The Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — Six British lawmakers have announced they are running to lead the defeated Conservative Party, ahead of a Monday deadline, in a contest that will decide whether the opposition party tacks to the right or steers toward the political center ground. Contenders include former Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and lawmaker Tom Tugendhat from the party’s centrist grouping. Former Home Secretary Priti Patel and ex-Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch have support from the right of the party. Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick and veteran lawmaker Mel Stride also have secured the required support of 10 Conservative lawmakers before the deadline of 2:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. EDT, 1330GMT) on Monday. Badenoch, who came third in the party’s last leadership election in 2022, was the early favorite with bookmakers. The Nigeria-raised lawmaker used language reminiscent of Conservative icon Margaret Thatcher, saying the party should lead “a renewal for capitalism” built around a smaller state and seek to persuade voters “why conservatism should matter.”

6 UK lawmakers are running to lead the Conservative Party after its crushing election defeat

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Milwaukee, WI

The New Republic

When Senator Mitch McConnell walked out on stage Monday at the Republican National Convention to nominate Donald Trump for president, he instantly got showered with a host of boos. The jeers inside the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee were clearly audible as McConnell read out Kentucky’s delegate vote in favor of Donald Trump with a very small smile.Mitch McConnell gets booed at the RNC pic.twitter.com/6bZA4CcLb7— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 15, 2024Did McConnell expect a more favorable response? He has always been disliked by MAGA Republicans for being part of the old Republican orthodoxy, even as he pushed through Republican priorities and...

Watch: Entire RNC Boos Mitch McConnell as He Tries to Nominate Trump

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

The Independent

Democratic Party delegates won’t hold the virtual roll call vote to formalize the party’s presidential nominee until the first week in August, according to a co-chair of the party’s rules committee, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.This announcement came after rumors had spread that the roll call would happen as early as this week.Walz, who addressed reporters during a press conference meant to highlight Republicans’ record on abortion ahead of Ohio Senator JD Vance’s first speech since being chosen as Donald Trump’s new running-mate, said there is no possibility that the virtual voting would begin before the first day of next month.The...

Democrats will vote on presidential nominee August 7 as new poll finds majority of party wants Biden out

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The Hill

Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R) will be supporting Vice President Harris in November after previously saying he would back President Biden. Duncan endorsed Harris in an interview on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s “Politically Georgia” podcast that aired Wednesday. He has been a staunch critic of former President Trump and revealed in May that he would be…

Georgia Republican shifts support to Harris after backing Biden

Andrei Tudorov, Lyuben Gogov, Narcis Titianu, and Ioan Toma died when their car hit a tree.

Families pay tribute to four friends killed in crash

Almost 300 homes are to be built on an industrial site that was initially planned for redevelopment 10 years ago. Durham County Council is to build 282 homes on the site at Stephenson Road, between Peterlee and Horden, after its plans were approved on Friday. Planning permission was initially given...

Almost 300 homes to be built on old industrial site

Eight buildings once used to generate power at a nuclear plant are due to be demolished. Sellafield has been given permission by Cumberland Council to knock down the Calder Hall Blower Houses at its Seascale site. They consist of two sets of four identical buildings built in the 1950s, that...

Nuclear plant's buildings to be demolished

Donald Trump was already leading President Joe Biden in several swing states but after the assassination attempt, a new poll shows the former president gaining even more ground – unless a younger Democrat replaces Biden. A survey conducted by Emerson College Polling found that Trump holds a three-point lead...

First major poll since assassination attempt shows Trump losing to a younger Democrat in swing states

Reece Lawrence is jailed for 10 years after admitting causing the death of Michaela Fowles in June.

Driver jailed over 90mph hit-and-run death

Business Insider

A Trump pollster warned of a "Harris Honeymoon" but called for calm in an internal memo sent to the rattled campaign.

Trump pollster is already warning his rattled team that Harris is going to jump ahead in the polls

A man in his 50s was found unconscious and his injuries are thought to be life threatening.

Man left with serious head injury after street fight

Italian rider Emiliano Portale has been eliminated from the Olympics after his horse was found to be bleeding from the mouth following the eventing dressage qualifiers.

Italian rider expelled after horse found bleeding

We're Not Really Here's Mike Minay and Natalie Pike have a message for their podcast listeners.

'For now, goodbye'

Witnesses tell police five men attacked the boy before fleeing in a car.

Boy,17, stabbed multiple times

Two boys were reportedly attacked by a group of eight to 15 teenagers.

Boy severely injured in group attack

USA TODAY

Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., is one of the most senior Democratic lawmakers to demand that Biden quit the race.

'I'm pleading': Top House Democrat Adam Smith calls on President Joe Biden to end candidacy

A surfer whose severed leg washed up on an Australian beach after it was bitten off by a shark has confirmed the limb has not been reattached. Kai McKenzie, was surfing near Port Macquarie in New South Wales (NSW) last Tuesday, when what he describes as “the biggest shark I’ve ever seen” attacked him.

Surfer's leg unable to be reattached after shark attack

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leading Republican in Congress, Mike Johnson, on Monday that President Joe Biden's Supreme Court reform proposal would not be considered by the House. Speaker Johnson in a statement called the proposal an effort to "delegitimize the Court." Biden is expected on Monday to propose sweeping reforms to the Supreme Court, including term limits and a binding code of conduct for its nine justices.

Johnson says Biden's Supreme Court overhaul 'dead on arrival' in House

Edina Slayter-Engelsman returned to The Netherlands to end the “unbearable suffering” of living with ME.

There is no help – final message of woman with ME

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Kemi Badenoch announces bid to become Tory leader

The 44-year-old promises to return her party to \"first principles\" including a focus on...

The 44-year-old promises to return her party to "first principles" including a focus on...

Kemi Badenoch announces bid to become Tory leader

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