Matt Canham

Former state Rep. Becky Edwards announced her 2022 Senate campaign. She is challenging Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah.

Sen. Mitt Romney believes China and Russia are gaining diplomatic advantages by sharing vaccines with poorer countries while the U.S. continues to develop its vaccine outreach program.

Sen. Mitt Romney supports an independent bipartisan investigation into the mobs that broke into the Capitol on Jan. 6. The House, with support from Utah Reps. John Curtis and Blake Moore, passed the bill. It now goes to the Senate.

Sens. Mitt Romney and Kyrsten Sinema will pitch their bipartisan minimum wage plan to the “Gang of 20,” a group of centrists seeking to break the gridlock in Washington on key issues that range from immigration to infrastructure spending.

Democrats and Republicans are fighting over a voting bill. Here’s a comparison of Utah’s existing law and the Democrats’ proposals.

The Army Futures Command hosted EDGE21, a joint forces training exercise, at Utah’s Dugway Proving Ground. The event from May 3 to May 14 culminated in a demonstration observed by the secretary of the Army and the Army chief of staff, among others.

The House Republicans have stripped Liz Cheney of her leadership role within the party, a move that some of Utah’s members of Congress, such as Blake Moore, oppose.

Each House member can seek 10 earmarks, though not all of them will get funded. Here’s a look at the requests submitted by Utah’s representatives, even as some Republicans, like Utah Sens. Mike Lee and Mitt Romney, oppose what they consider to be wasteful spending.

Jill Biden spent a little more than three hours in Salt Lake City on Wednesday. Here is what the first lady did during that time, which included spending time with students, teachers, health care workers, immigrants and first responders.

Mitt Romney supports Rep. Liz Cheney, who may lose her Republican leadership post for defending the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election and criticizing the stance taken by former President Donald Trump.

Sen. Mitt Romney sent a letter to the secretary of state urging that a new passport agency be set up in Utah, which would allow people to get a same day passport instead of having to wait weeks to get one in the mail.

The Congressional Future Caucus named Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, as its Republican co-chairman. The group seeks to amplify the voices of millennials in Washington and reduce partisanship. Moore hopes to focus on job training and the national debt.

Utah received about $7.3 million for projects on public lands and the state’s members of Congress say it deserved much more. They sent a letter to the Interior Department demanding to know what happened.

A voter wanted to know what Sen. Mike Lee and Rep. Chris Stewart thought of President Joe Biden’s performance. They said he has pushed more progressive policies than they expected.

Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, said he thought it was the right thing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but he says no one should be forced to or shamed into getting the shot.

Sen. Mitt Romney says Republicans are eager to pass an infrastructure bill. They just don’t want to pay for it with a tax increase.

Utah Sens. Mike Lee and Mitt Romney say earmarks are wasteful and they won’t seek to direct any money to pet projects in Utah if Congress brings them back.

President Joe Biden promised to expand the refugee resettlement program from 15,000 to 62,500, news that was cheered in Utah. But on Friday, his administration backtracked and will stay at the historically low number set by former President Donald Trump.

President Joe Biden hasn’t signed a document that would allow for the expansion of the U.S. refugee program, though he has promised to do so. That has meant some refugees headed to Utah have seen their plans get canceled.

For the first time, a U.S. House committee is poised to vote on a bill to study reparations for slavery. Republicans, including Utah’s Burgess Owens, oppose the move.