Hosts: Leah Murray and Rusty Cannon Fallout on “SignalGate” continues to grow It's now being called “SignalGate” -- messages about military plans being inadvertently shared with a journalist through an app called Signal. The story broke yesterday from The Atlantic's editor-in-chief, and it's been the biggest political story of the last 24 hours. Ma…

Hosts: Leah Murray and Rusty Cannon Have you ever had a bad photo taken of yourself? How about a bad portrait? Some people – including the President himself – have taken to social media to complain about a portrait of President Trump hanging in the Colorado State Capitol. Leah Murray and Rusty Cannon have a fun conversation on artistic standards.…

Hosts: Leah Murray and Rusty Cannon In the past few weeks, there's been a lot of discussion about each of the three branches of government and their roles. Many people have said things like "the courts can't tell a President what to do" or "Why is the President talking about budgets when that's up to Congress to decide." Rusty recently finished a b…

Hosts: Leah Murray and Rusty Cannon Governor Cox has vetoed his first bill of the year -- one that would have changed the process by which some property taxes are collected and distributed to local school districts. The bill, Senate Bill 37, was sponsored by Senator Lincoln Fillmore. It faced opposition from many educational groups and the State Au…

Hosts: Leah Murray and Rusty Cannon Republican Senators are working hard to keep President Trump's agenda alive, focusing on several things like addressing Medicaid and Social Security, tackling the nation's debt, and boosting defense spending. The Inside Sources host talk about a few of those points and what Utah’s Senator John Curtis is saying ab…

Hosts: Leah Murray and Rusty Cannon It's now being called “SignalGate” -- messages about military plans being inadvertently shared with a journalist through an app called Signal. The story broke yesterday from The Atlantic's editor-in-chief, and it's been the biggest political story of the last 24 hours. Many in the national security sector say thi…

Hosts: Taylor Morgan and Adam Gardiner Report: Top-secret military plans accidentally texted to journalist Imagine this: you're minding your own business when you get added to a group text with national security leaders. And in that chat, you receive highly classified information about an upcoming military strike. Oh, and we should mention that you…

Hosts: Taylor Morgan and Adam Gardiner Following a three-year battle with an aggressive form of brain cancer, former United States Representative Mia Love passed away yesterday. She was only 49. A child of immigrant parents, she made quite the name for herself in politics. In fact, she was the first Black Republican woman to serve in the U.S. House…

Hosts: Taylor Morgan and Adam Gardiner Ahead of the annual Easter Egg Roll -- for the first time -- the Trump administration has put out calls for official corporate sponsors. It might seem relatively harmless, but is it? Or is it indicative of the impact of big money in politics? The Inside Sources hosts break down the complex relationship between…

Hosts: Taylor Morgan and Adam Gardiner The dynamics between the conservative state government -- including the Utah Legislature -- and the more liberal Salt Lake City were on broad display during the 2025 Legislative General Session. City leaders say several bills passed by the Legislature directly affect the city by taking away control from its re…

Hosts: Taylor Morgan and Adam Gardiner Protests erupted over the weekend across the country, with thousands of mail workers protesting privatization of the United States Postal Service. The idea to privatize the agency isn't a new one and isn't exclusive to President Trump. But in the year 2025, do we still need the post office or not? The Inside S…

Hosts: Taylor Morgan and Adam Gardiner Although she lost both the electoral college vote and the popular vote last November, and lost the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, it appears Kamala Harris could try another run in 2028. New polling shows that Democrats largely support her and the idea of another Harris campaign. Is this a winning …

Hosts: Taylor Morgan and Adam Gardiner Our allies in Europe are questioning their own defenses following remarks from President Trump that he'll give toned-down weapons to those allies. The President saying our allies now might not be our allies in the future, so we shouldn't give them top-notch weapons. Is this sound reasoning or something akin to…

Hosts: Taylor Morgan and Adam Gardiner The Trump Administration continues its fight to have more control over deportations today. A federal judge denied the administration's request to lift a temporary restraining order on deporting alleged gang members under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 this morning. Now, the administration is in court making the…

Hosts: Taylor Morgan and Adam Gardiner Imagine this: you're minding your own business when you get added to a group text with national security leaders. And in that chat, you receive highly classified information about an upcoming military strike. Oh, and we should mention that you're not a national security leader yourself. It’s exactly what happe…

Hosts: Leah Murray and Adam Gardiner Pres. Trump signs executive order to end the Department of Education The process to fully dismantle the U.S. Department of Education is now underway. Fulfilling a campaign promise, President Trump signed an executive order to start the process yesterday. There are still a lot of questions about what all the Pres…

Hosts: Leah Murray and Adam Gardiner Every so often, the Inside Sources producer allows the hosts to talk about sports – one of Leah Murray’s favorite topics (besides politics). Since it’s March Madness time, the hosts get a chance to finish the week off discussing the latest on collegiate basketball.…

