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Lauren Boebert has won the Republican nomination for US House in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District.The controversial congresswoman easily secured a win in the state on Tuesday 25 June, despite switching to a new congressional district and a scandal-hit campaign.Arriving for her victory party, Ms Boebert made her loyalty to Donald Trump well known, wearing a pair of reflective gold sneakers sold by the former president and a white “Make America Great Again” hat as she delivered a speech.She declared “America will rise again” and vowed to keep fighting on behalf of the people of Colorado. Source link

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Gareth Southgate said there was a “unusual environment” around the England team after supporters threw plastic beer cups towards him following the dismal 0-0 draw against Slovenia that secured their progress to the last-16 of Euro 2024 as group winners.There was a chorus of boos from the England fans at full-time in Cologne, with further grumblings towards the players as they made their way towards the corner flag to applaud the supporters.But there was a fresh wave…

Zelensky says China trying to undermine Ukraine peace summitFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsRussia’s former defence minister and a leading general have been slapped with arrest warrants over attacks on civilian targets amounting to war crimes in Ukraine by a top international court.Sergei Shoigu, the former Russian defence minister, and General Valery Gerasimov are suspected of having committed war crimes and crimes against humanity for directing attacks against civilians and civilian objects in Ukraine, The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC)…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Declan Rice had said before this game that it might only take one match to transform England’s tournament and that might now be true… although not because of anything Gareth Southgate’s side actually did. They again didn’t do much at all. They still somehow find themselves on the more forgiving side of the Euro 2024 draw due to results elsewhere. Southgate won’t have to worry about any of Germany, Spain, Portugal or France until the final… if…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailLauren Boebert has won the Republican nomination for the House of Representatives in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District.The win marks just the latest high-octane interlude in a political career that has been turbulent from the outset — to say the least.Boebert, a mother of four sons and new grandmother at the age of 37, followed an unlikely path to Congress and to the Republican Party in general. She was raised by a Democrat mother, often on welfare, and first…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter After about an hour on a hot, sticky night in Cologne, the England fans behind Jordan Pickford’s goal launched into a chant to the tune of the Great Escape, led by a banging drum and bellowed out with a renewed sense of purpose. When it reached the end, they started again, repeating themselves for at least 15 minutes, going in the same cycles, sticking to the same rhythm in an endless drone. In a way, it was…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USJulian Assange has arrived on the remote Pacific island of Saipan to plead guilty to espionage charges in a US court.The 52-year-old Wikileaks founder touched down at Saipan International Airport in the Northern Mariana Islands, a US territory, two hours ahead of his scheduled hearing on Tuesday evening.As part of a plea bargain with federal prosecutors, he is expected to admit to conspiring with army whistleblower Chelsea Manning to disseminate classified information, in exchange for avoiding…

Lauren Boebert confronted over Beetlejuice incident during debateSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailColorado Republican congresswoman Lauren Boebert faces voters in her state’s GOP primary election on Tuesday after she fled a tough re-election race to run in a more right-leaning district, only to suffer a scandal-hit campaign and accusations of carpet-bagging.Boebert, who first planted her MAGA flag in the House of Representatives in 2020, has amassed conservative clout with her attention-seeking antics on Capitol Hill but faced more than her fair share of…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter England finished top of Group C despite another underwhelming display at Euro 2024.Austria stunned Netherlands 3-2 to top Group D, leaving France having to settle for second spot after a draw with Poland.Here, the PA news agency looks at the action from day 12.England changes for last 16?Idris Elba and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer meet families of knife crime victims at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, London (Stefan Rousseau/PA) (PA Wire)England boss Gareth Southgate made one…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USA decision to release and burn toxic chemicals from five derailed train cars in East Palestine, Ohio last year was not necessary, federal officials said on Tuesday at a final meeting on the matter.Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board, the agency probing the Norfolk Southern Ohio derailment since 3 February 2023, reported that responding authorities became concerned that one of the five cars would explode. Instead, they decided to allow the toxic fumes to burn…