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A line worker checks vehicles at the General Motors Hamtramck assembly plant in Hamtramck, Mich., Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. U.S. factory output grew for the 16th straight month in November, though at a slightly slower pace than the previous month.(AP Photo/Paul Sancya) **FILE**

European Union industrial policy is bad news for the U.S.

By Ted R. Bromund

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits an optician shop after flooding, in Matlock, north England, Friday Nov. 8, 2019. A woman died after being swept away by surging waters as torrential rain drenched parts of north and central England, swelling rivers, forcing evacuations and disrupting travel for a second day Friday.(Danny Lawson/PA via AP)

650 seats, 46 million voters: The UK election in numbers

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

$People line up outside a polling station to cast their vote for the general election in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Nov.10, 2019. Spain holds its second national election this year after Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez failed to win support for his government in a fractured Parliament. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)$

Socialists win Spain’s election, but far right surges

By ARITZ PARRA and JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

Human Rights Watch says Croatia should not join Schengen

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and the designated President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, left, address the media during a joint press conference after a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Next EU chief defends NATO after Macron criticism

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and the designated President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, left, address the media during a joint press conference after a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Incoming EU chief presses for Balkan membership talks

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FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2017, file photo, death row inmate Rodney Reed waves to his family in the Bastrop County District Court in Bastrop, Texas. Supporters for Reed, who's facing lethal injection in less than two weeks for a murder he says he didn't commit, are mounting a final push in the courts and on social media to stop his execution, which is being called into question by lawmakers, pastors, celebrities and the European Union. (Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

Celebrities, others ask Texas to halt inmate’s execution

By JUAN A. LOZANO - Associated Press

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage gestures as he delivers a speech to supporters, during an event at the Washington Central Hotel, in Workington, England, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Dec. 12. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)

EU court cancels decision against UKIP ally over misspending

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

The sun sets behind the Hoses of Parliament on the final day of the house sitting before lawmakers start the general election campaign in London, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

5 weeks, 650 seats, 86 days to Brexit: UK election numbers

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Cyprus moves to strip 26 foreign investors of citizenship

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

Procrastination of Brexit Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Can Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage unite?

By Andrew Davies

Migrants wait outside a military vessel after their disembarkation at the port of Elefsina, near Athens, on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. The transfer of migrants from overcrowded camps on the islands to the Greek mainland continued this weekend, with 415 arriving Saturday afternoon at the port of Elefsina west of Athens and at least another 400 expected Sunday or early Monday. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

EU to pay Turkey millions to boost its coast guard

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. (Dominic Lipinski/PAvia AP)

UK parties promise end to Brexit agony if they win election

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier rides an escalator on his way to a meeting about Brexit outside the EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. European Union ambassadors are meeting in Brussels Friday to discuss what kind of extension to the Brexit deadline they could propose to Britain. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

EU’s Barnier warns of tough times ahead on UK trade deal

By RAF CASERT and BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, arrives at a closed door meeting on the ongoing House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Latest: Top diplomat revises testimony on Ukraine

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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage speaks at a meeting to introduce his party's Parliamentary Candidates (PPC) ahead of the upcoming general election, in Westminster, London, Monday Nov. 4, 2019. Britain's election campaign heated up Sunday with Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying he would apologize to Conservatives for failing to take the U.K. out of the European Union by Oct. 31 and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage saying he won't personally run for a seat in Parliament. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)

Hundreds of Brexit Party candidates will run in UK election

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Romanian Prime Minister designate Ludovic Orban, of the Liberal party, grimaces before a parliament session that will vote on his designation and the proposed government team in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

New Romanian cabinet wins parliamentary confidence vote

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European Parliament head urges N. Macedonia not to give up

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Matthew Palmer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S.Department of State - Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, left, and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic arrive for a news conference after their meeting in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. The U.S. has intensified efforts to help relaunch stalled talks on normalizing relations between Serbia and Kosovo, a former province whose 2008 declaration of independence Belgrade does not recognize. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

US envoy calls EU decision on Balkans ‘historic mistake’

By JOVANA GEC - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the UK Parliament, British Members of Parliament vote in favour of the Creasy amendment to the Election Bill, in the House of Commons, London, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. After months of stalemate in Parliament, Britain appeared on course Tuesday for an early general election that could break the country's political deadlock over Brexit. Opposition lawmakers backed in principle the government's request to send voters to the polls in December —though Prime Minister Boris Johnson still faced a tussle over the exact date. (UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor via AP)

The Latest: Labour’s Lindsay Hoyle elected new speaker

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