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Breaking with his party, Utah’s Sen. John Curtis is sinking a Trump State Department pick

Sen. Mike Lee, who sits with Curtis on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been mum on Jeremy Carl’s nomination.

(Kenny Holston | The New York Times) Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, asks a question at a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. The senator is opposing President Donald Trump's nominee to a top State Department role, likely sinking it.