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U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, arrives for a joint interview with the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Gordon Sondland to tell lawmakers Trump directed Giuliani to push Ukraine to investigate the Bidens

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Thursday, April 11, 2019 file photo, Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster, center, speaks to journalists after her meeting with European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier at EU headquarters in Brussels. The Democratic Unionist Party is a small Northern Irish political grouping with an outsized Brexit role. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson most likely needs the 10 votes the party has in Parliament if he is going to have any chance in getting any Brexit deal he negotiates with the European Union over the line. Little wonder then, that the party is being courted intensely by Johnson. As things stand, it’s not clear whether the party will support any deal that emerges.(AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

The Latest: EU lawmakers might not OK Brexit deal by Oct. 31

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Tourists sheltering underneath a British Union flag umbrella walk across Westminster Bridge in the rain towards the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Saturday drama: Brexit battle to be decided in UK Parliament

By GREGORY KATZ and MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 photo showing a Loyalist mural painted on a wall in east Belfast, Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Small Northern Irish party plays big role in Brexit talks

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Anti-Brexit remain in the European Union supporters protest across the street from the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. A Brexit divorce deal is still possible ahead of Thursday's European Union summit but the British government needs to move ahead with more compromises to seal an agreement in the next few hours, the bloc said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

The Latest: Customs, VAT issues seen holding up Brexit deal

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European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, right, shakes hands with Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney during a meeting of EU General Affairs ministers, Article 50, at the European Convention Center in Luxembourg, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is in Luxembourg on Tuesday to brief ministers on the state of play for Brexit. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Brexit talks inch closer to a deal ahead of summit

By RAF CASERT and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a news conference with the Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg, after a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. (Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Macron and Merkel try to showcase unity as Brexit looms

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

In this early Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019 photo, an Iraqi girl is wrapped in a thermal blanket after being transferred from a dinghy onto a Greek coast guard patrol boat during a rescue operation near the eastern Aegean Sea island of Samos. The 23 people from Syria, Iraq, Palestine and Iran had set out in the dinghy from nearby Turkey. They were taken to a camp on Samos. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

AP PHOTOS: Migrant surge overwhelms Greek islands

By PETROS GIANNAKOURIS - Associated Press

EU fails to agree on talks with Albania, North Macedonia

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier arrives for a meeting of EU General Affairs ministers, Article 50, at the European Convention Center in Luxembourg, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is in Luxembourg on Tuesday to brief ministers on the state of play for Brexit. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

The Latest: Scottish party won’t accept Brexit plans

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A man wounded in Turkish shelling is brought to Tal Tamr hospital in north Syria, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. Syrian government troops moved into towns and villages in northern Syria on Monday, setting up a potential clash with Turkish-led forces advancing in the area as long-standing alliances in the region begin to shift or crumble following the pullback of U.S. forces. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

The Latest: Erdogan rejects call for ceasefire in Syria

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European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU General Affairs ministers, Article 50, at the European Convention Center in Luxembourg, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is in Luxembourg on Tuesday to brief ministers on the state of play for Brexit. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU: Brexit deal still possible this week, but U.K. must act now

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

An Anti-Brexit demonstrator joins climate demonstrators near Parliament in London, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. The British government said Tuesday that the chances of a Brexit deal with the European Union were fading fast, as the two sides remained unwilling to shift from their entrenched positions. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

UK labor market weakening amid Brexit uncertainty

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

UK Brexit secretary Stephen Barclay, right, shakes hands with European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier before their meeting at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, Pool)

A crunch Brexit week looms with drama in London and Brussels

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Turkish-backed Syrian opposition fighters celebrate in Akcakale, in Sanliurfa province advance, after entering over the border from Tal Abyad, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. State-run Anadolu news agency reported Tal Abyad had fallen to a Turkish military offensive on Sunday. (AP Photo/Cavit Ozgul)

The Latest: Syria’s military moves near Turkish border

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European Union flags flap in the wind as two people walk up a set of stairs outside EU headquarters in Brussels, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. Technical talks on Brexit continued in Brussels over the weekend with European Union Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier due to brief EU ambassadors. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

The Latest: Ireland: Brexit talks could go into next week

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European Union flags flap in the wind as two people walk up a set of stairs outside EU headquarters in Brussels, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. Technical talks on Brexit continued in Brussels over the weekend with European Union Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier due to brief EU ambassadors. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU negotiators continue to discuss Brexit as deadline looms

By Jill Lawless and Raf Casert - Associated Press

In this photo taken Thursday Sept. 26, 2019 supporters of Poland's ruling right-wing party are standing in line before a candidate's billboard to get to a party convention in Warsaw, Poland, ahead of Sunday parliamentary election in which the Law and Justice party is hoping to win a second term in power. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poles to vote in one of most important elections in decades

By VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

UK Brexit secretary Stephen Barclay, right, shakes hands with European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier before their meeting at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, Pool)

Brexit negotiators set to work through the weekend

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Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades, right, talks with European Council President Donald Tusk as he arrives for a meeting at the presidential palace in divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. Tusk is in Cyprus for one-day visit. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

EU Council chief calls on Turkey to stop drilling off Cyprus

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