OTHER UTAH HEADLINES   

Deseret News

Editorial: Exploding growth in Utah Valley requires a mental shift in the role of housing

Utah House speaker, police investigate confrontation between 2 state lawmakers

Utah proposition to battle gerrymandering passes as final votes tallied

It's Congressman-elect Ben McAdams after election results certified, but Love hasn't conceded

Utah House Democrats re-elect Rep. Brian King as minority leader

Salt Lake Tribune

Editorial: Hatch's effort for cancer patients will go on

Unified Fire Authority won't sue to recover money misused by its former chief and other leaders

It's over. Democrat Ben McAdams ousts Republican Rep Mia Love by 694 votes

House Democrats re-elect Brian King as minority leader despite Republican's allegation

Newly released video footage shows altercation between Utah Senate Republican and House Democrat

Other

Mining company will alter expansion plan to leave historic West Mountain petroglyphs in place (Daily Herald)

Utah County finalizes election results, solidifying wins for McAdams, Provo Bond and Prop 5 (Daily Herald)

  NATIONAL HEADLINES  

• Bombshell! In April, President Trump wanted to order the Justice Department to prosecute Hillary Clinton and former FBI director James Comey. Trump backed off after then-White House counsel Don McGahn told him such an abuse of power could lead to his impeachment - https://nyti.ms/2FJ6mCe
  
  
• In a shocking move, President Trump sided with the Saudi government in the apparent murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Trump said it may never be known whether Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered Khashoggi's execution, even though the CIA concluded that was the case - https://nyti.ms/2FAvlr1 
  
  
• Congress has until Dec. 7 to avoid a partial government shutdown. President Donald Trump is pressuring Republicans to obtain at least $5 billion for his border wall while Democrats want protections for special counsel Robert Mueller -  https://politi.co/2Fzb8SH
  
  
• Economic warning signs flashing! The stock market dropped more than 500 points on Tuesday, wiping out gains for the year - https://nyti.ms/2FuzLzI
  
  
• Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker was paid more than $1.2 million by a shady conservative non-profit group that does not disclose its donors - https://wapo.st/2FAVR3y 
  
  
• House Democrats plan to investigate White House adviser Ivanka Trump's use of a personal email for government business - http://bit.ly/2Fzq03o
  
  
• President Trump said reports about his daughter's use of a personal email to conduct White House business were "fake news" and dismissed any similarities to Hillary Clinton's use of a private email while Secretary of State - http://bit.ly/2FxiRR2
  
  
• "Fox and Friends" spent months bashing Hillary Clinton for using a personal email for government business. The news program discussed Ivanka Trump's use of a personal email account in the White House for just 25-seconds - https://wapo.st/2FISrf4
  
  
• Rep. Martha Fudge, who was considering challenging Nancy Pelosi for speaker next year, dropped her bid after cutting a deal on Tuesday - https://nyti.ms/2FyyKql
  
  
• President Trump lashed out at a federal judge who blocked his administration's hard-line policy on migrants who claim asylum when apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border - https://wapo.st/2FwH1ej 
  
  
• President Trump's lawyers submitted his written answers to questions from special counsel Robert Mueller - https://nyti.ms/2FAC8kK 
  
  
• A federal judge blasted Mississippi lawmakers for passing a state law banning most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, saying the measure was "gaslighting" intended to mislead the public into believing they cared about women's health - https://thebea.st/2FAtu5G
  
  
• The infighting in the West Wing has turned "vicious" as staffers jockey for position ahead of the likely departure of chief of staff John Kelly - http://bit.ly/2FLRfIf 
  
  
• Prosecutors in Los Angeles have filed felony charges against nine people who they allege were involved in a voter fraud scheme to offer homeless people cash and cigarettes in exchange for false or forged signatures on voter registration forms and ballot petitions - http://bit.ly/2FACV5c

  ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY  

• 1789 - North Carolina is admitted as the 12th state.
  
  
• 1877 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
  
  
• 1905 - Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass-energy equivalence formula, E = mc, is published.
  
  
• 1922 - Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia becomes the first female U.S. Senator. Her appointment was temporary as she served just 24 hours.
  
  
• 1938 - Nazi forces occupied western Czechoslovakia and declared its people German citizens.
  
  
• 1974 - Congress passed the Freedom of Information Act over President Gerald Ford's veto.
  
  
• 1985 - U.S. Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information about Arab nations.
  
  
• 1986 - National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary, Fawn Hall, start to shred documents allegedly implicating them in the Iran-Contra affair.

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