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Shou Zi Chew, CEO of TikTok, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC.

The clock’s ticking on TikTok

Ashley Murray, Utah News Dispatch March 14, 2024

WASHINGTON — Citing major national security concerns, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that effectively bans TikTok unless the company splits from its Chinese owner ByteDance...

A reporter from the Standard Examiner asking the candidates a question for his story.

District One congressional debate held at Weber State

Brisa Odenthal, Reporter October 13, 2022

Republican Rep. Blake Moore and Democratic candidate Rick Jones came to Weber State University on Oct. 10 to debate. This was part of their campaigns for the District 1 House of Representatives seat for...

Official portrait of Vice President Joe Biden in his West Wing Office at the White House, Jan. 10, 2013. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)

Biden tromps Sanders in key primary states

Daryn Steed March 11, 2020

On March 10, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders faced off in the first head-to-head battle for the Democratic nomination.Biden emerged victorious, winning Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri and Idaho. Sanders won...

Local activism led to the repeal of last years controversial tax bill, which would have increased state tax on food. (Photo by Alexander Mils on Unsplash)

Controversial Utah tax bill repealed

Caitlyn Nichols January 30, 2020

The Utah Legislature voted to repeal a controversial tax bill on the second day of the Utah Legislative Session after a petition against the bill received 152,000 signatures. The tax change bill, which...

Haitian Prime Minister Jean Henry Ceant, center, during his oath of office, at the National Palace, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Sept. 17 2018. Haitis Lower Chamber of Deputies fired Prime Minister Ceant and his government Monday. (Jean Marc Herve Abelard/EFE/Zuma Press/TNS)

Do you know your news? March 21

Nic Muranaka March 21, 2019

1. Cyclone Idai hit what country on March 15, leaving an official death count of 84 and displacing upwards of 400,000 people? a. Kenya b. Mozambique c. Somalia 2. Which country just fired its governmental...

U.S. Rep. Mia Love (R-Utah), speaks to participants gathered for the 44th Annual March For Life on Jan. 27, 2017, at the base of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. (Cheriss May/NurPhoto/Zuma Press/TNS)

Love waits for no man, but votes do

Nic Muranaka November 15, 2018

Since Nov. 6, U.S. Rep. Mia Love has trailed Democratic challenger Ben McAdams narrowly, often by less than one percent, in an extremely close race. On Nov. 14, Love sued to halt the vote counting, trailing...

Democrat Jenny Wilson making her first visit to Weber State (Harrison Epstein/The Signpost)

Democrat Jenny Wilson makes campaign stop at WSU

Harrison Epstein October 4, 2018

“Utah’s changing, and that’s what my candidacy represents,” U.S. Senate candidate Jenny Wilson said on Oct. 3 in a sit-down interview with The Signpost.Wilson is the Democratic...

Congressional candidate Kurt Weiland announces his bid at Weber State University. Photo credit: Kylie Harris

Weiland announces congressional campaign at WSU

Kylie Harris February 23, 2018

Democratic candidate Kurt Weiland announced his campaign for Utah's 1st Congressional District at Weber State University on Feb. 21, seeking to win the seat of Republican Rob Bishop.Weiland chose WSU to...

Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, attend a news conference at the White House on March 17, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Michael Kappeler/DPA/ZUma Press/TNS)

Do you know your news: July 25

Ashton Corsetti July 25, 2017

1. Which member of the Trump administration resigned last week?a) Attorney General Jeff Sessionsb) Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conwayc) Press Secretary Sean Spicer2. Which member of the Trump...

Researchers have found an emotional response in the brain that is triggered when peoples political beliefs are challenged. (Graphic by Maddy Van Orman / The Signpost)

Science Weekly: Political beliefs bound in brain physiology

Kellie Plumhof January 24, 2017

After a polarizing election year, and a less-than-peaceful transition of power, it is becoming increasingly apparent that political beliefs are tied to emotions.Neuroscientists from the Brain and Creativity...

Mindy Finn and presidential hopeful Evan McMullin take photographs with audience members following a campaign speech at Weber State Universitys Shepherd Union Ballroom on Oct. 27. (Emily Crooks / The Signpost)

McMullin campaign promises “a new era” in politics

Ashton Corsetti October 30, 2016

  Independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin said Oct. 28 that “The Republican party, along with the Democratic party, has become bound to the past … in ways that are detrimental...

Alice Cooper for President (Source: Ross Halfin / Wikimedia Commons)

Alice Cooper 4 Prez: A troubled man for troubled times.

Chris Nichols October 4, 2016

Clinton or Trump? Republican or Democrat? Our bipartisan system is heavily publicized during this election, but a fresh political party is emerging: Rock ’n' Roll. A new candidate has hit the ground...

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