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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) endorsed Donald Trump on Friday after saying last week he would endorse neither the former president nor Joe Biden. During a press conference Friday morning, Cox said he would “do everything I can to help” Trump win the election and unite the country. “My commitment to him was that I would help him try to lower the temperature in this country, and I sincerely hope — from what I’ve heard from people around him — that he’s committed to that,” Cox added.

With Republicans taking back control of the Senate and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell finally stepping down, three Senators have emerged as possible Majority Leaders. Two of them are RINOs—John Thune and John Cornyn—while Rick Scott may not have the support to prevent either “McConnell 2.0” from ascending. Senator Mike Lee has a plan. Well, it’s really just a theory combined with a wish, but it has a lot of conservatives wanting to sprinkle any fairy dust they can find on it so they can make it come true. The “John Adams Plan” would have Vice-President-Elect J.D. Vance ascend to the...

SALT LAKE CITY — As Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are traveling to swing states across the country to make their final pitch to voters, the race in Utah is all but decided. A new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll conducted by HarrisX shows Trump is polling 30 percentage points ahead of Harris among Utah voters, with just over a week to go before Election Day. The poll shows Trump with 61% support among Utah voters, compared to 30% for Harris. Another 2% say they'll vote for independent candidate Cornel West, while Green Party candidate...

SALT LAKE CITY — As Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are traveling to swing states across the country to make their final pitch to voters, the race in Utah is all but decided. A new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll conducted by HarrisX shows Trump is polling 30 percentage points ahead of Harris among Utah voters, with just over a week to go before Election Day. The poll shows Trump with 61% support among Utah voters, compared to 30% for Harris. Another 2% say they'll vote for independent candidate Cornel West, while Green Party candidate...

U.S. Sen. Mike Lee said Vice President Kamala Harris presents a threat to people of faith because of her past efforts to reform religious freedom laws.Lee, who served alongside Harris during her brief tenure in the Senate from 2017 to 2021, posted a thread to X on Saturday drawing attention to Harris’ support of the Do No Harm Act.“A vote for Kamala Harris is a vote against any religious institution, including schools, universities, hospitals, and charities,” Lee, R-Utah, said. “This is the truth: Kamala Harris doesn’t believe that religious institutions should be able to live according to their faith. Rather,...

Delta Airlines passengers were left with burst eardrums and bleeding noses after their flight suddenly lost pressure. Passengers aboard a flight from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Portland, Oregon, felt the cabin lose pressure before the plane rapidly descended, according to KSL. 'I looked over at my husband, and he had both of his hands over his ears, you know, kind of leaning forward,' flier Caryn Allen told the outlet. Allyn added that she 'looked about a row behind me, over on the other side of the aisle, and there was a gentleman that clearly had a very bad bloody...

But if Johnson heeds Trump’s request, Washington would head for a shutdown just weeks before the November elections. There is no appetite in the House GOP for that, with members worrying a shutdown — or even the threat of one — could harm their reelection chances. “Senate Democrats refuse to pass the SAVE Act, which is shameful, and obviously the American people should hold them accountable for that. But we’re not shutting the government down with 54 days until Election Day,” Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) said. Asked on Fox Business about the political consequences of a government shutdown in the...

One Senate GOP aide told Breitbart News that Johnson literally told Republican senators that if he is able to get his government funding plan with the SAVE Act in it passed out of the House, then senators should strip the SAVE Act out of it and pass a clean funding bill to send back to the House, thereby capitulating. “It’s a bait-and-switch kabuki theater designed to shore up his right flank,” the Senate Republican aide told Breitbart News, adding that it is not a genuine effort to stop illegal aliens from voting.

Speaker MIKE JOHNSON is yanking House Republicans’ six-month stopgap funding plan, forgoing a vote on the legislation, which was originally scheduled to hit the floor later this afternoon. Johnson said he’ll delay the vote until next week so that House Republicans can work over the weekend to tamp down GOP defections and “build consensus.” “The measure has crumbled amid mounting criticism from conservatives, defense hawks and other Republican factions, and it’s unclear that more time will help save the bill unless leaders make drastic changes,” Caitlin Emma writes. “House GOP leaders have already been whipping the bill, and nearly a...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is plowing ahead with his plan to avert a government shutdown despite GOP opposition that is large enough to tank the effort, setting the stage for a potentially embarrassing vote on the House floor that will foil the Speaker’s funding strategy. At least six Republicans, including hard-line conservatives and defense hawks, have said they will vote against Johnson’s government funding gambit, which pairs a six-month continuing resolution (CR) with a Trump-backed bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote. Republicans can only afford to lose four of their members if all Democrats vote “no” and there is...

