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Conventions set the stage for primaries, White House Correspondents Dinner shooting sparks safety concerns

We're coming off the heels of a big weekend in state politics, where both the Utah GOP and Utah Democrats narrowed down their primary fields for this year's midterm elections. Panelists Taylor Morgan and Leah Murray weigh in on what we learned about our new congressional districts and what we can e…

Supreme Court scandal report rocks Utah politics, state convention races to watch

A newly released report on allegations against Supreme Court Justice Dianna Hagen is making a big stir. State leaders are calling for an entirely new investigation, saying the Judicial Conduct Commission did not go far enough when it looked into claims she had an extramarital affair with the lead p…

Fireworks at the Salt Lake County Democrats' Convention, AI picture brings attention to Trump's feud with the Pope

It was a busy weekend for Salt Lake County Democrats, long-time DA Sim Gill scraping by to stay on the ballot and Sen. Kathleen Riebe dropping out of the hotly contested CD1 primary race. Panelists Taylor Morgan and Leah Murray join Lindsay to explain what this tells us about the state of the party…

Return-to-office mandate for federal workers delayed until Monday

Hosts: Adam Gardiner and Leah Murray  Today, a federal judge in Massachusetts said the deadline for federal workers to either agree to go back to the office or accept a "deferred resignation" offer will be pushed until at least Monday next week. The deadline was supposed to be tonight. Nearly 2 mi…

Allegations of insider trading and defamation rock CD-2 GOP primary, election day draws near

The heat continues to climb in Utah's second congressional district, with Congressman Blake Moore saying his challenger has engaged in "outright defamation." It comes after outgoing state Rep. Karianne Lisonbee captioning a now-deleted X post “I came from nothing and built my American dream with ha…

AI money in Utah elections, Voter data paints a picture of CD-1

AI money seems to be flowing into Utah's congressional primary races, with big spends in favor of Ben McAdams and Rep. Celeste Maloy. Panelists Adam Gardiner and Leah Murray join Lindsay Aerts to weigh the impact those dollars might have, both positive and negative as we enter uncharted territory w…

New legal action over ICE detention center plans, Pentagon tweaks list of faiths

Opposition to plans to build a massive ICE detention center in Salt Lake City is firing on all cylinders this week, with both Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County filing a lawsuit arguing the plans have not gone through the proper legal channels. Some non-profit groups have also filed their intent t…

O'Leary releases plan to scale back Stratos, Gov. Cox declares June "Fidelity Month"

Kevin O'Leary has released his promised letter responding to a demand from Senate President J. Stuart Adams to shrink the Stratos data center project and put up certain environmental guardrails and transparency requirements. Panelists Taylor Morgan and Leah Murray join Lindsay to unpack what this m…

Debate week in Utah, Trump fights low approval ratings

Primary season is heating up in Utah as candidate for Utah's congressional race on both sides of the aisle prepare to take the debate stage. Panelists Leah Murray and Taylor Morgan join Lindsay to set both the expectations and the stakes. We are just days away from ballots going to Utahns across th…

Season 4, Episode 5 | The Fourth-of-July Question America Needs to Ask

Are Americans Declaration People or Constitution People? The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are two of America’s most important founding documents, but this episode asks a deeper civic question: which one actually defines who Americans are? In this Fourth of July episode, Savannah…