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[American Embassy in El Salvador via X] US. Rep. Mike Kennedy joins several other House Republicans on a trip to El Salvador amid a fight over the illegal deportation of a Maryland man to the country.

Did Rep. Mike Kennedy visit CECOT during a trip to El Salvador? The Utah congressman won’t say.

By Addy Baird | April 17, 2025, 11:16 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Solicitor General Melissa Holyoak speaks to members of the Legislature at a meeting at the Capitol, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021 in Salt Lake City. Holyoak joined the Federal Trade Commission in 2024.

Why Utah’s former solicitor general is being sued over Trump’s firings of Democrats

By Emily Anderson Stern | April 17, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

‘You made this possible’: Labor organizers submit twice the signatures needed to put bargaining ban to voters

Are Utah’s student academic databases — meant to help kids research — the next censorship target for GOP lawmakers?

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(Eric Lee | The New York Times) Stephen Miller, right, the deputy White House chief of staff, speaks as President Donald Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Monday, April 14, 2025. President Trump met with President Bukele as the administration ramps up its use of a notorious Salvadoran prison for holding migrants deported by the U.S. Seated from left: Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Attorney General Pam Bondi.

As Trump refuses to comply with Supreme Court’s order, Utah’s federal delegation won’t comment

Utah’s all-GOP delegation has remained silent on President Donald Trump’s refusal to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States.

By Addy Baird | April 16, 2025, 10:33 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox speaks to media after a ceremonial bill signing for public safety laws in Salt Lake City, Thursday, April 3, 2025.

GOP Gov. Cox instructs Utah agencies to make plans for a possible recession

The Utah Republican has previously called President Donald Trump’s tariffs a “huge gamble.”

By Megan Banta | April 15, 2025, 9:06 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Sunday, April 13, 2025.

Bernie Sanders draws massive crowd during his ‘Fighting the Oligarchy’ tour in deep-red Utah

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and former Senate candidate Caroline Gleich also spoke at a packed Huntsman Center on Sunday.

By Emily Anderson Stern | April 15, 2025, 2:33 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The EU's ambassador to the U.S., Jovita Neliupšienė, sits down for an interview in Salt Lake City on Friday, April 11, 2025.

With tariffs looming, EU ambassador warns Utah leaders that the state will feel economic impact

“Our economies are so interlinked,” EU Ambassador Jovita Neliupšienė said during a Utah visit.

By Emily Anderson Stern | April 13, 2025, 1:46 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Pride and trans flags adorn a common area of the University of Utah's School of Social Work, on Friday, April 5, 2024. A year later, pride flags are now banned from being hung in public spaces at the U. and under public schools under HB77.

University of Utah pleads with faculty not to violate state pride flag ban, says Legislature has ‘a lot of power over us’

Professors will still be able to have pride flags in their private offices, as long as they are not publicly visible from a window.

By Courtney Tanner | April 12, 2025, 6:26 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The EU's ambassador to the U.S., Jovita Neliupšienė, sits down for an interview in Salt Lake City on Friday, April 11, 2025.

Utah’s Sen. Mike Lee has called Europeans ‘fascists.’ Here’s their ambassador’s message to Utahns.

European Union Ambassador Jovita Neliupšienė visited Salt Lake City amid an increasingly strained transatlantic relationship, and she hopes Utah’s elected officials can help.

By Emily Anderson Stern | April 11, 2025, 10:43 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Protesters gather during a rally to protest the layoffs of federal workers in front of the James V. Hansen Federal Building in Ogden on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. The Department of Government Efficiency plans to lay off thousands of IRS employees, including workers at the Ogden office.

A second Utah building has been identified for ‘accelerated’ sale by the Trump administration

The James V. Hansen Federal Building in Ogden was included in an updated list of assets to be sold off.

By Addy Baird | April 11, 2025, 5:46 p.m.

(Jud Burkett | Special to The Tribune) A sign promoting the Lone Rock Condominium complex stands in front of the complex in Hurricane, Thursday, March 20, 2025.

Even rural Utah has struggled with expensive housing. Here’s how one city is helping level out prices.

Building Options, Part Five: Hurricane is seeing a housing boom and plateauing home prices.

By Megan Banta | Mark Eddington | April 11, 2025, 9:07 p.m.

(Mariam Zuhaib | AP) Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Western Energy Alliance, speaks during a House Committee on Natural Resources hearing on America's Energy and Mineral potential, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

A champion of oil ends her bid to lead the Bureau of Land Management

Kathleen Sgamma abruptly withdrew from consideration days after a memo surfaced in which she sharply criticized President Trump.

By Lisa Friedman | The New York Times | April 10, 2025, 6:47 p.m.

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