Sen. Lee is pressing for a vote on his bill that would place the district completely under federal control — and has even suggested returning some of D.C.’s land back to Maryland.

Ahead of President Trump announcing that he would invoke emergency powers to militarize law enforcement in D.C., Utah’s Sen.

The bill, Lee argued, would restore the president’s executive authority to appoint judges and avoid any conflicts of interest ...

Last month, Lee introduced a now-removed amendment to Trump’s policy megabill that mandated the sale of up to 3 million acres ...

The measure, proposed by Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California, was rejected on the House floor Tuesday in a party-line ...

Lee has lamented the impact of those historic changes on Utah, where 42% of the state is BLM land, saying in a 2018 speech, “Manifest destiny had left us behind, in some respects.” ...

Utah Sen. Mike Lee is being criticized for apparent jokes about the killing of a Minnesota lawmaker on social media. Lee's posts, a pair of which have since been deleted, speculated suspect's ...

(Jose Luis Magana | AP) Doug Burgum, President Donald Trump's Secretary of the Interior, shakes hands with Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.

Hundreds of letters are en route to Washington, D.C., after more than 500 Utahns convened at a coffee shop Thursday to put their displeasure with Sen. Mike Lee in writing.

Utah Sen. Mike Lee is bringing back a proposal that would allow the federal government to sell off several million acres of public land in Utah and other Western states. Lee says it will open up ...

Mike Lee is now a shameful embarrassment to the citizens of Utah. He can’t be a constitutionalist and support the administration while, at the same time, assaulting our most basic human rights. He can ...

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, participates in a forum hosted by the Sutherland Institute at the University of Utah’s Hinckley Institute of Politics on Oct. 14, 2024.