Hosts: Leah Murray and Adam Gardiner The battle over the future of the Republican Party here in Utah is heating up as current Party Chair Rob Axson says he will seek reelection against former gubernatorial candidate Phil Lyman. It got us thinking more about how this fight could shape up and what it could do to the future of the party here. Host Ada…

Hosts: Leah Murray and Adam Gardiner Utah Senator Mike Lee is calling for restrictions on federal judges who rule against President Trump's orders. Senator Lee says, "a single judge shouldn't have the power to overturn presidential policy decisions." This segment, Leah Murray and Adam Gardiner discuss checks and balances, and the overall separation…

Hosts: Leah Murray and Adam Gardiner U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says vandalism and attacks on Tesla vehicles will be considered domestic terrorism, all while Utah Governor Spencer Cox says Tesla vandals should be imprisoned. So where's the line between vandalism and domestic terrorism... which carry very different punishments. And if vandalizi…

Hosts: Leah Murray and Adam Gardiner Anger, frustration, commotion -- you could say it was quite a fiasco at last night's Town Hall hosted by Utah's Congressional Representative Celeste Maloy (UT-2) and Representative Mike Kennedy (UT-3). Much of the anger from constituents centered around Elon Musk and DOGE cuts to federal programs. People also vo…

Hosts: Leah Murray and Adam Gardiner The process to fully dismantle the U.S. Department of Education is now underway. Fulfilling a campaign promise, President Trump signed an executive order to start the process yesterday. There are still a lot of questions about what all the President can actually do to end the Department since it requires an act …

Hosts: Taylor Morgan and Erin Rider Drama between DOJ, President Trump, and federal judge continues The drama continues this afternoon between the Department of Justice and President Trump, and a U.S. District judge requesting information about deportation flights. You'll recall that the president called for that judge's impeachment, but the Chief …

Hosts: Taylor Morgan and Erin Rider Did Lee Harvey Oswald actually shoot and kill President John F. Kennedy? Was the CIA involved? Was it the Soviets? Or was it really aliens? Conspiracies surrounding the former president's death have percolated for more than 60 years. Now, the government is releasing thousands of documents about the assassination …

Hosts: Taylor Morgan and Erin Rider One legislative bill we never dug into on Inside Sources dealt with gold and silver. House Bill 306 -- sponsored by Rep. Ken Ivory -- would allow the state of Utah to pay vendors in actual gold or silver. It instructs the State Treasurer's office to do several things relating to this change, so we wanted to dig i…

Hosts: Taylor Morgan and Erin Rider A pink-colored payphone is popping up around Salt Lake City, allowing people to hear memories of the Great Salt Lake and share their own stories and memories too. The "Great Salt Lake Hopeline" is a public art project designed to bring additional awareness to preservation efforts for the lake. Awareness is great,…

Hosts: Taylor Morgan and Erin Rider Following the explosive meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in February, there was a lot of hesitation and worry about the future of a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. But following today's call between the two -- as well as yesterday's conversation between Trump and R…

Hosts: Taylor Morgan and Erin Rider With all the talk of the federal budget the past few weeks, there's one piece missing... and you may not have even noticed it: Washington D.C. They actually need Congress to approve their budget, and the GOP spending bill that passed last week will require the city to cut $1 Billion of the budget... in the middle…

Hosts: Taylor Morgan and Erin Rider More effects of President Trump's push to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts within the federal government today. Now, contractors who work with the government are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated restaurants, waiting rooms, and drinking fountains. Is this a big deal or a com…

Hosts: Taylor Morgan and Erin Rider Recent Congressional Republican town halls have been quite lively and loud, with protestors and angry constituents voicing frustrations over several things President Trump and Congress are doing. It's prompted urging from Congressional GOP leaders to stop holding town halls for a while. Now, Democrats see this as…

Hosts: Taylor Morgan and Erin Rider The drama continues this afternoon between the Department of Justice and President Trump, and a U.S. District judge requesting information about deportation flights. You'll recall that the president called for that judge's impeachment, but the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court refuses to even go down that path. …

Hosts: Adam Gardiner and Erin Rider SCOTUS Chief Justice responds to Trump’s calls for judicial impeachments The most senior member of the federal judiciary, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, is pushing back on President Trump’s calls for impeaching judges. President Trump said he wanted to see a judge impeached for putting a restraining or…

Hosts: Adam Gardiner and Erin Rider "Give me your tired, your poor. Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." These words, inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty, have rang true in the United States since its founding. Now, some French politicians say the U.S. has chosen to ignore its principles, and they want us to return the State of…

