Offstream
news

In ice hockey, the National Hockey League board approves the relocation of the hockey assets of the Arizona Coyotes to Salt Lake City, Utah. The currently unnamed expansion team will play their home games at the Delta Center, while the Coyotes franchise will be deactivated pending the construction of a new arena in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
2024-04-18

The United States Senate votes on whether to acquit U.S. President Donald Trump. By a vote of 52–48 almost entirely along party lines, the Republican-majority Senate acquits Trump on the first article of impeachment, abuse of power, and acquits him on the second charge, obstruction of Congress, in a separate 53–47 vote. Utah Senator Mitt Romney casts the sole Republican guilty vote, against party lines, on the first article.
2020-02-5

Utah representative Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, announces that he will not run for re-election next year.
2017-04-19

U.S. President Barack Obama declares the Bears Ears in Utah and Gold Butte area of Nevada as National Monuments. Both are known for the presence of Native American populations and archaeological sites.
2016-12-29

A defendant is shot to death by a U.S. marshal at a U.S. federal court in Salt Lake City, Utah after attempting to attack a witness.
2014-04-21

President of the United States Barack Obama officially wins the state of Florida and its 29 electoral votes in the presidential election, putting the final count to 332 electoral votes for Obama—more than the 270 needed to ensure election—to Mitt Romney's 206 electoral votes.
2012-11-10

Voters in the US territory of Puerto Rico go to the polls for the Republican primary with Mitt Romney winning all of the delegates.
2012-03-18

Jon Huntsman will drop out of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries and will endorse rival candidate Mitt Romney, according to media reports.
2012-01-15

Early reports show that Mitt Romney wins the New Hampshire Republican primary with Ron Paul in second and Jon Huntsman in third.
2012-01-10

Leading Republican Party presidential candidates, including Mitt Romney and Rick Perry, criticize rival candidate Ron Paul for his view that the United States should not act against Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program.
2011-12-28