Utah economy booms, but drought and housing crisis are also fed |Opinion
Downtown Salt Lake City and the Capitol is pictured on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. Utah’s continued economic expansion is spelling out a dangerous future in the desert state. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News I really appreciated a recent letter by Steven Jones, “Utah needs to stop prioritizing economic growth...
High-flying Stefanik scorched by allies’ whisper campaign against a rival
Allies of Donald Trump Jr. issued a stark warning to Elise Stefanik recently: Keep friends’ kids out of your political rivalries. Those Trump Jr. allies were recently told that Stefanik’s camp was behind an effort to plant negative stories about Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), a potential Stefanik competitor in...
DOJ has new tools to fight hate crime. But it’s an uphill battle.
The Buffalo shooting highlighted the difficulty of preventing hate crimes in a nation still rife with ethnic tension exacerbated, many anti-hate crime groups say, by former president Donald Trump’s racist rhetoric. Joe Davidson Link...
Ukraine war refugees take their dogs, cats and other pets to Poland
Helen Shumska, from Kharkiv, Poland, holds Rigik as they cross the Polish-Ukrainian border into Medyka, Poland, on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News Editor’s note: Deseret News journalist Kyle Dunphey and photojournalist Kristin Murphy traveled to the border of Ukraine in Poland and surrounding countries to view the...
What is American public opinion on Israel-Palestine conflict? Pew answers
Jewish ultranationalists wave Israeli flags during the “Flags March” next to Damascus gate, outside Jerusalem’s Old City, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Maya Alleruzzo, Associated Press While the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians seems intractable, Americans’ views on both parties is not, according to new data from Pew Research Center....
‘It’s straight out of a playbook’: At NRA convention, conspiracy theories abound
HOUSTON — The protesters who raised their middle fingers and shouted “shame” outside the National Rifle Association’s big gathering here on Friday had assumed — like much of official Washington — that the timing of a school shooting three days earlier might somehow be problematic for the NRA. For...
Trump, Cruz join NRA leaders in defiant response to Uvalde shooting
Former president Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, among other speakers, broadly rejected proposals for new restrictions and called instead of more school security or mental health screenings, while issuing dark warnings of Democratic plots to take weapons. Isaac Arnsdorf Link...
Baby formula shortage: When will it end and what is New York investigating
Illustration by Michelle Budge, Deseret News A new poll shows the vast majority of American adults are worried about the baby formula shortage — and Food and Drug Administration officials say the crisis is unlikely to be resolved before July. “My expectation is that within two months we should...
Trump champions gun rights in NRA speech days after Uvalde school shooting
Former President Donald Trump on Friday addressed the National Rifle Association’s annual conference in Houston, slamming Democrats for their positions on gun control and pointing to mental health as the root cause of mass shootings just three days after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at a...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s school shooting response under scrutiny
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