All but one member of Utah’s congressional delegation voted against the last-minute tax package approved New Year’s Day, complaining the deal on the so-called “fiscal cliff”... Read more »

On Dec. 31, 2012, the "fiscal cliff" fix called the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 was passed by the U.S. Senate. It was passed a day later by the U.S. House of Representatives. Although... Read more »

Jeff Flake joins and Mike Crapo, Orrin Hatch, Mike Lee will rejoin the ranks of the Senate for the coming four years as representatives of three different states. All attended BYU and had... Read more »

The payroll-tax holiday wasn’t extended and will expire on Monday. Read more »

Utah is one of four GOP-led states given the go-ahead Thursday by the federal government to run its own health insurance exchange under the Affordable Care Act. But the head of a state health... Read more »

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By finalizing its purchase of Current TV, the Qatar-based news organization Al Jazeera effectively gained coveted access into millions of American homes. Read more »

Congress and the White House may have averted the so-called “fiscal cliff,” but a familiar financial challenge is coming up that could mean higher taxes and reduced government programs. Read more »

Tucked into the "fiscal cliff" tax package approved by Congress are billions of dollars in tax breaks that should make the new year a lot happier for businesses of many stripes, including film... Read more »

Gerard Depardieu, the French actor who has waged a battle against a proposed super-tax on millionaires in his native country, has been granted Russian citizenship. Read more »

SALT LAKE CITY — With a resolution to the so-called "fiscal cliff" still up in the air Sunday, Sen. Mike Lee said he was surprised that President Barack Obama chose to be critical of the... Read more »

Hatch broke ranks with the rest of Utah's congressional delegation in voting for the New Year's Day deal that averted the "fiscal cliff." Although he said there are things in the bill he didn't... Read more »

Our take: In a recent interview with the Daily Telegraph, former Utah governor Jon Huntsman said that the "Republican Party is leaderless and "devoid of a soul" but can rebuild in the wake of its... Read more »

Former presidential candidate and Utah governor Jon Huntsman Jr.'s best shot at the White House may not come until 2020, a political scholar at a conservative Washington, D.C., think tank said. Read more »

While the tax package that Congress passed New Year's Day will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increase, most of them will still end up paying more federal taxes in 2013. Read more »

President Barack Obama signed a $633 billion defense bill for next year despite serious concerns about the limits Congress imposed on his handling of terror suspects and lawmakers' unwillingness to... Read more »

The House and Senate ushered in a new Congress Thursday, re-electing embattled Republican John Boehner as speaker and hailing one of their own who returned a year after being felled by a stroke. Read more »

The battle over the fiscal cliff ended New Year's Day as lawmakers approved legislation that will have far-ranging impacts on citizens immediately, as well as months and years into the future. Read more »

Orrin Hatch didn't plan to run for student body president, let alone become elected during his time at BYU. However, due to a unique series of events, he was nominated and eventually elected; the... Read more »

package passed by Congress will prevent one set of tax increases from hitting the vast majority of Americans, but it won't stop them all. A temporary Social Security payroll tax reduction is... Read more »

The House is headed for a vote on aid for Superstorm Sandy victims after House Speaker John Boehner mollified Republicans from New York and New Jersey upset with his decision to cancel action on... Read more »

Maneuvered into a political corner, House Republicans sorted glumly through unsavory fiscal cliff choices in a New Year's Day struggle that wore into the night, casting doubt on emergency... Read more »