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Trump called Megyn Kelly 'nasty' 9 years ago. She just helped deliver his closing message

Nov. 04, 2024 22:39 PM EST

Conservative podcaster Megyn Kelly delivered a fiery speech supporting Donald Trump during an event billed as his “closing message” on Monday night, a full-circle moment after the former president and the onetime Fox News star feuded bitterly during Trump's 2016 campaign. Invited...

UK Conservatives pick Kemi Badenoch as new leader, first Black woman to head a big British party

Nov. 02, 2024 12:11 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Outspoken, right-leaning lawmaker Kemi Badenoch was named leader of Britain's opposition Conservatives on Saturday, as the party tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended its 14 years in power. The first Black woman to lead a major British political...

Who is Kemi Badenoch, the first Black woman to lead Britain's Conservative Party?

Nov. 02, 2024 10:10 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — The first Black woman to lead a major U.K. political party, Kemi Badenoch is an upbeat and outspoken libertarian who thinks the British state is broken — and that she's the one to fix it with smaller government and radical new ideas. The new leader of Britain’s...

UK Conservative Party chooses Kemi Badenoch as new leader as it aims to rebound from election defeat

Nov. 02, 2024 07:12 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — UK Conservative Party chooses Kemi Badenoch as new leader as it aims to rebound from election defeat.

Voting closes in contest to lead UK Conservative Party as it seeks to rebound from defeat

Oct. 31, 2024 14:58 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Voting closed Thursday in the months-long contest to lead Britain’s Conservative Party after its crushing election defeat, with the result due to be announced on Saturday. Tens of thousands of members of the right-of-center party were eligible to vote in the runoff...

Taxes, spending and borrowing all higher as the new Labour government seeks to 'rebuild' the UK

Oct. 30, 2024 18:50 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves raised taxes Wednesday by around 40 billion pounds ($52 billion) to plug a hole she claims to have identified in the public finances and fund the U.K.'s cash-starved public services, in a beefy budget that could set the political tone for years...

Supreme Court's conservative justices leave in place Virginia's purge of voter registrations

Oct. 30, 2024 18:45 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court's conservative majority on Wednesday left in place Virginia's purge of voter registrations that the state says is aimed at stopping people who are not U.S. citizens from voting. One Virginian, whose registration was canceled despite living in the...

CNN bans conservative writer after 'beeper' comment to Muslim commentator

Oct. 29, 2024 16:04 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN has banned conservative writer Ryan Girdusky from the network following a contentious on-air exchange in which he told panelist Mehdi Hasan that “I hope your beeper doesn't go off.” “Did you just say I should die?” Hasan said. He was...

Canadian opposition party says it wants to topple Trudeau's government in Parliament

Oct. 29, 2024 14:42 PM EDT

MONT-TREMBLANT, Quebec (AP) — A Quebec nationalist party said Tuesday it will work with other opposition parties in Canada's Parliament to topple Prime Minister Justin Trudeau' s minority government. Trudeau’s Liberals have only 153 seats in the 338-seat House of Commons and...

Social Democrats win Lithuania's election, overcoming center-right government

Oct. 28, 2024 21:56 PM EDT

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania' s center-left opposition parties celebrated victory on Monday after prevailing over the center-right ruling coalition in the final round of national elections. With 100% of votes counted from Sunday's polls, the Social Democrats won 52 seats in...