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An Anti- Brexit demonstrator protests outside The Supreme Court in London, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. The Supreme Court is set to decide whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson broke the law when he suspended Parliament on Sept. 9, sending lawmakers home until Oct. 14 — just over two weeks before the U.K. is due to leave the European Union.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

The Latest: Merkel open to free trade agreement post-Brexit

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Ant-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller arrives at the Supreme Court in London, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. The Supreme Court is set to decide whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson broke the law when he suspended Parliament on Sept. 9, sending lawmakers home until Oct. 14 — just over two weeks before the U.K. is due to leave the European Union. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

U.K. gov’t insists suspension of Parliament was not illegal

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker listens Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019 in Strasbourg, eastern France, as members of the European Parliament discuss the current state of play of the UK's withdrawal from the EU. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Johnson faces Brexit flak from EU lawmakers and top UK court

By JILL LAWLESS and SAMUEL PETREQUIN and MARK CARLSON - Associated Press

Protesters hold banners outside the Supreme Court in London, Tuesday Sept. 17, 2019. The Supreme Court is set to decide whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson broke the law when he suspended Parliament on Sept. 9, sending lawmakers home until Oct. 14 — just over two weeks before the U.K. is due to leave the European Union. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

U.K. Parliament case opens at Supreme Court as Brexit nears

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Protesters hold banners outside the Supreme Court in London, Tuesday Sept. 17, 2019. The Supreme Court is set to decide whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson broke the law when he suspended Parliament on Sept. 9, sending lawmakers home until Oct. 14 — just over two weeks before the U.K. is due to leave the European Union. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

The Latest: Eurotunnel tests new ‘digital border’ for Brexit

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses for photographers on the balcony of the UK ambassadors residence prior to giving a statement to television after a meeting with Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel in Luxembourg, Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, Pool)

Is Parliament’s suspension illegal? UK’s top court to decide

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, right, shakes hands with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson prior to a meeting at a restaurant in Luxembourg, Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was holding his first meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Monday in search of a longshot Brexit deal. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, Pool)

The Latest: Johnson says he can see ‘shape’ of a Brexit deal

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a speech at the Convention of the North at the Magna Centre in Rotherham, England, Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. Johnson will meet with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker for Brexit talks Monday in Luxembourg. The Brexit negotiations have produced few signs of progress as the Oct. 31 deadline for Britain’s departure from the European Union bloc nears. (Christopher Furlong/Pool photo via AP)

Boris Johnson, Jean-Claude Juncker meet in search of a Brexit deal

By Lorne Cook and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 29, 2017 file photo Britain's former Prime Minister David Cameron gestures as he delivers a public lecture &quot;Ukraine's Place in a changing world&quot; at the Institute of International Relations of the National University in Kiev, Ukraine. David Cameron said in an interview published Saturday that he thinks about the consequences of the Brexit referendum “every single day” and worries “desperately” about what will happen next. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky,file)

Boris Johnson likens himself to the Hulk in Brexit fight

By GREGORY KATZ - Associated Press

Dominic Cummings, top advisor to the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, walks towards Downing Street in London, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

British prime minister’s aide divides, but will he conquer?

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits the NLV Pharos, a lighthouse tender moored on the river Thames, to mark London International Shipping Week in London, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. The British government insisted Thursday that its forecast of food and medicine shortages, gridlock at ports and riots in the streets after a no-deal Brexit is an avoidable worst-case scenario, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson denied misleading Queen Elizabeth II about his reasons for suspending Parliament just weeks before the country is due to leave the European Union. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/Pool photo via AP)

The Latest: EU’s Juncker not optimistic about Irish border

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FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 file photo, Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow gestures during a meeting at the G7 parliaments summit, in Brest, western France. A colorful era in British parliamentary history is coming to a close with Speaker of the House John Bercow’s abrupt announcement Monday, Sept. 9, 2019 that he will leave his influential post by the end of October. (AP Photo/David Vincent, file)

Johnson, Juncker to meet in a bid for a Brexit breakthrough

By GREGORY KATZ - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Pimlico Primary school in London, Tuesday July 10, 2018, with Education Secretary Gavin Williamson to meet staff and students. (Toby Melville/Pool via AP)

The Latest: EU official: No new Brexit proposals from UK

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The statue of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is silhouetted against the sky early morning in London, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Boris Johnson denies lying to queen; court rejects Brexit case

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Pimlico Primary school in London, Tuesday July 10, 2018, with Education Secretary Gavin Williamson to meet staff and students. (Toby Melville/Pool via AP)

U.K. court rules Boris Johnson’s suspension of Parliament unlawful

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Illustration on the zombie British government by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Great Britain now has a zombie government

By Andrew Davies

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Pimlico Primary school in London, Tuesday July 10, 2018, with Education Secretary Gavin Williamson to meet staff and students. (Toby Melville/Pool via AP)

Boris Johnson lost Parliament but he could win a UK election

By GREGORY KATZ - Associated Press

In this image made from video, British lawmakers stage a protest in the House of Commons before prorogation of Parliament, in London, Tuesday Sept. 10, 2019. The British government has formally suspended Parliament, sending lawmakers home for five weeks amid a Brexit crisis. (Parliament TV via PA via AP)

UK opposition rages at Johnson after he suspends Parliament

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures during a meeting with Ireland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar at Government Buildings in Dublin, Monday Sept. 9, 2019. Boris Johnson is to meet with Leo Varadkar in search of a compromise on the simmering Brexit crisis. (Niall Carson/PA via AP)

Boris Johnson to suspend Parliament until Oct. 14

By Jill Lawless and Gregory Katz - Associated Press

A view of St. Botolph’s Church in Boston, England, Saturday Sept. 7, 2019. Three years ago, almost 76% of voters in this eastern England town opted, against the government’s advice, to leave the European Union, the highest pro-Brexit vote in the U.K. With Britain’s departure delayed and politicians deadlocked, Bostonians now feel frustration, fatigue and even fury. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Schaeffer)

Britain’s Brexit heartland seethes at delay and ‘betrayal’

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press