SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney took up the question of water shortage this week in Utah, one of the driest states in the country, during a debate as he runs for a U.S. Senate seat in his adopted home state against Democrat Jenny Wilson. But federal water managers say he oversimplified a ...

GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) — Republican Senate candidate Martha McSally had a boost from GOP stalwart Mitt Romney as the two urged energized supporters at an Arizona rally Friday to help her win a “dead heat” race.

“This is such a consequential election for us up and down the ballot,” McSally ...

GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on a campaign rally for Senate candidate Martha McSally with Mitt Romney (all times local):

4:20 p.m.

Republican candidate Martha McSally has called on supporters to get out and vote in the U.S. Senate race in Arizona that she says has become a dead ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney said the bitter fight over Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation shows the Supreme Court nominating process is “awful,” a sentiment his Democratic Senate opponent largely shared even though they differed on how to fix it during a Tuesday debate.

Romney, who would ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney’s Senate candidacy has added urgency to efforts to beef up election security and guard against the threat of voting interference from Russian hackers, Utah officials said Tuesday.

The presence of the onetime Republican presidential candidate and Russia ...

BOSTON (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren will face off against Republican state Rep. Geoff Diehl as she battles for a second term and gears up for what could be a possible run for president.

Diehl defeated two other GOP candidates in Tuesday’s Massachusetts primary for the ...

BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren keeps popping up on short lists of possible 2020 Democratic presidential contenders, but three Republicans in her home state are hoping to short-circuit any White House dreams she might have.

State Rep. Geoff Diehl, business executive John Kingston ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Facing a tight re-election race in a district Democrats hope to flip, U.S. Rep. Mia Love tapped Mitt Romney and other boldface Republican names at a rally Friday.

“We’ve got to make sure the Democrats don’t get their hands on this seat,” Sen. Mike Lee said. “We need ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. (all times local):

1:40 p.m

American political leaders of both parties are paying tribute and offering prayers for ailing Arizona Sen. John McCain, but President Donald Trump has so far been silent.

Neither the White ...

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue headlines of the week. None of these stories is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked these out. Here are the real facts:

NOT REAL: “Mitt Romney: ’Trump has some very serious ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As wildfires ravage the U.S. West, Republican Senate candidate Mitt Romney has called for more logging and a high-tech early detection system in a plan that was met with some skepticism.

Romney, a candidate in Utah, said in an essay that more logging would thin out ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney looks like a shoo-in for a U.S. Senate seat from Utah after and winning a landslide primary victory and toning down his criticism of Donald Trump, but first he’ll face a Democratic opponent with a distinctly different political outlook.

Jenny Wilson holds ...

An ambitious senior Democrat in the House lost his job Tuesday in a stunning primary upset. Mitt Romney moved closer to an office in Washington, just not the oval one. That’s still occupied by President Donald Trump, who declared victory as voters across seven states continued pushing the two ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Flashing his trademark smile and touting a patched-up relationship with the president, Mitt Romney rolled through the Republican primary in his adopted Utah on Tuesday and took another step in his political comeback that would have him assume the Senate seat of retiring ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney will learn Tuesday if he’ll continue the reboot of his political career as voters decide a primary in the race for a Utah Senate seat vacated by Orrin Hatch, who is retiring after more than 40 years.

The former GOP presidential candidate has deflected ...

AMERICAN FORK, Utah (AP) — Mitt Romney is flashing his familiar smile at city parks and backyards in Utah’s mountains and suburbs this week, making his final pitch after being forced into a Republican Senate primary Tuesday against a conservative state lawmaker.

His opponent has painted ...

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Mitt Romney did not ride a donkey.

But the one-time presidential nominee and now candidate for Senate did cheer enthusiastically at a donkey basketball game, where 4-H members shot hoops while mounted on the beasts. Romney’s campaigning on the ground in Utah like a ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Senate candidate Mitt Romney raised nearly $2 million for his campaign in the past two months, giving him a large financial edge on his Republican opponent in the Utah primary, records show.

The ex-presidential candidate and Massachusetts governor also spent $1.4 ...

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — On the edge of a mountaintop in Utah, it’s getting complicated for Mitt Romney.

With the sun setting over his shoulder, the former Republican presidential nominee and would-be senator tells his audience, gathered on the patio of a resort, that President Donald Trump ...

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — On the edge of a mountaintop in Utah, it’s getting complicated for Mitt Romney.

With the sun setting over his shoulder, the former Republican presidential nominee and would-be senator tells his audience, gathered on the patio of a resort, that President Donald Trump ...

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — He once called Donald Trump “a con man,” but Mitt Romney is now predicting that Trump will “easily” win his party’s presidential nomination in 2020 and “solidly” win a second term. The president, in turn, called Romney “a straight shooter.”

Romney, the GOP’s failed ...

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — He once called Donald Trump “a con man,” but Mitt Romney on Thursday night predicted that Trump would “easily” win his party’s presidential nomination in 2020 and “solidly” win a second term.

Romney, the GOP’s failed 2012 presidential nominee from Massachusetts, now ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney, a candidate for U.S. Senate in Utah, is set to host his annual gathering of top Republicans, wealthy political donors and powerful business leaders.

The guest list at the three-day, invitation-only event beginning Thursday in Park City, Utah, is largely ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney’s record on gun control came up this week during debate for a U.S. Senate seat in Utah, a conservative western state with strong support for the Second Amendment.

Romney’s opponent, Republican Utah state lawmaker Mike Kennedy, criticized him for signing an ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney says he voted for his wife for president in 2016.

Romney, a candidate for a U.S. Senate seat in Utah, told the Deseret News on Wednesday that he ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Senate candidate Mitt Romney defended himself at a debate Tuesday from attacks on his status as recent Utah transplant who has previously criticized President Donald Trump.

Romney parried the criticism from his opponent, state Rep. Mike Kennedy, and praised the ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on a debate in the race for Utah Senate (all times local):

8:30 p.m.

Both Mitt Romney and his opponent for a Utah Senate seat are aligning themselves with President Donald Trump on several issues, though they’re clashing over one of Romney’s outspoken ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch’s staff says the retiring Republican lawmaker has no plans to become the ambassador in Australia despite recent speculation.

Hatch spokesman Matt Whitlock said Tuesday in a statement that the 84-year-old senator hasn’t had any conversations about ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate candidate Mitt Romney of Utah says a prominent Baptist minister shouldn’t be giving the prayer that opens the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem because he’s a “religious bigot.”

In a tweet Sunday night, the former Massachusetts governor and 2012 Republican presidential ...

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The Latest on the Massachusetts Republican convention (all times local):

6:15 p.m.

Three Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate have qualified for the September primary ballot in Massachusetts.

State Rep. Geoff Diehl received the endorsement of GOP ...