Second lady Usha Vance gave birth Sunday to Alec Neel Vance, her fourth child with Vice President JD Vance. The birth marks the first known child born to a sitting second family since 1870.
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Andy Burnham will formally become the UK’s 59th prime minister on Monday and is expected to promise households “more breathing room” in his first Downing Street speech. He takes office facing questions over his cabinet, fiscal constraints, Labour’s polling position and early policy choices on digital ID, public ownership and energy.
Russia launched a major overnight missile and drone attack on Ukraine, with Kyiv bearing the brunt of what officials called one of the largest ballistic barrages of the war. One person was killed in the capital and at least 16 were wounded, according to local authorities.
Cuban dissident artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara has arrived in Miami to live in exile after spending five years in prison. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed his arrival and called for the release of more than 700 other detainees in Cuba.
Rep. Ralph Norman is running in South Carolina’s special Republican Senate primary despite President Donald Trump’s endorsement of Sen. Darline Graham, the late Lindsey Graham’s sister. Candidates must file by July 21 for the Aug. 11 primary.
German conservative Jens Spahn resigned as parliamentary leader of the governing CDU/CSU bloc after criticism over his use of a surrogate mother in the United States. Surrogacy is banned in Germany, and Spahn’s party has reaffirmed support for that ban.
U.S. and Iranian strikes damaged water, power and oil-related facilities in Iran and Kuwait, disrupting drinking water for 10,000 people in southern Iran. Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan reported intercepting Iranian missiles and drones as the conflict widened across the Gulf region.
The Trump administration says more than 250,000 potential noncitizens are registered to vote in California, New Jersey, Nevada and Pennsylvania. Election experts and state officials say the methodology has not been made public and may misidentify eligible naturalized citizens.