The Utah Republican downplayed and joked about what authorities say were politically motivated shootings over the weekend of ...

Lee has been embroiled in controversy after posting a response to the assassination of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman over the weekend. During his monologue Monday night, Stewart recounted his own ...

Deluged with criticism over social media posts that spread misinformation in the aftermath of the shootings of two Democratic ...

Utah Sen. Mike Lee is facing criticism after posting what appear to be jokes about the man police believe shot and killed a ...

Republican Sen. Mike Lee deleted his controversial social media posts about the assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker and her ...

His social media posts resemble those of a frequent user on right-wing message boards rather than those of a U.S. senator.

Politicians in both parties had criticized remarks by the Utah senator, saying that his political rhetoric made light of ...

Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) confronts Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) about his inflammatory social media posts following the shootings in Minnesota over the weekend. NBC News Senior National Political Reporter ...

Utah Sen. Mike Lee earned rebuke from across the aisle after his controversial posts on the Minnesota shooting.

Some of Lee's posts about the shooting were still visible as of Tuesday afternoon, including one from Saturday night that said, “Marxism kills.” ...

The Democratic senator from Minnesota and others implored the Utah Republican to take down his "cruel" social media posts and ...