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FILE – In this March 7, 2013, file photo Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington after a GOP policy meeting. McCain was one of a small group of Republican senators who dined with President Barack Obama the previous night to address political gridlock. McCain is one of a bipartisan group of eight senators, nicknamed the "Gang of Eight", who meet in private several times a week to to come to terms with the overhaul of the nation's byzantine immigration laws. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

8 senators meet in secret on immigration reform

Last updated Monday, March 11, 2013 - 10:52am

WASHINGTON -- The eight senators meet in private several times a week, alternating between Sen. John McCain's and Sen. Charles Schumer's offices. They sit in arm chairs arranged in a circle and sip water or soft drinks as they debate temporary workers and border security. In a capital riven by partisanship and gridlock, they are determined to be the exception and actually get something done.

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FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2013, file photo, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush talks with the media following his address on education to the Texas Business Leadership Council in Austin, Texas. Bush writes in a new book that the nation needs to completely overhaul its immigration policies but cautions against providing a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants, a position that puts him at odds with some Senate reformers within his own party. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Jeb Bush making play for GOP 'leader' status

David Nakamura, Peter Wallsten The Washington Post

Last updated Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - 10:22am

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush, who has remained on the sidelines since his older brother left the White House with dismal ratings four years ago, has jumped back into the political fray this week with a new book, wall-to-wall television interviews and a round of public speaking engagements.

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FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2012, file photo, Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves to supporters at an election night rally in Boston, where he conceded the race to President Barack Obama. Romney has emerged from nearly four months in seclusion for an interview with Fox News. He’s also scheduled to deliver his first postelection speech this month at Washington’s Conservative Political Action Conference. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

Will Romney's return to national spotlight be shortlived?

Ken Thomas, Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 5, 2013 - 11:10am

BOSTON -- Mitt Romney is back, if only briefly.

The former Republican presidential candidate is re-emerging after nearly four months in seclusion at his Southern California home.

Former aides describe his burst of activity this month - a national broadcast interview, a speech at a gathering of conservatives - as a thank-you tour of sorts designed to close out a lengthy political career.

His party isn't exactly clamoring for his return.

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Jeb Bush: Romney's stance on immigration doomed him

Ken Thomas The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 4, 2013 - 12:50pm

WASHINGTON -- Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush writes in a new book that Mitt Romney moved so far to the right on immigration that it proved "all but impossible" for the Republican presidential nominee to appeal to Hispanic voters in the 2012 election.

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FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2012, file photo, former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, center, joined by wife Ann, right, talks with an unidentified spectator at ringside prior to a welterweight fight between Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao title fight in Las Vegas. Romney has emerged from nearly four months in seclusion for an interview with Fox News. He’s also scheduled to deliver his first postelection speech this month at Washington’s Conservative Political Action Conference. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Ann Romney: 'It was the media's fault'

Philip Rucker The Washington Post

Last updated Monday, March 4, 2013 - 11:03am

WASHINGTON — One hundred seventeen days later, Mitt Romney still isn’t over it.

Making his first public comments since losing last November’s presidential election, Romney appeared mystified still that the country didn’t see things his way. He went on the attack against President Barack Obama during a wide-ranging interview on “Fox News Sunday,” as if the Republican hadn’t lost a beat since giving his last stump speech.

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Romney felt in his heart he was going to win election

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, March 3, 2013 - 11:41am

WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney says his heart said he was going to win the presidency, but when early results came in on election night, he knew it was not to be.

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Romney jabs Obama in interview

Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 1, 2013 - 3:25pm

BOSTON -- In his first public comments since his Election Day defeat, Mitt Romney is criticizing President Barack Obama for "berating Republicans" instead of leading.

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People on Glovers Lane in Farmington on Saturday hold signs at a rally protesting the West Davis Corridor. They worry the highway will hurt wildlife at Farmington Bay. (KERA WILLIAMS/Special to the Standard-Examiner)

Protesters worry corridor will hurt Farmington Bay, wildlife

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, February 24, 2013 - 9:03am

FARMINGTON — Christina Roskelley loves to see the eagles nest in trees in her backyard near Farmington Bay but is afraid plans for the West Davis Corridor will change all that.

Roskelley joined with neighbors, farmers, birdwatchers, hunters and doctors on Saturday to rally against a proposed highway that would link Centerville to Weber County.

Organizers held a milelong protest along Glovers Lane near the turn for the bay.

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LDS stake president gives speech in church attacking Obama election

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, February 24, 2013 - 6:32pm

SANDY -- The president of a Mormon church stake is being accused of crossing the line by giving a speech from the pulpit that decried last year's re-election of President Barack Obama.

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Utah Lt. Gov. Greg Bell (Associated Press file photo)

Bell defends his intervention in DCFS investigation

Paul Foy The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, February 23, 2013 - 10:18am

SALT LAKE CITY — A prominent cabinet member accuses Utah Lt. Gov. Greg Bell of interfering in a child abuse investigation and undermining the agency that was handling the case.

Documents released by the Utah Department of Human Services show executive director Palmer DePaulis offered his retirement to Gov. Gary Herbert in protest.

“I am now being undermined by the Lt. Governor and I believe that he will retaliate against me,” DePaulis wrote Herbert on Dec. 17, according to documents released late Thursday.

DePaulis accused Bell of having a “personal interest” in the child welfare case.

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Lt. Gov. Bell under investigation by Davis County Attorney, FBI

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 22, 2013 - 8:34pm

LAYTON — Davis County Attorney Troy Rawlings is investigating Lt. Gov. Greg Bell over allegations he abused government powers and funds in an audit aimed at thwarting the outcome of a child-abuse case.

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Romney plans first speech since election loss

Ken Thomas The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 20, 2013 - 4:44pm

WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will make his first public speech since the 2012 election at a noteworthy gathering of conservatives next month.

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Women vastly outnumberd in Utah Legislature

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, February 16, 2013 - 8:36am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Men vastly outnumber women in Utah's House and Senate.

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In this Feb. 7, 2013 photo, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, makes remarks during a town hall meeting in Heber City, Utah. Chaffetz flew home from Washington last week to attend the town hall meeting. Many voters here and in similar communities elsewhere still want to do whatever it takes to stop President Obama, and the politicians they elect are listening. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Chaffetz: Opposing Obama is what his constituents want

Nicholas Riccardi The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, February 18, 2013 - 12:19am

HEBER CITY — U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz flew home from Washington last week, leaving behind a capital baffled by Republicans like him in Congress: those who stubbornly refuse to compromise with President Barack Obama, a tactic that some see as damaging the GOP brand and pushing the nation repeatedly to the brink of fiscal chaos.

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