Letter: What was Mike Lee thinking?
What was Mike Lee thinking?I don’t know what Sen. Mike Lee was thinking when he addressed the Senate using his comic book approach to argue against the Green New Deal, offering no alternative to...
View ArticleLetter: Stewart has no concern about Trump
It was troubling to me to read in the newspaper that Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, has asked for the resignation of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff because of Schiff’s opinion that...
View ArticleLetter: Lee should respect other members of Congress
Sen. Mike Lee should be censured by the Senate. Public mockery of another member of Congress is unacceptable and should not be tolerated, no matter how much he disagrees. All ideas should be taken...
View ArticleLetter: It is Rep. Stewart who should resign
Rep. Chris Stewart,Seriously, you are calling for Rep. Adam Schiff to resign his committee chairmanship? You are calling for our political leaders to apologize for putting this country in a political...
View ArticleLetter: Climate change threatens the economy
To say that the world is addicted to oil is an understatement. Oil is more than an addiction, it’s the life blood of the world’s energy intensive economy.Despite the world’s insatiable demand for what...
View ArticleGehrke: Utah doesn’t need to fear a popular vote for president, but ditching...
What if, instead of having a direct election, Utah’s candidates for governor had to win electoral votes allocated based on Utah’s population — say, one vote for every 30,000 people plus two each for...
View ArticleReview: Emilio Estevez brings dry humor and an open heart to ‘The Public,’ a...
As a filmmaker, Emilio Estevez is the most sincere kid in the pumpkin patch, with never a hint of cynicism — and he wears his heart proudly on his sleeve in “The Public,” an earnest comedy-drama about...
View ArticleHouse Judiciary panel approves subpoenas for Mueller report
Washington • The House Judiciary Committee approved subpoenas Wednesday for special counsel Robert Mueller’s full Russia report as Democrats pressure the Justice Department to release the document...
View ArticleBody found in creek believed to be missing 4-year-old Utah girl
The body of a 4-year-old Utah girl who disappeared on March 14 is believed to have been found in a creek, according to the Navajo Division of Public Safety.Anndine Jones was last seen near her home...
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E.J. Dionne: Congress is right to subpoena the Mueller report. It shouldn’t...
Video: Attorney General William P. Barr is planning key redactions to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report. It is already causing a political fight on Capitol Hill. (Taylor Turner/The...
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Margaret Sullivan: ‘Mayor Pete’ is sweeping the media off their feet. Time...
To paraphrase Alicia Keys, we keep on fallin'... in and out of love ...And at the moment, the presidential candidate that many media types — and quite a few citizens — are tumbling for is 37-year-old...
View ArticleLDS Church dumps its controversial LGBTQ policy, cites ‘continuing...
For LGBTQ Latter-day Saints and their allies, it’s been a long 3½ years.In November 2015, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints instituted a policy deeming same-sex married couples...
View ArticleParamount releases an action-packed trailer for upcoming season of...
The Paramount Network has released a trailer for Season 2 of the mostly made-in-Utah drama “Yellowstone” – and, clearly, a whole lot is going to happen. The 90-second trailer is loaded with drama,...
View ArticleFredrik Landstedt’s New Mexico ski program got eliminated, so he moved to...
The day after the New Mexico board of regents voted to eliminate the university's skiing program last July, Fredrik Landstedt took a job at Utah.The Utes won the combined men's and women's national...
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Dana Milbank: Mitch McConnell undid 213 years of Senate history in 33 minutes
Video: President Trump has been pushing Senate Republicans to go ‘nuclear’ in order to pass bills he supports. But what is the so-called ‘nuclear option’? (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)Washington •...
View ArticleEye on the Y: Unlike 22 years ago, BYU’s new basketball coach won’t be a...
Eye On The Y is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter on BYU athletics. Subscribe here.The last time BYU had a head men’s basketball coaching opening, it was pretty apparent to most people close to...
View ArticleRed All Over: Ex-Ute quarterback Jack Tuttle can play for Indiana in 2019. Is...
Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering University of Utah athletics. Subscribe here.Having transferred to Indiana in January, former Utah quarterback Jack Tuttle this week won his NCAA appeal to...
View ArticleBehind the Headlines: The LDS Church reverses its policy on children of LGBTQ...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reverses a policy that generally prevented the children of same-sex parents from joining the faith, and that labeled same-sex married couples apostates....
View ArticleEthiopia says pilots followed Boeing’s recommendations
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia • The pilots of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 performed all the procedures recommended by Boeing to save their doomed 737 Max 8 aircraft, but could not pull it out of a...
View ArticleHouse joins Senate in passing measure to end U.S. involvement in Yemen,...
Washington • The House voted Thursday to end U.S. participation in Yemen’s civil war, denouncing a Saudi-led bombing campaign that has been blamed for worsening an already dire humanitarian crisis and...
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