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is facing growing pressure to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act as part of a Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep the government funded beyond September 30. The SAVE Act requires proof of citizenship in order to register to vote in federal elections and is strongly opposed by the White House and Congressional Democrats. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has been an outspoken proponent of the measure and says attaching it to a CR spending bill is the best way to move it through Congress. Lee also says the SAVE Act is necessary to...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is reportedly considering the inclusion of the SAVE Act in the upcoming spending bill. This decision comes at the behest of former President Donald Trump, who has made it clear that election integrity is a non-negotiable priority. The SAVE Act, which mandates proof of citizenship for voter registration in federal elections, has become a rallying cry for many Americans who believe it is crucial to safeguarding the sanctity of the ballot box. President Trump has been unyielding in his support for the SAVE Act, going as far as to suggest that the government should...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been undermining conservative demands to include the SAVE Act in the upcoming short-term spending bill. The SAVE Act proposes an amendment to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 that would enact stricter voting regulations, including requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. Supporters argue that this legislation is critical to restoring election integrity and should be a top priority for conservatives, especially with the election approaching. However, McConnell’s team has recently indicated that GOP conservatives should abandon the SAVE Act to avert a government shutdown just before the...

@BasedMikeLee Congress must pass the SAVE Act to stop noncitizens from voting in November To do that, we must attach it to the spending bill The House will be voting on the spending bill—with the SAVE Act attached—on Wednesday Share if you agree—and tell your reps to #PassTheSAVEAct

... In December, Aston sued the Chronicle Progress in state court. He claims defamation, contending the Chronicle Progress published “false and defamatory statements.” The Chronicle Progress in Wednesday’s hearing will ask the lawsuit be dismissed because of the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act. Passed in 2023, the Utah Legislature was concerned that lawsuits — and the cost of litigation — were being used to silence First Amendment activities. The Act provides a legal mechanism for a judge to quickly determine whether slander lawsuits have merit and to dismiss such suits if they don’t. The defendants also have opportunities to recover...

Utah filed a major lawsuit with the Supreme Court on Tuesday that could have major implications for federalism and the administration of public lands across the country if successful. Utah’s lawsuit contends that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) does not have the authority to effectively hold “unappropriated” state lands indefinitely under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), the state announced. The federal government controls about 18.5 million acres of “unappropriated” Utah land under the FLPMA, and Utah’s suit argues that the state ought to control this land because nothing in the Constitution expressly permits the federal government...

After leaving the store, Harun began touching the victim's thigh as they drove, and "grabbing the victim's hand and putting his arms around the victim and touching the victim's chest," according to the arrest report. The girl "began filming (Harun) due to being in fear and feeling uncomfortable. (Harun) made mention of making the victim his second wife," the affidavit says. Charging documents further that "Harun stated that Somali people don't care about age" to which the teen replied, "This is America." "Harun then told (her) not to tell her family. (She) stated that on or about July 17, Harun...

The state of Utah executed Taberon Dave Honie by lethal injection just after midnight Thursday, 25 years after he was convicted of brutally killing his ex-girlfriend's mother in front of her three granddaughters. The announcement was made at 12:30 a.m. ...

EXCLUSIVE — Nonsanctuary cities and states could retaliate against sanctuary cities that have shipped out migrants from their streets to Republican-run jurisdictions under a new proposal. Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT) will debut legislation this week to cut off hundreds of millions of dollars in Federal Emergency Management Agency funding to cities that, overwhelmed with illegal immigrants who have been released into the country from the southern border, have opted to use federal grant money to pay for bus, train, and plane tickets to move migrants to other towns.... Denver, which received nearly $13 million from the Biden administration to help...

The Mormon Church — officially the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) — is quietly welcoming thousands of migrants sent to Utah from overcrowded Denver, Colorado, despite public protests by state and local elected officials. Utah has suffered under the arrival of thousands of cast-off border crossers sent its way by officials in Denver, but even as the state has no resources for migrants, the Mormon Church is quietly welcoming them, causing the public burden to magnify. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox voiced his outrage in June after he said he just “learned” that Denver had been sending thousands...