Trans-Atlantic Trend? Trump sees UK vote as validation
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump makes a speech at his revamped Trump Turnberry golf course in Turnberry Scotland Friday June 24, 2016.
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Andrew Pierce: Complacency in the Number 10 bunker turned to panic – then tears
Get out now! Furious EU leaders demand Britain makes quick exit from the EU as Prime Minister David Cameron resigns and global markets plummet over historic referendum vote to leave Europe PIERS MORGAN: No wonder Trump looks happy - Britain's exit from Europe should leave Hillary Clinton shaking in her boots and Donald knows it! It wasn't me! Obama shrugs off his humiliating failure to stop Britain quitting Europe by claiming 'globalization' was to blame for shock result Donald Trump says 'always wrong Obama' and Clinton pushed the British out of Europe by lecturing them to stay - and Americans will be next 'to take their country Brexit doesn't mean Hillary will lose the election, claims her campaign, after British ignored her demand they vote to stay in KATIE HOPKINS: Pinch me, I must be dreaming.
Brexit could put future of Britain’s only nuclear sub base in doubt
The Virginia-class attack submarine USS Virginia arrives at Her Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde in Faslane, U.K., for a scheduled port visit March 22, 2016. Britain's decision to break with the European Union could pose unintended security problems for NATO, including the alliance's nuclear posture, if pro-EU Scotland launches a new push for independence.
Britain votes to leave EU; Cameron quits
Britain has voted to leave the European Union , forcing the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron and dealing the biggest blow to the European project of greater unity since World War Two. The pound fell more than 10 percent against the dollar to levels last seen in 1985, its biggest one-day fall in history, on fears the decision could hit investment in the world's fifth-largest economy, threaten London's role as a global financial capital and usher in months of political uncertainty.
Joe Biden warns of ‘xenophobia, nationalism’
Instability in Europe and beyond is providing "fertile terrain for reactionary politicians and demagogues," Vice President Joe Biden will caution during remarks in Ireland on Friday. Listing global irritants like mass migration, terrorism, climate change, Biden will say those factors are leading to leaders "peddling xenophobia, nationalism, and isolationism."
PM Cameron resigns as UK votes to leave EU
He refused to give an exact time table for his departure, but said that he wanted a new leader to be in place by October when his Conservative Party holds its annual conference. In his statement, delivered outside the front door of 10 Downing St., he said that "the British people have voted to leave the EU and their will must be respected... the will of the British people is an instruction which must be delivered."
Global turmoil on the cards as Britain votes out of EU
Britain has voted to leave the European Union, results from Thursday's landmark referendum showed, a stunning repudiation of the nation's elites that deals the biggest blow to the European project of greater unity since World War Two. World financial markets plunged as nearly complete results showed a 51.8/48.2 percent split for leaving.
The Biggest Winners and Losers From U.K. Vote to Leave
Today's victory for the Leave campaign in the U.K.'s referendum on European Union membership will roil business, markets and politics. Below is a sampling of some of the likely winners and losers from the vote.
Axe hangs over British PM David Cameron, as Brexit defeat puts Boris Johnson in the box seat
Prime Minister David Cameron may go down in history as the man who led Britain out of the European Union, but his political defeat in the Brexit referendum means there is a strong chance he will not be around by the time it all becomes official. As Britain voted to become the first state ever to withdraw from the bloc on Thursday, Cameron's epitaph may have been sealed after six years in power.
United Kingdom votes to leave EU in historic referendum
The Leave campaign will win the UK referendum on EU membership, CNN predicts. With more than 98% of districts reporting, there are not enough votes left uncounted to change the result.
Brexit vote: “Leave” wins stunning victory, but Scotland and N. Ireland vote to Remain
A majority of voters in the United Kingdom of Great Britain have decided to break up with the European Union, British mass media outlets are projecting, stunning financial markets and pundits who had predicted a victory for the Remain campaign when all was said and done. At around midnight Eastern time and 9 PM Pacific, the Leave side had a lead of over 700,000 votes, and was winning handily in England and Wales, but losing Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Gibraltar.
RPT-UPDATE 1-Britain votes on EU membership after tight and bitter campaign
LONDON, June 23 Britons were voting on Thursday to decide the future of their country and Europe in a referendum on European Union membership that has divided the nation and is being nervously watched by financial markets and politicians across the world. Prime Minister David Cameron called the vote under pressure from his ruling Conservative Party and an increasingly powerful anti-EU party, hoping to put to rest decades of debate over Britain's place in Europe and its ties with Brussels.
Britain votes on EU membership after tight and bitter campaign
Much will depend on turnout, with younger Britons seen as more supportive of the European Union than their elders but less likely to vote. ritons will decide the future of their country and Europe on Thursday in a vote on European Union membership after a bitter campaign that appeared to divide the nation down the middle.
Fuller picture emerges of man arrested at Trump rally
A British man accused of telling authorities that he wanted to kill Donald Trump at a rally was unemployed, living out of his car and had been treated in the past for obsessive compulsive disorder and anorexia, authorities and others say. Court statements and accounts Tuesday from a family friend in England offered a complex picture of 20-year-old suspect Michael Steven Sandford, who was arrested Saturday in a Las Vegas casino where the Republican candidate was speaking.
What to Know About the U.K.’s Vote on Leaving the European Union
Citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will vote Thursday on the U.K.'s membership of the European Union. Economists, politicians and people from all over the world forecast that a vote for Britain to leave the E.U., known as 'Brexit' would be catastrophic for Britain and could create economic and political shockwaves that could crash through Europe and onto the U.S. and the rest of the world.
Tributes To Orlando Trouble People Uncomfortable With Homosexuality
In the week after the Orlando shooting, the country joined arms in grief and sympathy. But actually honoring the LGBT dead is a bit too much for a few people who are uncomfortable with homosexuality.
UK’s Cameron faces day of reckoning with EU vote
After five years in coalition, the Conservatives won a surprise clear majority in the May 2015 general election, allowing them to rule alone. After years of seeing his premiership buffeted by rows over Europe, British Prime Minister David Cameron faces his day of reckoning for country and career in Thursday's EU referendum.
‘Brexit’ could have Seacoast impact
Decisions made across the Atlantic Ocean often seem worlds away to most Americans. But in today's increasingly globalized world, votes such as the June 23 referendum in the United Kingdom deciding whether to leave the European Union can have a significant impact on the United States - and here on the Seacoast.
Congressman Higgins Presents Bronze Star to the Family of Sergeant George Dennis
At the national Panther Veteran Organization reunion, Congressman Brian Higgins presented the family of United States Army veteran Sergeant George Dennis with a Bronze Star and other medals earned while serving in World War II. The Bronze Star is awarded to members of the military distinguishing themselves by heroic service while engaged in an action against an armed enemy.
Beyond the County: British lawmaker murdered, Sanders and Clinton look to unite against Trump
RECROP OF LON812 FILE In this May 12, 2015 file photo, Labour Member of Parliament Jo Cox poses for a photograph. British lawmaker Cox has been injured in a shooting incident near Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England, it has been reported, Thursday June 16, 2016.