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Politics & Elections

FILE - President Joe Biden attends Working Session III of the NATO Summit in Washington, July 11, 2...
Associated Press

Hollywood reacts to Joe Biden exiting the presidential race

Hollywood was quick to react to the news that President Joe Biden was ending his bid for reelection and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris.
4 months ago
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, J...
Zeke Miller and Seung Min Kim

Harris wins Pelosi endorsement, claims many of the delegates she needs for the nomination

Vice President Kamala Harris moved swiftly Monday to lock up Democratic delegates behind her campaign for the White House after President Joe Biden stepped aside.
4 months ago
Utah’s House speaker is calling on the Salt Lake County district attorney to resign over his soci...
Daniel Woodruff

Utah House speaker calls for district attorney’s resignation over Trump post

Utah’s House speaker is calling on the Salt Lake County district attorney to resign over his social media post about former President Donald Trump.
4 months ago
FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in the East Room of the White House, March 18, 2024, in ...
Chris Megerian, The Associated Press

Harris, endorsed by Biden, could become first woman, second Black person to be president

She's already broken barriers, and now Kamala Harris could shatter several more after President Joe Biden abruptly ended his reelection bid and endorsed her.
4 months ago
FILE - President Joe Biden participates in a briefing in the Oval Office of the White House, Dec. 2...
Mary Culbertson and Mark Jones

Utah leadership reacts to Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race

Following President Biden's announcement that he would stop his reelection campaign, leaders in Salt Lake City offered their thoughts.
4 months ago
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at the 115th NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas, July 16, 202...
Michael Williams, CNN

Biden will not seek reelection

Biden announced he will not seek reelection.
4 months ago
The San Juan Public Safety Building in Monticello is pictured on Saturday, April 18, 2020. (Kristin...
Daniel Woodruff

San Juan County attorney position to become vacant again

For the second time in just over two years, San Juan County is losing its top prosecutor.
4 months ago
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is covered by U.S. Secret Service a...
Holmes Lybrand, Kristen Holmes, Evan Perez and Zachary Cohen, CNN

Secret Service boosts and rethinks security for first Trump-Vance rally and campaign

The U.S. Secret Service is scrambling to increase security ahead of former President Donald Trump’s first campaign rally since the failed assassination attempt on his life last week, sources familiar with the planning told CNN.
4 months ago
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said Friday he will endorse and vote for Donald Trump this fall — a dramati...
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com

Gov. Spencer Cox issues reversal, says he will vote for and endorse Donald Trump

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said Friday he will endorse and vote for Donald Trump this fall — a dramatic reversal from just last week when he said he wouldn’t vote for the former president. The change comes shortly after the attempted assassination of Trump — who is the Republican presidential nominee — last weekend in Butler, […]
4 months ago
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at the 115th NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas, July 16, 202...
Zeke Miller, Lisa Mascaro, Michael Balsamo and Aamer Madhani

Biden’s campaign chair acknowledges support ‘slippage’ but says he’s staying in the race

President Joe Biden’s campaign is insisting anew he's not stepping aside. Biden's campaign chair on Friday acknowledged “slippage” in support but told MSNBC the campaign sees “multiple paths” to beating Republican Donald Trump.
5 months ago
Gov. Spencer Cox and first lady Abby Cox ride in a cattle drive through downtown Salt Lake City to ...
Carter Williams, KSL.com

‘We need more community’: Why Cox says this Pioneer Day can be unifying for Utahns

It seemed that everyone in downtown Salt Lake City Thursday morning wanted to take a picture or grab a video of the moment as Gov. Spencer Cox and first lady Abby Cox rode through city streets, leading a Texas longhorn cattle herd behind them. Cox hopes this holiday can be a unifying one.
5 months ago
Phil Lyman, governor candidate, speaks during the Utah Republican Party state nominating convention...
Brian Carlson

