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LONDON (AP) — Britain’s bedeviling Brexit dilemma intensified Friday, as opposition parties refused to support Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s call for an election until he secures a delay to Britain’s exit from the European Union…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Parliament was attempting to defy Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans today as lawmakers sought a way out of the impasse that has gripped the nation since the 2016 vote to…

LONDON — Boris Johnson has dramatically boosted public spending since taking office, fueling speculation the U.K. prime minister is preparing not only for Brexit by Oct. 31, but a general election as well. The two…

LONDON — Boris Johnson, the front-runner to succeed Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May, insisted on Wednesday that Britain must keep the option of leaving the European Union without a withdrawal agreement as a “last resort.”…

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Theresa May stepped down Friday as leader of Britain’s Conservative Party after admitting failure in her attempt to withdraw the country from the European Union.  She will remain as a…

LONDON (AP) — Following the decision early today by the European Union to delay the U.K.’s departure for a second time, not much is clear about Brexit bar the certainty that the divisions in British…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Just two days away from a potentially calamitous no-deal Brexit, European Union leaders opened talks today to discuss granting the United Kingdom a new delay — possibly of up to a year…

Saying she wanted to “break the logjam” in Parliament over Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May last week reached out to the opposition Labor Party and its leader, Jeremy Corbyn. It was a bold move…

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday again sought to delay Brexit until June 30 to avoid a chaotic withdrawal from the European Union in one week, although a key leader of…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Parliament gets another chance Monday to offer a way forward on Britain’s stalled divorce from the European Union, holding a series of votes on Brexit alternatives in an attempt to find…