here is the White House response to March for Our Lives

As rallies geared up in all 50 states for the March of Our Lives, the White House said keeping children safe is a top priority for President Donald Trump. Keeping our children safe is a top priority of the President's, which is why he urged Congress to pass the Fix NICS and STOP School Violence Acts, and signed them into law.

Overdone Praise Is an Insult to Trump

President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the National Republican Congressional Committee March Dinner at the National Building Museum on March 20, 2018, in Washington, D.C. "As great as this president is, he's occasionally wrong." So spoke Senator Orrin Hatch, the Utah Republican, by way of explaining his opposition to President Donald Trump's tariffs.

Trump: Not much political support for raising age limits on gun sales

Democrats criticised the US president after he failed to act despite repeated promises to support a higher age limit on buying firearms. US president Donald Trump said he is "watching court cases and rulings" before taking action on raising age limits for purchasing some firearms, arguing that there is "not much political support ".