Utah

According to Brietbart News, President Trump on Thursday mocked his former 2016 election rival Evan McMullin during the winter meeting of the Republican National Committee. McMullin, a Utah Republican and former CIA officer, ran as an independent. (AP Images)

Trump torches Evan McMullin, calling him a ‘clown,’ ‘guy that nobody ever heard of’: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · February 2, 2018 4:41 am

Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney tweeted that he would make an announcement on Feb. 15 about the Utah Senate race after Sen. Orrin Hatch said he would not seek reelection. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Mitt Romney teases Feb. 15 announcement ahead of expected Senate bid

Al Weaver · February 1, 2018 8:16 pm

President Trump signed an executive order April 26 directing his interior secretary to review the designation of dozens of national monuments on federal lands, including Bears Ears National Monument, as he singled out "a massive federal land grab" by the Obama administration. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Energy and Environment

Democrats to pressure Ryan Zinke to ban mining, drilling in Bears Ears

Josh Siegel · January 30, 2018 12:39 am

"Exponential progress and innovation is what's just beginning to hit the world — now not just in computers," Mitt Romney said in a speech to a farm group in Utah this week. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Energy and Environment

Mitt Romney: Americans should get ready to buy more electric cars

John Siciliano · January 27, 2018 10:57 pm

Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says President Trump "has made a number of dramatic improvements.". (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Mitt Romney expected to announce Senate bid next week: Report

Katie Leach · January 25, 2018 11:01 pm

Republican Rep. John Curtis of Utah is a leader of the Conservative Climate Caucus.

Energy and Environment

Parties fight over uranium mining in Trump’s smaller Utah monuments

Josh Siegel · January 22, 2018 5:01 am

A coalition of five Native American tribes, and environmental groups, have filed three lawsuits challenging President Trump's shrinking of Bears Ears. (Photo via Wikipedia)

Energy and Environment

Trump administration wants friendlier court to hear challenge to Bears Ears monument rollback

Josh Siegel · January 19, 2018 8:41 pm

Terzian: Rise of the Gerontocracy

Philip Terzian · January 18, 2018 10:28 am

Seesawing designations and confusion over the exact areas being set aside puts management of these monuments into a state of political limbo. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)

How to refocus the Antiquities Act

Jason Hayes · January 17, 2018 5:01 am

Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, met with President Trump met for 30 minutes and discussed many topics surrounding immigration reform. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Haitian-American Republican Mia Love met with Trump after denouncing ‘shithole’ comments

Melissa Quinn · January 16, 2018 8:35 pm

"Mitt would make a phenomenal addition to the U.S. Senate. I hope he runs," former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush tweeted Monday, referring to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Jeb Bush backs potential Senate bid from Mitt Romney

Melissa Quinn · January 15, 2018 10:32 pm

Mitt Romney has not publicly stated whether he will pursue the Senate seat held by Orrin Hatch for more than 40 years, but he did change his Twitter account earlier in 2018 to say he lives in Utah, not Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Mitt Romney privately confirms intent to run for Orrin Hatch’s Utah Senate seat: Report

Naomi Lim · January 14, 2018 7:38 pm