In what was billed as “Super Saturday,” Parliament was called into an extremely rare Saturday session for a momentous up-or-down vote on a Brexit deal Johnson struck with the EU. Instead, the vote was derailed by a parliamentary maneuver.
Read moreThe European Union and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reached a deal Thursday that lays out the terms for the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU, but it remains uncertain if the agreement will win support in Britain’s House of Commons.
Read moreBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the European Union frantically sought to hammer out a deal Wednesday to allow the United Kingdom to cut ties with its European neighbors on amicable terms.
Read moreThe European Union on Tuesday said a Brexit divorce deal is possible this week but that the British government’s proposals so far are not sufficient to seal an agreement.
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Brexit negotiators were meeting again Monday in an attempt to allow Britain to leave the European Union with a divorce deal at the end of the month, the queen was preparing to give a speech on the broader aims of government.
Read moreA deal on Brexit suddenly appeared more likely Friday after the European Union and the United Kingdom said they will intensify negotiations.
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Talks between the European Union and the United Kingdom on reaching a Brexit deal appeared to be at risk of breaking down on Tuesday, according to British media reports.
Read moreAnti-Brexit campaigners on Monday failed to secure a court ruling forcing Prime Minister Boris Johnson to seek an extension if no deal is reached about Britain’s departure from the European Union.
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Irish republicans are expressing renewed hopes of reunifying their island in the wake of the U.K.’s recent Brexit proposals, seeing that as a solution to the problems that Britain’s departure from the European Union is bringing.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday issued what his government called a “final offer” to the European Union on how Brexit, but his proposal allowing Northern Ireland to break away from EU rules was frostily received by his European counterparts and set the stage for continued uncertainty.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson battled to fend off allegations of improper patronage and groping a woman as he prepared a final push Monday to fulfill his pledge to lead his country out of the European Union this month — and, he hopes, move British politics beyond its fracture over Europe.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under pressure Thursday to apologize for yet another performance in Parliament that saw him ruthlessly attacking opponents and provoking outrage in his bullish drive to force the United Kingdom out of the European Union by the end of October.
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British lawmakers are returning to the House of Commons on Wednesday after the bombshell Supreme Court ruling that Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted illegally by suspending Parliament.
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Things the beleaguered British prime minister said in his astonishing speech to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday night: “Pink-eyed Terminators from the future.” ”Terrifying limbless chickens.” ”Your fridge will beep for more cheese.”
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a major blow Tuesday when the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court ruled that he unlawfully persuaded the Queen to suspend Parliament in an effort to usher in Brexit.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he’ll tell President Donald Trump that the United Kingdom’s state-funded health service will be off the table in any trade negotiations, and that the United States will have to open its markets to British goods if it wants to make a deal.
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British and European Union negotiators were meeting Friday in search of an elusive Brexit deal, as Ireland’s deputy leader warned that the two sides remain far apart despite an improvement in the “mood music.”
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was accused by European Union officials Wednesday of failing to negotiate seriously and branded the “father of lies” by a lawyer in the U.K. Supreme Court, as his plan to leave the EU in just over six weeks faced hurdles on both sides of the Channel.
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European Parliament lawmakers on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of another Brexit delay if Britain requests one and certain conditions are met, after European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told the chamber that a no-deal scenario remains “very real.”
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The British government was back at the country’s Supreme Court on Wednesday, arguing that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s prorogation of Parliament just weeks before the country is to leave the European Union was neither improper nor illegal.
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