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Rishi Sunak launches leadership campaign, kicking off the Conservatives' hunt to replace Boris Johnson in earnest
Rishi Sunak was the first major figure to launch a campaign to replace Boris Johnson as Conservativ…
Catherine Neilan
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Tory infighting continues as MP Angela Richardson 'mutes' minister Nadine Dorries over Rishi Sunak Twitter attack
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss go head-to-head in a BBC leadership debate Monday evening, as blue-on-blu…
Catherine Neilan
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Rishi Sunak may have breached rules by using parliament's Thatcher Room to film leadership campaign video
Rishi Sunak used a room on the parliamentary estate for his campaign video – which could lead to an…
Catherine Neilan,Henry Dyer
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Boris Johnson will be summoned to give evidence under oath in new partygate investigation
Parliament's privileges committee will invite the outgoing UK prime minister to give evidence on lo…
Catherine Neilan
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Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss to be elected Conservative Party leader and UK prime minister
Up to 200,000 Conservative Party members will vote over August for the next party leader and prime …
Henry Dyer,Catherine Neilan
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Tory MPs select final 3 candidates to succeed Boris Johnson amid rumours of 'dark op' vote lending
Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, and Penny Mordaunt made it into the final three after Kemi Badenoch was eli…
Catherine Neilan
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Boris Johnson's replacement as Conservative leader and UK Prime Minister will be announced on September 5
The Conservative leadership contest will officially start on Tuesday and conclude in early Septembe…
Henry Dyer
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Mike Johnson can't get Republicans in control
Johnson wants GOP lawmakers to stop supporting primary challengers to their Republican colleagues. …
Brent D. Griffiths
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Conservative party source defends Boris Johnson over partygate, asking reporters whether 'anyone here' hasn't got drunk before
A senior Conservative party source close to Boris Johnson appeared to suggest the partygate affair …
Henry Dyer
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With McCarthy out as Speaker, Pelosi no longer in party leadership, and Feinstein's death, California's clout in Congress has taken a major hit. The Golden State is now at a political crossroads.
In less than a year, California has lost a US senator, gained a new senator, and saw its top GOP co…
John L. Dorman
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Boris Johnson narrowly survives leadership threat – but 148 of his own MPs vote against prime minister
Boris Johnson has survived a snap confidence vote, announced Monday morning, but Conservative MPs w…
Catherine Neilan
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Boris Johnson is at 'beginning of the end' of his leadership even if he wins confidence vote, Tory MPs believe
Conservative MPs told Insider it was "the beginning of the end" for Boris Johnson's leadership, aft…
Catherine Neilan
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Conservative members are being charged to watch leadership hustings, as pre-paid postage quietly dropped from ballots
Conservative members are being charged to participate in hustings and must pay postage to vote in t…
Catherine Neilan
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11 Tory leadership candidates' donors and war chests analysed ahead of £300,000 contest
Insider has reviewed the entries of all the candidates in the Conservative leadership contest to se…
Henry Dyer
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Here are the 6 California Republicans up for reelection whose competitive districts could determine the House majority in 2024
It is in a set of swing districts, from the Central Valley to the outskirts of L.A. and down to Ora…
John L. Dorman,Brent D. Griffiths
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What happens now Boris Johnson has quit? A leadership contest with a swift timeline, sources say
Sources told Insider that a new prime minister, replacing Boris Johnson after he resigned Thursday,…
Catherine Neilan
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A GOP congressman who earlier this year mulled running for statewide office says Congress has become a 'childish' place that isn't attracting 'the cream of the crop'
So far, 26 lawmakers (17 Democrats and 9 Republicans) are set to leave the House of Representatives…
John L. Dorman
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A GOP lawmaker says some members 'would prefer' to be in the minority because they could 'just vote no and yell and scream all the time'
Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, who represents a swing district, said the protracted GOP leadership fig…
John L. Dorman
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Boris Johnson confirms resignation in TV speech, but says he will stay in post until a successor is named
Boris Johnson's hand was forced after minister after minister quit the government and told him he m…