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Gov. Cox focused on bolstering energy production, trimming taxes as 2025 session starts
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 21 - 7:24 p.m. | Save Story
As the 2025 session starts, Gov. Spencer Cox said two priority issues in his view are bolstering energy production and trimming taxes.
Trump announces private-sector $500B investment in AI infrastructure
Steve Holland, Reuters | Posted Jan. 21 - 6:03 p.m. | Save Story
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a private sector investment of up to $500 billion to fund infrastructure for artificial intelligence, aiming to outpace rival nations in the business-critical technology.
Around 1,000 students rally for school choice at Utah Capitol
Logan Stefanich, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 21 - 5:34 p.m. | Save Story
Around a thousand K-12 students from across Utah on Monday gathered at the Utah Capitol to rally and advocate for school choice in celebration of National School Choice Week.
Utah's Democrats focus on renewable energy, homelessness, the judiciary as session begins
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Updated Jan. 21 - 4:12 p.m. | Save Story
Utah's Democratic lawmakers say they plan to focus on renewable energy, fighting homelessness and bolstering Utahns' quality of life as the 2025 legislative session begins.
Musk's hand gesture during Trump inauguration festivities draws scrutiny
Reuters | Posted Jan. 21 - 4:01 p.m. | Save Story
Billionaire Elon Musk's hand gesture while he spoke during a celebration of President Donald Trump's inauguration drew online comparisons to a Nazi salute on Monday, but a leading tracker of antisemitism said it appeared to represent a moment of enthusiasm instead.
Utah lawmakers to debate immigration, tax cuts, transgender students as 2025 session starts
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Updated Jan. 21 - 11:40 a.m. | Save Story
With Utah's 2025 legislative session starting, lawmakers are expected to debate immigration, tax cuts, transgender students, university funding, elections and more.
Democratic-led states, advocates sue over Trump's birthright citizenship order
Nate Raymond, Reuters | Posted Jan. 21 - 11:31 a.m. | Save Story
Democratic-led states and civil rights groups have filed the first lawsuits challenging executive orders President Donald Trump signed after taking office, including one that seeks to roll back birthright citizenship in the U.S.
Trump orders US exit from the World Health Organization
Patrick Wingrove, Jennifer Rigby and Emma Farge, Reuters | Posted Jan. 21 - 6:52 a.m. | Save Story
The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises.
What's on tap for Great Salt Lake in the 2025 Utah general legislative session
Adam Small, KSL Newsradio | Posted Jan. 20 - 8:28 p.m. | Save Story
The Great Salt Lake is once again expected to be a topic of discussion and action for Utah lawmakers in the 2025 general legislative session, which starts on Tuesday.
As Trump takes power, critics gathered at the Utah Capitol to protest
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 20 - 7:46 p.m. | Save Story
Following Trump's inauguration Monday, hundreds of demonstrators gathered at the Utah Capitol to protest the new president.
Trump pardons 1,500 charged with Jan. 6 US Capitol riot
Sarah N. Lynch, Nathan Layne and Andrew Goudsward, Reuters | Posted Jan. 20 - 6:43 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned about 1,500 people who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a sweeping gesture of support to the people who assaulted police as they tried to prevent lawmakers from certifying his 2020 election defeat.
US Senate confirms Marco Rubio as secretary of state
Patricia Zengerle, Reuters | Posted Jan. 20 - 5:48 p.m. | Save Story
The U.S. Senate on Monday unanimously confirmed Republican Senator Marco Rubio, a China hawk and staunch backer of Israel, as President Donald Trump's secretary of state.
Symbol of unity? Inauguration news coverage illustrates differences that pull country apart
David Bauder, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 20 - 4:20 p.m. | Save Story
A presidential inauguration is traditionally a symbol of the traditions that bind Americans together. Mainstream media coverage of the event on Monday provided many reminders of what keeps people apart.
'A long way to go': Utah civil rights advocates rally, march to mark MLK Day
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 20 - 12:52 p.m. | Save Story
Civil rights advocates gathered at events across Utah Monday to honor Martin Luther King Jr., stressing the import of continuing advocacy efforts for the Black community.
Donald Trump is the 47th president of the United States
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com | Updated Jan. 20 - 12:50 p.m. | Save Story
Donald Trump has been sworn in as president of the United States for the second time Monday after completing a dramatic political comeback.
Trump administration talks Paris climate agreement withdrawal, Panama Canal and tariffs
Valerie Volcovici and Jasper Ward, Reuters | Posted Jan. 20 - 12:28 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump will again withdraw the United States from the Paris climate deal, the White House said on Monday, removing the world's biggest historic emitter from global efforts to fight climate change for the second time in a decade.
The debate over how to increase trust in Utah elections
Brigham Tomco, Deseret News | Posted Jan. 20 - 12:01 p.m. | Save Story
Utah Republican policymakers are focused on voter confidence ahead of the 2025 legislative session following an election year that highlighted intraparty division over ballot access and mail-in ballots.
Just minutes before he leaves office, Biden pardons his siblings and their spouses
Zeke Miller and Colleen Long, Associated Press | Updated Jan. 20 - 10:54 a.m. | Save Story
President Joe Biden has pardoned his siblings and their spouses, saying his family had been "subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt him."
