April 24, 2019 Scottish leader announces plans for new independence referendum in wake of Brexit chaos Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Wednesday announced plans for a second referendum on Scottish independence before 2021, less than five years after Scots rejected the last push to separate from the United Kingdom.
April 17, 2019 Pelosi undermines Trump abroad on US-UK trade deal, says ‘no chance’ if Brexit hurts Irish peace accord House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, speaking on foreign soil Wednesday, created some domestic tensions over President Trump’s call for a U.S.-U.K. trade deal should Britain leave the European Union -- telling the Irish Parliament that such a deal stands “no chance” if Brexit hurts the 1998 Irish peace accords.
April 13, 2019 Republicans renew calls for US-UK trade deal amid Brexit delay Republicans in the White House and Congress are renewing their support for a U.S.-U.K. trade deal after Britain leaves the European Union -- even as Brexit is facing significant delays in the U.K.
April 10, 2019 Britain, EU agree to delay Brexit deadline until Oct. 31 European leaders and British Prime Minister Theresa May agreed Wednesday to push the final deadline for the U.K. to depart the bloc until Halloween.
April 10, 2019 UK's Theresa May to request Brexit delay as deadline looms Prime Minister Theresa May is off to Brussels to ask for a delay to Britain's departure from the European Union. EU leaders want to know she has a plan to break the U.K.'s political impasse, but talks between the British government and its political opponents over a compromise have yet to bear fruit. Meanwhile, Britain is scheduled to leave the EU in two days.
April 7, 2019 May makes last-ditch Brexit effort with Labour as clock ticks down British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing a rebellion in her own party as lawmakers expressed anger that she reached out to Labour in a final bid to deliver Brexit.
April 3, 2019 UK Parliament backs bill pushing further Brexit delay as May, Corbyn seek new plan Britain's Brexit drama went into overtime Wednesday as Prime Minister Theresa May and the country's main opposition sought a compromise deal.
April 2, 2019 Topless climate change protesters arrested after interrupting Brexit debate in British Parliament More than a dozen protesters stripped down to their underwear in the public gallery at Britain’s House of Commons amid ongoing Brexit negotiations.
March 29, 2019 Theresa May's 'last chance’ Brexit deal is defeated for third time, calls increase for her to resign immediately On the day that Britain was originally scheduled to leave the European Union, lawmakers continued their impasse, voting down Prime Minister Theresa May's stripped-down withdrawal agreement for the third time.
March 27, 2019 British PM Theresa May told Conservative MPs she will resign after a Brexit deal is delivered Theresa May announced Wednesday she will step down as Britain's prime minister if her twice-defeated Brexit deal is finally passed in parliament, marking a last-ditch effort to persuade Conservative lawmakers to back her.