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European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini, right, shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the EU Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Monday, July 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

EU, U.S. to Turkey: No excuse to break democratic traditions

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

SoftBank founder and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, in this Nov. 4, 2014, file photo. Japanese technology company SoftBank Group Corp. is buying British semiconductor company ARM Holdings for $31 billion. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Sprint owner SoftBank to buy Britain’s ARM in big post-Brexit deal

By Yuri Kageyama and Pan Pylas - Associated Press

German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen arrives for a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, July 13, 2016. to present a defense policy paper. Germany’s defense minister says Britain’s decision to leave the European Union offers an opportunity to press ahead with greater military cooperation in the bloc. Ursula von der Leyen says Britain for years “consistently blocked everything that had Europe written on it,” citing the example of a mobile European hospital some countries wanted to deploy to crisis regions. Speaking at the presentation of a defense policy paper Wednesday, von der Leyen said Germany and France plan to take the initiative on future military cooperation. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany: Brexit a chance to improve EU military cooperation

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

In this grab taken from video British Prime Minister David Cameron, centre, smiles, during his final session of prime minister's questions at the House of Commons, in London, Wednesday, July 13, 2016. He joked that his afternoon schedule "will be light" after he steps down following a brief visit with Queen Elizabeth II. Cameron will tell the queen at Buckingham Palace he is resigning and suggest that Home Secretary Theresa May has the support to become prime minister. In the background are Chancellor George Osborne, Home Secretary Theresa May and Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond, from left. (Parliamentary Recording Unit via Associated Press Video)

David Cameron heads out; Theresa May comes in as U.K. prime minister

By Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka - Associated Press

President Barack Obama walks from Marine One toward Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Md., Thursday, July 7, 2016. Obama is traveling to Poland to attend a NATO summit and then on to Spain. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama makes 20th trip to Europe among rising uncertainty

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Britain's Home Secretary, Theresa May, makes a statement outside the Palace of Westminster, in London, after she won 199 votes for the Conservative leadership, Thursday July 7, 2016. Andrea Leadsom took 84 votes and Michael Gove took 46, meaning the U.K.'s next prime minister will be a woman. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

Theresa May, Andrea Leadsom in run-off that will give Britain second woman prime minister ever

By Jessie Fox - The Washington Times

Nigel Farage, the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, sits next to a British flag during a special session of European Parliament in Brussels in this June 28, 2016, file photo. Farage announced on Monday, July 4, 2016, that he is resigning as leader of the party. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

Nigel Farage resigns as head of the U.K. Independence Party after Brexit vote

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

Brexit’s U.S. effects economic, political

By Armstrong Williams

European Union Exits NATO Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Will EU exit NATO after Brexit?

By Jed Babbin

Britain's Prince William, Kate, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, left, attend a military-led vigil on the eve of the centenary of the Battle of the Somme at the Thiepval Memorial in France, where 70,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers are commemorated, Thursday June 30, 2016. (Yui Mok/Pool via AP)

Now isolated, Britain joins France at WWI centenary event

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Michael Gove leaves his home in London, as he prepared to set out his case for becoming prime minister, Friday July 1, 2016. The candidates to succeed David Cameron as Conservative Party leader are starting their campaign to become Britain's prime minister which will shape Britain's future relationship with the European Union. (Lauren Hurley / PA via AP)

Michael Gove, British PM hopeful, says no EU exit talks this year

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Former London mayor Boris Johnson announces that he will not run for leadership of Britain's ruling Conservative Party in London, Thursday, June 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Boris Johnson won’t run for leadership of Conservative Party

By Gregory Katz and Raphael Satter - Associated Press

Britain Rejects the Mandates of Brussels Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Brexit vote will be boon to Britons

By David Keene - The Washington Times

Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Antanas Linkevicius arrives for an EU foreign ministers meeting at the EU Council building in Brussels on Dec. 14, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Linas Linkevicius, Lithuania minister: EU will be ‘weakened’ by Britain’s exit

By Erica Brosnan - The Washington Times

Illustration on prospects for the post-EU British economy by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Britain’s economy, post-Brexit

By Peter Morici

British Prime Minister David Cameron walks to get in a car as he leaves 10 Downing Street in London, to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, Wednesday, June 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

The price of a European pout

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The market-rocking ‘Brexit breakup’

By The Washington Times Advertorial Department

President Barack Obama speaks at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Stanford, Calif., Friday, June 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) ** FILE **

Obama warns against ‘hysteria’ in wake of Brexit vote

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration on the Brexit outcome's effects on uncontrolled migration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Brexit vote democracy in action

By Clifford D. May

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, right, speaks with British Prime Minister David Cameron prior to a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, June 28, 2016. EU heads of state and government meet Tuesday and Wednesday in Brussels for the first time since Britain voted to leave the European Union, throwing British and European politics into disarray. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

EU lawmakers tell U.K.: If you’re leaving, get moving

By Lorne Cook and Raf Casert - Associated Press