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(Haiyun Jiang | The New York Times) Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, second from left, listens as the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee holds a hearing on the Panama Canal on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, January 28,. 2025.

‘I would bring him back’: Sen. John Curtis said he’s concerned about Abrego Garcia’s deportation

By Addy Baird | April 25, 2025, 11:11 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Planned Parenthood Association of Utah's Salt Lake Health Center is seen on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024.

Planned Parenthood closing two Utah clinics after Trump cuts all federal reproductive health funds to state

By Emily Anderson Stern | April 22, 2025, 10:00 a.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Millcreek Mayor Jeff Silvestrini listens during a news conference at Millcreek City Hall, Friday, April 18, 2025, after he said at least one immigrant family in Millcreek received an email from the Department of Homeland Security demanding they leave the country within seven days.

‘That’s not American’: Millcreek mayor stands up for local Venezuelan family he says feds told to leave U.S.

By Jordan Miller | April 19, 2025, 12:34 a.m.

[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.

Rep. Mike Kennedy says CECOT tour in El Salvador was ‘sobering,’ and Trump is ‘restoring order and protecting our citizens’

By Addy Baird | April 22, 2025, 2:29 a.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.

(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

By Addy Baird | April 16, 2025, 10:33 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

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.

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

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

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