Hosts: Adam Gardiner and Erin Rider The COVID pandemic had just started. Many of us had just moved to remote work, hoping a two-week break would slow the spread of the coronavirus. We were already on edge. Then, we awoke to an earthquake. For some, it truly felt like the world was ending. While there was no loss of life at the time and the damage w…

Hosts: Adam Gardiner and Erin Rider As the Trump Administration has pushed for a removal of DEI -- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion -- programs and efforts, it's led to a hasty removal of thousands of pages and references to DEI on government websites. This has included a removal of historical references such as pages celebrating the Navajo code ta…

Hosts: Adam Gardiner and Erin Rider During an almost three-hour conversation earlier today between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the two leaders discussed what it would take to get Russia to agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine. Hosts Adam Gardiner and Erin Rider discuss some of the takeaways from the call, including a pause in…

Hosts: Adam Gardiner and Erin Rider This afternoon, a federal judge ruled that DOGE's efforts to dismantle the US Agency for International Development -- or USAID -- likely violated the constitution. The judge has also blocked DOGE from any additional cuts to the agency. The Inside Sources hosts discuss this breaking news and how it relates further…

Hosts: Adam Gardiner and Erin Rider Just before dawn this morning, Israel launched a series of "extensive strikes" against Hamas. The missiles have killed more than 400 Palestinians, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. Professor Austin Knuppe, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Utah State University and Professor Jeannie Johnson, P…

Hosts: Adam Gardiner and Erin Rider Presidential pardons are not usually overturned or declared invalid. However, President Trump is making claims that some of President Biden's final pardons while in office, which granted blanket immunity to Congressional members of the Jan. 6 committee, are not valid. The reason, says President Trump, is because …

Hosts: Adam Gardiner and Erin Rider The most senior member of the federal judiciary, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, is pushing back on President Trump’s calls for impeaching judges. President Trump said he wanted to see a judge impeached for putting a restraining order on Trump’s deportations under the Alien Enemies Act. Now, the most se…

Hosts: Rusty Cannon and Taylor Morgan Referendum against HB267 launches The countdown is on. The Utah Education Association, along with several other unions, has launched their referendum against HB267 -- the bill that banned public labor union collective bargaining. They have to get roughly 141,000 signatures by April 16th. While they're working t…

Hosts: Rusty Cannon and Taylor Morgan Conservatives have long fought for a reduction or full dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education. As President Trump and Elon Musk's DOGE have made major cuts in that department, it's brought concern from more liberal lawmakers and several leaders of various states. But Utah's Governor Spencer Cox is full…

Hosts: Rusty Cannon and Taylor Morgan The past few months have been full of news and discussion with DOGE. The state of Texas even created their own DOGE after seeing how it worked on the national stage. But here in Utah, we have another name for DOGE: the State Auditor. The Inside Sources hosts discuss the role of the State Auditor in helping gove…

Hosts: Rusty Cannon and Taylor Morgan Over the weekend, President Trump invoked the Aliens Enemies Act of 1798 to speed up deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members to countries like Venezuela and Honduras. And although a federal judge issued a "stay" on the deportations, two planes full of illegal migrants landed in Central America. KSL Lega…

Hosts: Rusty Cannon and Taylor Morgan Just a week after taking office, President Trump issued an executive order freezing several kinds of federal funding. That funding -- as well as several kinds of international funding -- have been in limbo in the meantime. Felecia Maxfield-Barrett from Utah Global Diplomacy joins Inside Sources to discuss this …

Hosts: Rusty Cannon and Taylor Morgan The federal government is operating normally today following a vote on Friday to fund the government through September. But the fallout continues, especially against Senate Democrats who split on their vote on the Republican-backed C.R. Now, there's talk about a "lack of confidence" in Senate Minority Leader Ch…

Hosts: Rusty Cannon and Taylor Morgan Under President Trump, U.S. military forces have ramped up airstrikes against Houthi rebels living in the Middle Eastern country of Yemen. Over the weekend, 53 people were killed by the strikes. Megan Reiss, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, and the Founder and CEO of …

Hosts: Rusty Cannon and Taylor Morgan The countdown is on. The Utah Education Association, along with several other unions, has launched their referendum against HB267 -- the bill that banned public labor union collective bargaining. They have to get roughly 141,000 signatures by April 16th. While they're working to get signatures for their referen…

Hosts: Erin Rider and Greg Skordas Government Shutdown Watch: Will enough Senate Democrats support the CR? Will Senate Democrats join Republicans in passing the latest Continuing Resolution? It looks like it, especially following remarks from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Democrats in both chambers have voiced a lot of concern, anger, and f…

Hosts: Erin Rider and Greg Skordas If you go to the Canadian/US border on I-5 north of Seattle, you'll come across the Peace Arch. This monument -- inscribed with the words "may these gates never be closed" -- has been one of the defining characteristics between Canada and United States: peace and allyship. But now, things are changing. We’re on th…