Donald Trump News

• New York jury reaches verdict: Donald Trump convicted on all criminal counts (Deseret News)
  
• Trump supporters call for riots and violent retribution after verdict (Reuters)
  
• Does Trump’s conviction help or hurt him politically? (Deseret News)
• ‘We don’t have the same country anymore’ — what comes after the verdict? (Deseret News)
• Sen. Lee, Reps. Owens, Maloy and Gov. Cox weigh in on Trump verdict (Deseret News), ABC4, Fox13,
• ,Utah Republicans rally behind Trump, slam guilty verdict as politically motivated (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs still on former president Trump's side (KUTV)
• Donald Trump is convicted of a felony. Here’s how that affects the 2024 presidential race (AP)
• Can Donald Trump still run for president? Can he go to prison? The hush-money verdict explained (Wall Street Journal)
• Guilt complex: Trump’s felony convictions are a big political problem (Politico)
• Trump attorney argues against jail sentence, citing former president’s age (The Hill)

Utah Headlines

Political news

• Utah’s House delegation says Supreme Court decision will force Congress to do its job (Deseret News)
• Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson bidding farewell to a friend (Deseret News)

Business/Tech

• Project Alta lifts off with goal of putting passenger drones in the sky by 2034 (Deseret News)

Crime/Courts

• Chad Daybell guilty of triple murder (KSL)

Education

• PTSD is rising among college students, recent studies find — here’s how to manage it (Deseret News)
• Utah State University to open Utah’s first veterinary college (KSL Newsradio)

Family

• When an adoptee reunites with birth siblings abroad: 'There's no instruction manual' (NPR)

Health

• Florida first state to let doctors do C-sections outside of hospitals (Deseret News)

National Headlines

General

• 'Wall Street Journal' layoffs continue, despite lucrative AI deal and record profits (NPR)

Political news

• Even as the judicial system finds Trump guilty, his attacks take a toll (Washington Post)
• Trump adviser on Hogan’s verdict remarks: You just ended your campaign (The Hill)

Election news

• Tulsi Gabbard says she ‘would be honored’ to be Trump’s running mate (The Hill)

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News Releases

Gubernatorial candidate Brian King releases statement on Former President Trump’s guilty verdict

On Thursday afternoon, former President Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records by a jury of his peers. Following the verdict, Brian King, Democratic candidate for Utah Governor, released the following statement:

“I have dedicated my entire career as an attorney to advocating for the rule of law. Today’s conviction by a New York jury reaffirms the importance of our judicial system. Beyond the verdict itself, the process demonstrates the validity of our system of justice. (Read More)

Utah exported $17.4 billion in goods in 2023, contributing over $8.0 billion to the state’s GDP

Utah’s international goods exports in 2023 totaled $17.4 billion, generating over $4.0 billion in earnings and 71,891 jobs, according to a report released this week by the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute. These exports contributed over $8.0 billion to the state’s gross domestic product (GDP) and $16.7 billion to the state’s gross output. The impact of these exports represented 2.6% of total earnings in the state, 3.0% of total employment, 2.9% of total GDP, and 3.6% of gross output. (Read More)

47G launches groundbreaking air transportation system for Utah

47G, in partnership with the Governor’s Office, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), the Utah Inland Port Authority and industry stakeholders launched a game-changing initiative today called “Project Alta.” The Air Logistics Transportation Alliance (ALTA) is a collaborative partnership with a mission to establish an advanced air mobility (AAM) system for Utah. AAM is a new form of transportation that uses electric aircraft to safely and seamlessly move people and packages to destinations throughout Utah. (Read More)

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On This Day In History 

• 1531 - The women of Amsterdam revolt, with hundreds storming a construction site building a wool office on the site of a churchyard. 
• 1859 - Big Ben rings out over London for the first time.
• 1889 - The South Fork Dam in Pennsylvania collapses, causing the Johnstown Flood and killing more than 2,200 people.
• 1907 - The first taxis begin running in New York City.
• 1921 - The Tulsa Race Massacre begins. Thousands of white citizens in Tulsa, Oklahoma descended on the city’s predominantly black Greenwood District, burning homes and businesses to the ground and killing hundreds of people.
• 1924 - Patricia Harris is born. A lawyer and ambassador, she was the first African-American woman to hold a Cabinet position (Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare) (1979-83), serve as an Ambassador (Luxembourg, 1965), and head a law school (Howard University, 1969)
• 1955 - US Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed"
• 1962 - “Architect of the Holocaust,” Adolf Eichmann, executed for his crimes against humanity.
• 2005 - Deep Throat revealed: Mark Felt of the FBI

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