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Protesters flood US cities to fight Trump immigration policy

Protesters flood US cities to fight Trump immigration policy

WASHINGTON (AP) — They wore white. They shook their fists in the air. They carried signs reading: “No more children in cages,” and “What’s next? Concentration Camps?” In major cities and tiny towns, hundreds of thousands of marchers gathered Saturday across America, moved by accounts of children separated from their […]

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Governor says Utah senator would be good on Supreme Court

Governor says Utah senator would be good on Supreme Court

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says he’d support Sen. Mike Lee if he was nominated for the Supreme Court, but he likely wouldn’t name himself as Lee’s replacement if the senator was confirmed. Lee is on the list of 25 names President Donald Trump is considering […]

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Mitt Romney wins GOP primary in Utah Senate race

Mitt Romney wins GOP primary in Utah Senate race

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney handily won the Republican primary for a Utah Senate seat Tuesday after toning down his criticism of Donald Trump as he looks to re-start his political career. The former presidential candidate and beloved adopted son in Utah won a landslide victory in the […]

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Mitt Romney up against state lawmaker in Senate primary

Mitt Romney up against state lawmaker in Senate primary

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney will learn Tuesday if he’ll continue the reboot of his political career as voters were deciding a primary in the race for a Utah Senate seat vacated by Orrin Hatch, who is retiring after more than 40 years. The former GOP presidential candidate […]

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Curtis and Herrod meet in rematch in Utah GOP House primary

Curtis and Herrod meet in rematch in Utah GOP House primary

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Rep. John Curtis was locked in a rematch Tuesday against conservative businessman Chris Herrod in Utah’s Republican primary and hoped to prevail to seek his first full term in Congress. Curtis, 58, entered office last year following a special election to replace Jason Chaffetz, […]

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Romney aims to clinch GOP nod in Utah Senate race

Romney aims to clinch GOP nod in Utah Senate race

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney has a second chance during a Tuesday primary election to dispatch a Utah state lawmaker who defeated him at the state Republican Party convention in the race for a Senate seat opening up with the retirement of long-serving U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch The […]

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Romney makes final pitch to voters ahead of Senate primary

Romney makes final pitch to voters ahead of Senate primary

AMERICAN FORK, Utah (AP) — Mitt Romney is flashing his familiar smile at city parks and backyards in Utah’s mountains and suburbs this week, making his final pitch after being forced into a Republican Senate primary Tuesday against a conservative state lawmaker. His opponent has painted him as an outsider […]

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Canadian company moves to mine on lands cut from monument

Canadian company moves to mine on lands cut from monument

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Canadian company’s plans to mine for copper and cobalt on Utah lands that were cut from the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by President Donald Trump are angering conservation groups that are suing to keep the lands under monument protection. Conservation and paleontology groups called […]

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Utah’s Hatch urges support for LGBT youth in Senate speech

Utah’s Hatch urges support for LGBT youth in Senate speech

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch called for unwavering love and support for LGBT youth who experience high suicide rates as victims of bullying, discrimination and family estrangement in a somewhat surprising Senate speech this week from the retiring Republican who has long been an opponent of […]

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Romney predicts Trump’s re-election

Romney predicts Trump’s re-election

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — He once called Donald Trump “a con man,” but Mitt Romney now predicts that Trump would “easily” win his party’s presidential nomination in 2020 and “solidly” win a second term. Romney, the GOP’s failed 2012 presidential nominee from Massachusetts, now a Republican Senate candidate in […]

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