While lawyers argue, it’s past time to physically protect Utah’s public lands

The Salt Lake Tribune) U.S. President Donald Trump, surrounded by Utah representatives looks at Sen. Orrin Hatch to give him the pen used to signs a presidential proclamation to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments at the Utah Capitol on Monday, Dec. 4, 2017. Depends on whom you ask.

CNN Guest On Christian Baker Case: ‘Shut Your Bakery Down Or Make The Cake’ [VIDEO]

Richard Sherman, a criminal defense attorney, says that in the recent Supreme Court case of a bakeshop that refused to bake a cake for a gay couple because of their religious beliefs, the bakers should "either shut [their] bakery down or make the cake." "Then Richard, the argument has to be made, particularly for Phillips, that this is different than if I were selling a car, if you want to come into my store and by any product, which it would not be supported by law no matter what right that I don't want to sell you this product because I don't agree about anything that you represent, who you are, etcetera," said host Fredericka Whitfield on CNN Saturday.

This Man Is Asking For Almost A Million Dollars To Help Sex Trafficking Victims For Christmas [VIDEO]

One man is hoping to change the lives of domestic sex trafficking victims in a small Iowa town by raising almost a million dollars to fund a safe home for them during the Christmas season. Nate Beaird, the media manager of Open Bible Church, launched his "Merry Christmas Nate!" campaign in October with the objective to raise $750,000 to help purchase a transitional living home for Wings of Refuge, an Iowa-based Christian organization dedicated to seeking "restoration" for adult women affected by domestic sex trafficking.

Zinke calls reports on helicopter use a “wild departure from reality’

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke responded Saturday to reports about his helicopter use, calling them a "wild departure from reality" in a statement on Twitter. "Recent articles about official Interior Department helicopter usage are total fabrications and a wild departure of reality," he said in a statement posted with the tweet.

Hillary, please don’t reject romance novels – you are a romance…

Ex-Fox News anchor claims Trump tried to kiss her - Former Fox News anchor Juliet Huddy said President Donald Trump tried to kiss her in an elevator around the time he married First Lady Melania. - Huddy, who left Fox News after allegedly receiving a settlement after she made a complaint Brzezinski questions Franken accuser: 'Playboy model who goes on Hannity, voted for Trump' - MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski referred to an accuser of Sen. Al Franken - as a "Playboy model who goes on Hannity [and] voted for Trump" during a Friday morning discussion on Franken's resignation announcement.

Aftershocks likely from September test detected from North Korea…

Inside Trump's Hour-by-Hour Battle for Self-Preservation WASHINGTON - Around 5:30 each morning, President Trump wakes and tunes into the television in the White House's master bedroom. He flips to CNN for news, moves to "Fox & Friends" for comfort and messaging ideas, and sometimes watches MSNBC's Trump watches up to eight hours of TV per day: report - spends at least four hours a day watching television, according to a new report.

The Latest: Trump visits civil rights museum amid protests

The Latest on President Donald Trump's visit to Mississippi for the opening of museums dedicated to the state's history and its role in the civil rights movement : About 50 protesters greeted President Donald Trump at the opening of museums in Jackson, Mississippi, dedicated to the state's history and its role in the civil rights movement.

GOP governor sides with Indonesians facing deportation

In this Friday, Dec. 1, 2017 photo, Poppy Sombah, left, and Freddy Sombah listen to an Indonesian community leader at their home in Somersworth, N.H. The couple fled Indonesia to escape harassment from their Muslim neighbors following Poppy's conversion to Christianity after marrying. After word spread earlier this year that the Indonesian community in New Hampshire faced deportation they receive unexpected support from Republican Gov. Chris Sununu.

Larry Pressler: Mitt Romney for president

Mitt Romney said last week that Roy Moore is "unfit" as the GOP Senate nominee for Alabama's special election on Dec. 12. Probably the biggest news out of Washington this week has been President Donald Trump's visit to Utah. People are speculating about what the spillover of his proclamation might be to public lands in the other 49 states.

Trump Trying To Help Push Moore Across Alabama Finish Line

President Donald Trump is trying to push embattled GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore across the finish line in Tuesday's election in Alabama by contending the Democratic nominee would oppose "what we must do" for the nation. Trump, in a tweet early Saturday, hours after boosting Moore's campaign during a Florida rally, framed the race as a referendum on his efforts to reshape the country and said Democrat Doug Jones would work in lockstep with his party's leaders on Capitol Hill to oppose the Trump agenda.

Republicans’ Opinions on Climate Change as Variable as Weather

Matto Mildenberger, an assistant professor of political science, led a new study, published in the journal Climatic Change , that finds substantial differences in the climate change views of both Republicans and Democrats across different states and congressional districts. "While subsets of the Republican voting public do not support climate policies and hold views consistent with party elite, Republican climate and energy opinions are more varied than might be presumed from political discourse," said Mildenberger.

Another wartime wreckage found

The expedition crew of Research Vessel Petrel led by Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. Allen has documented the USS Ward in its final resting place near Ponson Island in Camotes, Cebu. The Allen-led expedition released the first underwater footage of the USS Ward - the American destroyer that fired the first shots in World War II at 6:45 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, just before the attack on Pearl Harbor.