October 8, 2019 House Dems subpoena Sondland after State Department blocks him from testifying on Ukraine House Democrats have subpoenaed the U.S. ambassador to the European Union for testimony and documents relating to their impeachment inquiry into President Trump over his July 25 phone call with the Ukrainian president, escalating a clash with the White House which just an hour before said it wouldn't comply with the "illegitimate and unconstitutional" inquiry.
October 8, 2019 Jim Jordan blasts 'unfair' House impeachment process, defends EU envoy's no-show House Freedom Caucus Member Jim Jordan defended U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland's failure to appear before House lawmakers amid their Trump impeachment inquiry.
October 8, 2019 Brexit deal is ‘essentially impossible,' Johnson says, if European Union stands by trade demand Boris Johnson, the embattled British prime minister, told Germany’s Angela Merkel that as long as the European Union insists Northern Ireland stays in the EU’s customs union, a Brexit deal is "essentially impossible," Bloomberg reported early Tuesday.
October 3, 2019 Iranian-flagged oil tanker previously seized for violating EU sanctions pictured off the coast of Syria again An Iranian oil tanker detained in July over suspicions it was violating European Union sanctions by transporting oil to Syria has been pictured off the coast again, sparking concerns that the ship could be transferring cargo.
October 2, 2019 Boris Johnson delivers 'final offer' for Brexit deal to EU, says 'we can, we must and we will' leave bloc British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is submitting the U.K.’s “final offer” for a Brexit deal to the European Union on Wednesday. “We can, we must and we will” leave the bloc before the Oct. 31 deadline, he insisted.
September 25, 2019 Boris Johnson taunts opposition, demands no-confidence vote amid Brexit turmoil The embattled British prime minister demanded a “day of reckoning with the voters” when he seemingly challenged opposition lawmakers take down his government with a no-confidence vote amid the tumultuous Brexit negotiations that have split lawmakers.
September 24, 2019 Brexit saga: What happens now after suspension of UK Parliament ruled illegal? Britain’s high court unanimously ruled that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks amid the contentious debate surrounding Brexit was illegal.
September 15, 2019 'Deplorable' graffiti found at European Union's Israel mission sparks condemnation The European Union’s diplomatic mission in Israel reportedly was vandalized Sunday with the words, “German money kills Jews,” and “EU get out,” sparking condemnation from officials there.
September 12, 2019 Victor Davis Hanson: Britain's got one last chance to reembrace free-market democratic world it helped create British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is desperate to translate the British public’s June 2016 vote to leave the European Union into a concrete Brexit.
September 10, 2019 Chaos in UK Parliament as speaker pinned to seat, lawmakers chant ‘shame’ after Boris Johnson shutdown The British Parliament erupted into chaos as Prime Minister Boris Johnson followed through with his threat to suspend the legislature over Brexit Monday night.