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Admission to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy doesn't require a Congressional nomination like other divisions of military schools in the country.

Bountiful a Too many Utah children fall victim to identity theft at the hands of undocumented immigrants and the contentious immigration reform bill in Congress does nothing to curb the crime.

The Senate immigration bill's authors acknowledged Tuesday that their legislation does not require illegal immigrants to pay all back taxes, saying it would be too difficult to make them ante up everything they might owe.

Those following the safety of our children are likely to have heard about the ongoing opposition to Common Core and CSCOPE .

Why Sarah Palin? Because when I write a blog here on Jeb Bush or President Obama, it will bring in maybe 10 comments.

At the end of a truly dismal week in his presidency, President Obama remains lucky in one crucial category: his opposition.

At the end of a truly dismal week in his presidency, President Barack Obama remains lucky in one crucial category: his opposition.

Several thousand Republicans convened in Sandy where James Evans was selected as the new leader of the Utah Republican Party at the annual organizing convention.

The IRS targeting Tea Party groups and other conservative-leaning political organizations has reignited calls for reform and the argument among Capitol Hill Republicans that the federal government has become too big and out of control.

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, center, accompanied by, from left, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, Rep.

Roger Dow, president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association, released the following statement commending members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee for approving an important travel-related amendment to S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, and specifically Senators Amy Klobuchar , Mike Lee and ... (more)

This week, an ideologically diverse coalition of 44 organizations led by the Competitive Enterprise Institute , National Small Business Association, American Civil Liberties Union, and Service Employees International Union called on the U.S. Senate to vote in favor of a bipartisan amendment proposed by Sens.

On Thursday, McConnell found himself flanked by tea-party-backed Bachmann, left, and King at a news conference outside the Capitol.

Deputy Solicitor General Sri Srinivasan, who President Obama has nominated to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.

While much of the mass media has focused on Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Jeb Bush, and other prominent names, an interesting contribution has come from a figure largely unknown to national audiences: Utah Senator Mike Lee.

Facing a trio of possible scandals that threaten to overwhelm his second term agenda, President Barack Obama on Thursday rejected calls for a special counsel to investigate Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups and declared he would fix any problems in government.

President Barack Obama removed the Internal Revenue Service's acting commissioner Wednesday in reaction to a growing scandal over the targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.

Following the IRS scandal targeting Tea Party and conservative organizations for special "scrutiny," Republican Congressman Michael Turner introduced legislation to increase penalties against government employees who violate laws governing issuance of tax-exempt status.

A Philadelphia prosecutor called it a "house of horrors." But it was no amusement day at Hershey Park for the unsuspecting women who entered the Women's Medical Society in West Philly for more than 15 years.

HOLDER TESTIMONY DRIVES THE DAY: WHAT TECH NEEDS TO WATCH - Rep. Bob Goodlatte's committee has been harping on wasteful spending at the Justice Department already this year, but he and his fellow lawmakers have a whole new can of worms to deal with today.