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The new Republican majority in the US House of Representatives is set to take office next week amid a swirl of division and controversy, as leader Kevin McCarthy rushes to overcome internal opposition to his speakership and an…

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have exchanged blows over the economy in a crucial televised Tory leadership debate that ended in a bloody stalemate but took the contest to new levels of acrimony.Sunak, former chancellor, had hoped to use…

Boris Johnson was about to set off for the final part of Queen Elizabeth’s platinum jubilee celebrations on Sunday when he was told that in little more than 24 hours he would be fighting for his political life. The prime minister’s…

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers headed back to their constituencies across the country Thursday at the end of a parliamentary year overshadowed by scandal.They left a…