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Washington>> The House Energy and Commerce Committee has postponed its planned meeting Thursday to vote on legislation that would ban the importation of foreign low-level radioactive waste, including a potential shipment of 1,600 tons of it to Utah.

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The Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood massacre is believed to have acted alone, despite repeated communications - monitored by authorities - with a radical imam overseas, U.S. officials said Monday.

With Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff's exit from the U.S. Senate contest, two other Republicans are looking seriously at a race against Sen.

The U.S. Postal Service must look for new ways to generate revenue beyond simply reducing its workforce, said lawmakers and witnesses during a House hearing on Thursday.

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Utah's three House members all voted against the Democratic health-care reform bill Saturday, contending it is too expensive and does not reform the nation's health-care system enough.

Shurtleff, as a statewide office-holder already, had been considered an attractive prospect for conservatives eager to be represented by someone less likely to compromise with the Democrats who run Congress.

The 2009 election ended Tuesday, and the first 2010 election TV ad by a local candidate aired Thursday when Sen.

In a letter to the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia, D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton blamed Republicans for contributing to the city's high rate of HIV/AIDS. Responding to Republican efforts to probe the ...

Rep. Jason Chaffetz was pulled out of a normal security line and told to enter what he calls a "strip search" machine at Salt Lake International Airport, according to Transportation Security Administration reports obtained by the Deseret News through a Freedom of Information Act request.

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Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is dropping out of the U.S. Senate race for the seat of Sen.

While Congress is a sort of club for the wealthy, Sens. Bob Bennett and Orrin Hatch, both R-Utah, are much wealthier than most, according to a new study by the Center for Responsive Politics.

After approving legislation to recognize same-sex marriages made outside the District earlier this year, the D.C. City Council is now tackling the issue of approving same-sex marriages made within the city.

Spc. Kimble Han was remembered Saturday as a patriot who loved his family, liked to win and gave his life for his country.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah. Chaffetz wants Senate candidate Cherilyn Eagar to stop using his name in her campaign.

Western Republicans fear Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is trying to skirt congressional authority by issuing an administrative order on climate change that the GOP members say could hurt businesses and cost taxpayers millions.

Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, says he has serious questions about lack of response to his request for documents from Interior Department.

A new report says constituents like using online town-hall forums and think more highly of their congressional members because of the interaction, but critics warn against using the method to skirt in-person meetings.