Griff Witte Karla Adam Amanda Ferguson The Washington Post

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's dreams of an election that would clear his path to Brexit by the end of October were decisively dashed early Tuesday morning, leaving him with no obvious means of making good on his vow of a "do or die" exit from the European Union.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's dreams of an election that would clear his path to Brexit by the end of October were decisively dashed early Tuesday morning, leaving him with no obvious means of making good on his vow of a "do or die" exit from the European Union.