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UK PM May says EU repeal bill best way to avoid Brexit 'cliff edge'
EghtesadOnline: Prime Minister Theresa May warned lawmakers on Saturday that Britain could be faced with a Brexit “cliff edge” if they fail to back her EU repeal bill, as reports suggest momentum…
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May Suspends Lawmaker From Tories Over Racist Language
EghtesadOnline: Theresa May was forced to suspend one of her own lawmakers from the Conservative Party after she used “offensive and racist language” to describe the possibility of leaving the…
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May Resumes Talks on Keeping Power Amid Calls to Soften Brexit
EghtesadOnline: Theresa May is under growing pressure to abandon her plan for a hard Brexit as she tries to stitch together a deal with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party that will…
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May Said to Tell Tories: ‘I’ll Get Us Out of This Mess’
EghtesadOnline: U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May bought herself a stay of execution by telling her own party she was sorry for the mess she made of last week’s election and promising to clean…
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May Bids for Government Deal After Damping Tory Rebellion
EghtesadOnline: U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May bought herself a stay of execution by apologizing to her own lawmakers for the election debacle as she prepared to meet Northern Ireland’s Democratic…
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Sterling steadies as May scrambles to unite party, dollar awaits Fed
EghtesadOnline: Sterling steadied on Monday as British Prime Minister Theresa May scrambled to pick up the pieces and reunite her Conservative Party after a disastrous election that could disrupt…
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May's Authority Tested After Rivals Promoted to Save Premiership
EghtesadOnline: U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May will face furious lawmakers from her Conservative Party on Monday in a showdown that could signal the end of her premiership a day after she was…
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May Scrapes Together Government as Tory Backlash Begins
EghtesadOnline: Embattled U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May scraped together a government by reaching a deal with a Northern Irish party, while one newspaper said Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson…
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Who Could Be New Conservative Leader With May Under Fire?
EghtesadOnline: A shocking U.K. election result threw the Conservative Party into turmoil and has Theresa May scrambling to shore up her position. If history is any indication, the Tories will…
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May Apologizes to Fellow Tories, Tries to Keep Her Team Intact
EghtesadOnline: U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May kept her top five ministers in place as she tried to shore up her position among Conservatives after a devastating electoral blow that wiped out…
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How May's Sure Thing Became a Political Disaster for the Ages
EghtesadOnline: It was 5:30 a.m. when an exhausted Theresa May returned to Conservative Party headquarters to face her demoralized campaign workers.
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Tech Selloff Wrecks Record Day for U.S. Stocks
EghtesadOnline: A selloff in technology shares spoiled an otherwise buoyant day in the U.S. stock market as companies from Apple Inc. to Nvidia Corp. tumbled. The British pound dropped as the…
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What Would It Take for Jeremy Corbyn to Win the U.K. Election?
EghtesadOnline: Prime Minister Theresa May warned voters that if her Conservative Party loses just six seats in next week’s U.K. election, Jeremy Corbyn could become head of a coalition government.
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May Wages Brexit Battle to Overturn House of Lords Amendments
EghtesadOnline: British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday will attempt to quell a rebellion in her ruling Conservative Party as she tries to win the power to trigger Brexit.
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U.K. Brexit Minister Seeks to Avert Tory Revolt Before Vote
EghtesadOnline: U.K. Brexit Secretary David Davis is seeking to avert a rebellion within the ruling Conservative Party that could complicate government efforts to trigger divorce negotiations…
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May’s Winning Offer to Brexit Rebels: A Vote on Final EU Deal
EghtesadOnline: Prime Minister Theresa May kept her plan to trigger Brexit on track after defeating a rebellion from some of her own Conservative Party colleagues by promising them a vote on…