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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Uruguay's presidential runoff will be tight. But with rivals in agreement, it's no nail-biter

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay's presidential election opened a monthlong window on Monday during which the leading center-left and center-right coalitions will go all-out to pull more voters into their camps ahead of a heated runoff. The race is expected to be tight but the...