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Meet the Mormon Republican who just became the most unlikely gay rights pioneer in Congress

Brad Polumbo · December 12, 2019 9:35 am

Attendees wave rainbow pride flags during a Stonewall Inn 50th anniversary commemoration rally in New York, U.S., on Friday, June 28, 2019.

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New bill strikes the perfect balance between gay rights and religious liberty

Brad Polumbo · December 9, 2019 10:00 am

File - In this Sept. 12, 2018 file photo, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert gestures during a news conference at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, that he backs a legislative push to ban some types of gay conversion therapy that he called "barbaric" but added that defining what constitutes conversion therapy is vital.

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Utah models conservative compassion with a new ban on gay ‘conversion therapy’

Brad Polumbo · December 2, 2019 4:23 pm

File - In this Sept. 12, 2018 file photo, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert gestures during a news conference at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, that he backs a legislative push to ban some types of gay conversion therapy that he called "barbaric" but added that defining what constitutes conversion therapy is vital.

'Heart rending': Mormon church backs gay conversion therapy ban in Utah

Tim Pearce · November 29, 2019 10:40 pm

In this Saturday, June 29, 2019, photo, Christy Belt, Timpanogos Academy 5th grade teacher, engages in an exercise designed to help teachers make good decisions in critical, high stress situations such as an active shooter incident during the teacher's academy training at the Utah County Sheriff's Office shooting range, in Spanish Fork Canyon, Utah. About 30 teachers in Utah are spending their summer learning how to stuff wounds and shoot guns as part of a training held by police to prepare educators for an active shooter scenario in their schools.

‘I want them to know how’: Utah police training teachers for active shootings

John Gage · November 19, 2019 1:17 am

Jon Huntsman, U.S. ambassador to Russia, is seen arriving at the security check point entrance of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 30, 2018.

Jon Huntsman wants to return to Utah governorship he quit to join Obama administration

Naomi Lim · November 14, 2019 5:31 pm

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, speaks Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, in Salt Lake City.

‘Heartbroken’: Mitt Romney reacts to murder of nine Americans by cartel in Mexico

Mike Brest · November 5, 2019 4:46 pm

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, listens during a roundtable discussion at Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital with officials and health experts to receive an update on anti-vaping efforts Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, in Salt Lake City.

Mitt Romney seen favorably by just 18% of Americans: Poll

Tim Pearce · November 4, 2019 6:45 pm

WATCH: Hero state trooper pulls unconscious driver from car seconds before it is hit by train

Zach Halaschak · October 31, 2019 1:14 pm

President Trump and Sen. Mitt Romney are shown.

Romney cannot ‘conceive’ of running for national office and predicts Trump reelection

Mike Brest · October 10, 2019 7:20 pm

Rapper Kanye West smiles as he listens to a question from a reporter during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House with President Trump in Washington.

Kanye West defends supporting Trump: It’s ‘mental slavery’ to make decisions based on race

Carlin Becker · October 6, 2019 1:32 am

Eight House Democrats holding out against impeachment inquiry after Rep. Ben McAdams flips

David Mark · October 5, 2019 3:14 pm