SALT LAKE CITY-Thursday, Utah Republican Sens. Mitt Romney and Mike Lee want the Department of Justice to investigate whether dozens of Planned Parenthood affiliates across the country “fraudulently” received loans from the Paycheck Protection Program. These Utah senators are among 24 Republicans throughout the country who sent a letter to […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Friday, Utah Republican Governor candidate Jon Huntsman Jr. announced he head earned the endorsement for this position by Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee. Lee served as general counsel in the Huntsman Administration from 2005-2009 during his previous time as governor of the Beehive State. Per a news release, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Two rallies calling on Utah senators to push for a fair and impartial impeachment trial for President Donald Trump drew a combined total of over 100 people Thursday. The demonstrators from a coalition of progressive groups gathered outside the federal building in Salt Lake City for the event directed […]
SANDY, Utah (AP) — Just days after Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah criticized a briefing on the killing of an Iranian military leader as “insulting” and “demeaning,” he made it clear he still supports President Donald Trump. ″(Trump) has made us look stronger through the restraint of power, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Karen Pence has visited Salt Lake City to file paperwork to put President Donald Trump on the state’s GOP primary ballot in the 2020 presidential race. The Deseret News reports that Vice President Mike Pence’s wife told supporters Friday that the race will be close. She also […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s U.S. senators say about $54 million in funding for two projects at Hill Air Force Base has been diverted to aid construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall. Sens. Mitt Romney and Mike Lee have expressed concerns over the decision after the Air Force alerted […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill aimed at protecting thousands of Venezuelans currently living in the United States from deportation stalled in the Senate on Tuesday after the Democratic minority urged its approval by unanimous consent. Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah raised a procedural objection to the request by Illinois […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As Democrats in Congress prepare to scrutinize President Donald Trump’s review of 27 national monuments, most of the recommendations made by ex-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke remain unfinished, seemingly stuck on the backburner as other matters consume the White House. Trump acted quickly in December 2017 on Zinke’s […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A wide-ranging bill that revives a popular conservation program, adds 1.3 million acres of new wilderness, expands several national parks and creates five new national monuments has won congressional approval. The measure is the largest public lands bill approved by Congress in more than a decade. The […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Outgoing U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah missed almost 84 percent of votes in the U.S. House since she lost her re-election in November. The website GovTrack, which records lawmakers’ voting habits, shows the Republican congresswoman participated in only 14 of 85 votes since losing […]
