The 1997 film “Wag the Dog” depicts a fabricated war designed to cover up a presidential sex scandal. Who knew that we would be living its reality today as we watch the start of a war against Iran that has already spread through the entire region? The extent of Trump’s involvement ...
In 2024, for the first time in almost a century, the United States spent more financing its national debt than it did, as a percentage of GDP, on national defense. In 2024, interest on our national debt expenditures came in at 3.1% of GDP and defense spending at 2.9%. This has been the case ...
Utah is poised to create new zones to eventually make its goal of capturing 20% to 25% of the country’s critical minerals demand a reality. The state also has its heart set on even extracting minerals from coal or copper mining tailings, and to build a lab where government, industry players ...
A multiagency DUI checkpoint will be conducted Friday night at the mouth of Provo Canyon as part of a statewide effort to enforce driving laws this month. Between 8:30 p.m. Friday and 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning, east and westbound lanes of Provo Canyon Road at Canyon View Park will be stopped ...
Six months after the assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, the incident remained at the forefront of the minds of Utah County commissioners at the annual State of the County address. Commissioner Brandon Gordon said he was at the Spanish Fork Fairgrounds when he heard the ...
When BYU football coach Kalani Sitake considered accepting another job offer last December, he remembered walking into his office and seeing Patty Edwards waiting for him. Edwards, the wife of former BYU football coach LaVell Edwards, had a chair pulled up close to where she was sitting and ...