Phil Lyman challenges signature gathering process

State Representative Phil Lyman challenged the signature gathering process, the committee voted four to one Thursday and agreed to the disappointment of Lyman and his supporters.
5 months ago
FILE - Fox Business News host Lou Dobbs speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPA...
Associated Press

Lou Dobbs, conservative pundit and longtime cable TV host for Fox Business and CNN, dies at 78

Lou Dobbs, the conservative political pundit and veteran cable TV host who was a founding anchor for CNN and later was a nightly presence on Fox Business Network for more than a decade, has died. He was 78.
5 months ago
Dan Beazley carries a cross past a line of guests at a visitation for Corey Comperatore at Laube Ha...
Associated Press

Thousands gather at banquet hall to celebrate life of former fire chief killed at Trump rally

Thousands of mourners filed into a Pennsylvania banquet hall Thursday to remember the former fire chief who was fatally shot during the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, who sent a note of condolence.
5 months ago
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at the 115th NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas, July 16, 202...
Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller, Michael Balsamo and Aamer Madhani

Obama, Pelosi and other Democrats make a fresh push for Biden to reconsider 2024 race

Democrats at the highest levels are making a critical push for President Joe Biden to reconsider his election bid.
5 months ago
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump on stage during his walk-through on...
Jonathan J. Cooper and Jill Colvin

Donald Trump will accept Republican nomination again days after surviving an assassination attempt

Former President Donald Trump says the recent assassination attempt against him has led him to change the speech he'll give at the Republican National Convention.
5 months ago
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Servic...
Colleen Long and Aamer Madhani, The Associated Press

Iran threat prompted increased protection of Trump, Saturday attack appears unrelated, officials say

A threat from Iran prompted moves by the U.S. Secret Service to boost protection around Donald Trump before Saturday's attempted assassination of the former president, which appears unrelated to the original threat, according to two U.S. officials.
5 months ago
Jack Black’s comedy rock band Tenacious D, seen here in September 2023 sparks outrage and had a s...
Jack Guy, CNN

Jack Black’s band cancels tour after backlash to bandmate’s comment on Trump assassination attempt

Jack Black’s comedy rock band Tenacious D has canceled its remaining tour dates after band member Kyle Gass sparked a backlash with an apparent joke about Saturday’s assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump.
5 months ago
Former President Donald Trump is seen with his newly announced running mate, Sen. JD Vance, on July...
Eric Bradner, CNN

Takeaways from the first day of the Republican National Convention

With a white bandage over the ear clipped just two days earlier by an attempted assassin’s bullet, Donald Trump stole the show when he made his first public appearance since the shooting on the opening night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
5 months ago
Department of Public Safety says the threats against state leaders is on the increase. (KSL TV)...
Darby Sparks

As Utah political threats rise, security measures becoming tighter, says DPS

The Department of Public Safety says threats in 2024 have already been high. Given the attempted assassination of a former president over the weekend, they say security measures could become even more rigid for political events locally.
5 months ago
Chris Burbank, who guided Salt Lake City Police Department from 2006 to 2015, told KSL TV security ...
Andrew Adams

Security in spotlight as Republican National Convention kicks off in Milwaukee

A former police chief said Monday the level and amount of security at the Republican National Convention would likely receive new discussion following the assassination attempt that wounded former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania over the weekend.
5 months ago
Utah delegates at the RNC say they're inspired by Trump and motivated to participate after the atte...
Brianna Chavez

Utah delegates motivated to participate at RNC after attempted assassination of Trump

Utah delegates at the RNC say they're inspired by Trump and motivated to participate after the attempted assassination just days prior to the convention.
5 months ago
FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, ...
Jill Colvin, Steve Peoples and Zeke Miller

Trump announces Vance as VP pick

Donald Trump is expected to announce his vice presidential pick on the first day of the Republican National Convention
5 months ago
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Butle...
Eric Tucker

Federal judge dismisses Trump classified documents case over concerns with prosecutor’s appointment

Judge dismisses Trump classified documents case over concerns about legality of special counsel's appointment.
5 months ago

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