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Utah exported more than $18B in goods last year. Here's how leaders are thinking about tariffs
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com | Posted May 8 - 9:04 p.m. | Save Story
Utah exported over $18 billion in goods in 2024, supporting 70,000 jobs, according to a new economic report from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute.
Why these Utah legislators traveled to Washington to address key Western issues
Amy Joi O'Donoghue, Deseret News | Posted May 8 - 8:33 p.m. | Save Story
Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz and House Majority Assistant Whip Casey Snider were among a contingent of Utah lawmakers who were in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to discuss important issues to the state and elsewhere in the West.
Breaking with tradition, Senate panel backs Trump nominees despite Democratic boycott
Patricia Zengerle, Reuters | Posted May 8 - 5:37 p.m. | Save Story
Republicans on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed five nominees for diplomatic positions on Thursday despite a Democratic boycott, underscoring deep divisions between members of President Donald Trump's party and lawmakers from the minority.
Republicans advance bill to formally rename 'Gulf of America'
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted May 8 - 5:17 p.m. | Save Story
The House advanced a proposal to formally rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in all federal documents, marking the first of President Donald Trump's executive orders to be voted on by Congress.
Trump calls for 30-day Russia-Ukraine ceasefire, warns of more sanctions
Kanishka Singh, Reuters | Posted May 8 - 5:13 p.m. | Save Story
U.S. President Donald Trump called on Thursday for a 30-day unconditional ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, warning that Washington and its partners would impose further sanctions if the ceasefire is not respected.
Merz, Trump agree on need to resolve trade disputes, Germany says
Sarah Marsh, Reuters | Posted May 8 - 5:09 p.m. | Save Story
Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed on the need to quickly resolve trade disputes in their first phone call since Merz took office earlier this week, a German government spokesperson said.
Trump says China tariffs will come down from 145%
Andrea Shalal and Jeff Mason, Reuters | Posted May 8 - 5:05 p.m. | Save Story
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he expects there to be substantive negotiations between the United States and China on trade this weekend and predicted that punitive U.S. tariffs on Beijing of 145% would likely come down.
FBI probes New York AG James over mortgage fraud allegations, media reports
Ryan Patrick Jones and Susan Heavey, Reuters | Posted May 8 - 4:08 p.m. | Save Story
The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into mortgage fraud allegations against New York Attorney General Letitia James, who President Donald Trump has publicly targeted because she pursued legal action against him, several U.S. media outlets reported on Thursday.
US plans to spend billions to update air-traffic control system
David Shepardson, Reuters | Posted May 8 - 3:05 p.m. | Save Story
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy unveiled a plan on Thursday to modernize the aging U.S. air traffic control system at a cost of tens of billions of dollars.
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow revocation of migrants' legal status
Andrew Chung, Reuters | Updated May 8 - 2:37 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to intervene in its bid to revoke the temporary legal status granted by his predecessor Joe Biden to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan, Cuban, Haitian and Nicaraguan migrants living in the United States.
Utah Public Radio reacts to potential federal funding cuts to public media
Shelby Lofton, KSL-TV | Posted May 8 - 12:36 p.m. | Save Story
A recent White House executive order calls for an end to federal funding of public media. It could impact PBS and NPR programming and journalism across Utah.
Britain set to strike first deal to cut Trump tariffs
Alistair Smout, Andrew MacAskill and Andrea Shalal, Reuters | Updated May 8 - 10:24 a.m. | Save Story
The United States and Britain will announce a deal to lower tariffs on some goods on Thursday, the first such agreement since President Donald Trump sparked a global trade war with universal levies.
More older Americans worry Social Security won't be there for them, a poll finds
Fatima Hussein and Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Associated Press | Updated May 8 - 9:11 a.m. | Save Story
An increasing share of older Americans — particularly Democrats — aren't confident the Social Security benefits will be available to them, a poll shows.
What Trump's former secretary of state says about his tariff plans
Art Raymond, Deseret News | Posted May 8 - 8:35 a.m. | Save Story
Longtime public servant and former Congressman Mike Pompeo spoke about President Donald Trump's tariff plans at a trade summit in Utah on Wednesday.
Judge demands Trump officials detail legal grounds for deporting Palestinian activist
Tom Hals, Reuters | Updated May 8 - 6:53 a.m. | Save Story
A federal judge instructed the Trump administration on Wednesday to detail the legal precedent for its plan to deport Mahmoud Khalil.
Utah Democrats launch campaign to recruit more party candidates in local elections
Caitlin Keith, Deseret News | Posted May 8 - 6:15 a.m. | Save Story
The Utah Democratic Party has kicked off a statewide campaign with the goal of recruiting hundreds of Democratic candidates to run for local office in Utah.
Fed stands pat but sees higher inflation and growth risks
Reuters | Posted May 7 - 10:07 p.m. | Save Story
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday but said the risks of both higher inflation and unemployment had risen, further clouding the economic outlook as the U.S. central bank grapples with the impact of Trump administration tariff policies.
FBI-led operation rescues 115 child exploitation victims; 3 Utahns among those charged
Emma Pitts, Deseret News | Posted May 7 - 7:34 p.m. | Save Story
The Department of Justice announced the rescue of 115 child exploitation victims and the arrest of 205 child sexual abuse offenders on Wednesday. A charter school director was among three people arrested in Utah.
