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Whittaker Chambers, shown in this Aug. 3, 1948 photo testifying before a House Investigation Committee in Washington.

Whittaker Chambers and a new false witness

Paul F. Petrick · April 17, 2019 4:00 am

British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves the podium after addressing a media conference at the conclusion of an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, April 11, 2019. European Union leaders on Thursday offered Britain an extension to Brexit that would allow the country to delay its EU departure date until Oct. 31.

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Next stop for Brexit? EU elections

Erin Dunne · April 11, 2019 7:52 pm

European Council President Donald Tusk, left, speaks with British Prime Minister Theresa May, center right, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, center left, prior to a dinner during an EU summit in Brussels, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. European Union leaders met Wednesday in Brussels for an emergency summit to discuss a new Brexit extension.

Breathing room for Theresa May: EU leaders agree to delay Brexit for six months

Zach Halaschak · April 10, 2019 11:18 pm

British Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement on Brexit negotiations with the European Union, at 10 Downing Street, in London, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. The British government on Friday accused the European Union of slamming the handbrake on Brexit negotiations, after the bloc said Prime Minister Theresa May's blueprint was unworkable. A rattled May insisted that her plan was the only one on the table â and that Britain was prepared to walk away from the EU without a deal if it was rejected.

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Why Brexit should become Brextension

Erin Dunne · April 9, 2019 4:29 am

British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London, to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, Wednesday, April 3, 2019. With Britain racing toward a chaotic exit from the European Union within days, May veered away from the cliff-edge Tuesday, saying she would seek another Brexit delay and hold talks with the opposition to seek a compromise.

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Why some hard Brexiteers hate Theresa May, and why I disagree with them

Tom Rogan · April 8, 2019 7:11 pm

Anti-Brexit protesters on board a hired red London bus demonstrate near pro-Brexit supporters as they drive past the Houses of Parliament in London.

The UK’s ‘Remainers’ will tear down democracy and all its rules to get their way

Dan Hannan · April 8, 2019 4:00 am

The EU flags wave next to the statue of King George V in Westminster, London, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. British lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's divorce deal with the European Union on Tuesday, plunging the Brexit process into chaos and triggering a no-confidence vote that could topple her government.

UK holding EU parliament elections as Brexit stalls

John Gage · April 5, 2019 1:17 pm

Christiane Amanpour participates in the "Amanpour & Co." panel during the TCA Summer Press Tour on Monday, July 30, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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Christiane Amanpour wants the FBI to ‘lock them up’ for chanting ‘lock her up’

Becket Adams · April 3, 2019 6:14 pm

British Prime Minister Theresa May looks on during a news conference.

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I share Faisal Islam’s anger at the ‘Theresa May’s a traitor’ insult

Tom Rogan · April 3, 2019 1:25 pm

Anti-Brexit protester looks at placards showing pictures of British politicians as she demonstrates outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, April 2, 2019.

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Why soft Brexit just got a lot more likely

Tom Rogan · April 2, 2019 8:36 pm

Three policemen patrol past various Brexit flags and banners outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May is set for long Cabinet meeting Tuesday, as the government tries to find a way out of the Brexit crisis, after lawmakers on Monday rejected all alternatives to her European Union withdrawal agreement.

The UK will leave the EU next week

Andrew Davies · April 2, 2019 3:09 pm

An anti-Brexit supporter stands by European and British Union flags placed opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, Monday, March 18, 2019.

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Britain’s drawn-out breakup with the EU has turned into a country song

Erin Dunne · March 29, 2019 5:41 pm