Theresa May bowed out after nearly three years as prime minister on Friday, defeated by her inability to deliver Brexit.

Pressure has been growing on the embattled prime minister, Theresa May, for months over Brexit. She resigned.

Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt will stand for the leadership of the Conservative Party following the resignation of Prime Minister Theresa May, his local paper said on Friday.

Comments come ahead of president's state visit to Britain

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The British prime minister said: "I will shortly leave the job that it has been the honor of my life to hold.”

The man setting up at Downing Street in London today soon became known as 'podium guy' and became a big hit on social media where some even joked that he should be the new prime minister.

Britain’s Prime minister announced Friday she would step down next month, triggering a contest for her replacement

It's a crowded field in the Conservative Party.

Philip May cut a concerned figure as his wife struggled to choke back tears during her emotional farewell speech today

United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday announced she is resigning on June 7 after again failing to find support for her Brexit plan to w

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If Boris Johnson becomes PM, the most likely outcome is a no-deal Brexit leavened with the rhetoric of past and future glories of the UK. There are better candidates for the job.

As U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as Conservative leader on the eve of President Donald Trump’s state visit, Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage are set to gain.

Leaders express sadness at UK prime minister’s resignation but are committed to Withdrawal Agreement.

Within months, the U.K. will likely be governed either by fans of a hard Brexit, or the hard left. Neither would be pro-business.

Your daily look at late breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:1. PM MAY TO LEAVE DOWNING STREETTheresa May announces she will step down as...

Theresa May has quit as British Prime Minister after she failed to get her Brexit deal through.

After two years and three failed attempts at Brexit deal, it's over.

RT @RomanyTory: Hey @metpoliceuk @bernardjenkin @theresa_may any news on their lockdown parties? This is not forgotten! https://t.co/lafaAa…

RT @RomanyTory: Hey @theresa_may we have not forgotten your hypocrisy! Your utter spite and jealousy @BorisJohnson and his massive majority…

RT @RomanyTory: Hey @metpoliceuk @bernardjenkin @theresa_may any news on their lockdown parties? This is not forgotten! https://t.co/lafaAa…

RT @RomanyTory: Hey @theresa_may we have not forgotten your hypocrisy! Your utter spite and jealousy @BorisJohnson and his massive majority…

Long Boris explained Fired for lying @thetimes Fired for lying by Michael Howard Quit as Foreign Secretary before being fired by @theresa_may To tout Brexit lies Defenestrated for lack of integrity as PM Quit before being found to have lied intentionally to @UKParliament NOT: https://t.co/AZRTkcGh8A

RT @RomanyTory: Hey @theresa_may we have not forgotten your hypocrisy! Your utter spite and jealousy @BorisJohnson and his massive majority…

RT @RomanyTory: Hey @metpoliceuk @bernardjenkin @theresa_may any news on their lockdown parties? This is not forgotten! https://t.co/lafaAa…

RT @EmekaGift100: Continued Illegal Detention: Remind The World That All Frivolous Charges Against Me Were Struck Out By Nigerian Appellate…

RT @EmekaGift100: Nnamdi Kanu is being persecuted because of his #Biafra political view. Currently still Illegally detained in Solitary con…

RT @JamesMelville: The route that the UK government should have gone down was EEA / EFTA. A Common Market 2.0. But Theresa May destroyed th…

RT @EmekaGift100: Continued Illegal Detention: Remind The World That All Frivolous Charges Against Me Were Struck Out By Nigerian Appellate…

RT @EmekaGift100: Two good years in solitary confinement & the world have refused to condemn torture, self-determination is a universal rig…

RT @JayneLoganMxxx: @GingerJim5 Jim, Theresa May's husband is in that prison/construction biz-game, i think - i recall hearing about some c…

RT @LindaBr07293431: @theresa_may @theresa_may pleased to hear you praising an initiative set up by our former mandated Prime Minister @Bor…

RT @CraigTribe2: @theresa_may So to leave our next door neighbour’s trading bloc with a combined GDP of £16 Trillion to join one on the oth…

RT @Jane_Samuels: Good grief - Let’s be honest, Keir Starmer is worse than Theresa May at interviews. On the NHS and the junior doctors’ cr…

RT @Dan74065318091: @theresa_may give over and stop embaressing yourself Brexit means Brexit https://t.co/sNXd2Ahkka

RT @eyejosh: @theresa_may This is TOTAL fantasy, Mrs May. Your Brexit reduced GDP by 4% - and also led to sewage in our rivers and sea ! Wh…

RT @Eyeswideopen69: @theresa_may No-one in the wider world sees the latest Tory incarnation of Brexit Britain as anything other than a bitt…

RT @NoIAmTonyGreen: @theresa_may What utter, pointless, shameful bullshit. There is one available trade deal that will do a thousand times…

RT @Sillyshib: @theresa_may How embarrassing! Cannot believe you’d bring yourself so low

RT @eyejosh: @theresa_may This is TOTAL fantasy, Mrs May. Your Brexit reduced GDP by 4% - and also led to sewage in our rivers and sea ! Wh…

RT @Eyeswideopen69: @theresa_may No-one in the wider world sees the latest Tory incarnation of Brexit Britain as anything other than a bitt…

RT @andyfarnell07: @theresa_may Is it bollocks. The CPTPP is a much worse version of the EU, half a globe away with far less freedoms or be…

RT @Dan74065318091: @theresa_may give over and stop embaressing yourself Brexit means Brexit https://t.co/sNXd2Ahkka

RT @TheoMpoze: #UK & #Rwanda's Human Trafficking Deal of migrants. @theresa_may : Illegal migration bill will "consign more people to slav…

RT @indyscotnews: From @kmckenna63 “After I’d written to Theresa May in 2018 asking her to agree to a referendum, I asked Nicola at a meet…

RT @ClaireSuubi: @TheDivineFactor Theresa May's-no confidence vote / Jeremy Corbyn 2 Chronicles 20:20 https://t.co/tdq3fq4tR2 #ProphetElvi…

RT @TheDivineFactor: Brexit /Theresa May Prophecy https://t.co/nchuSD9LEw #ProphetElvisMbonye declared the end from the beginning https://…

RT @TheDivineFactor: Theresa May's-no confidence vote / Jeremy Corbyn https://t.co/gt1GPK4rme In a deeper place with God #ProphetElvisMbon…

RT @LastBlairite: And Theresa May ended up as Prime Minister. Now do the Tory vote share. Losing a two horse race is losing

There are certain things that are beginning to be put in the uk this time Brexit /Theresa May Prophecy https://t.co/YOXkjRspfH #ProphetElvisMbonye https://t.co/HaHLslU8tc

Theresa May was preserved Despite the fact that all odds were against her, #ProphetElvisMbonye https://t.co/ssVQRWYFys

RT @MercyElvis10: @ve_tage Despite the fact that all odds were against her, Theresa May was preserved #ProphetElvisMbonye

RT @hawkins_carole: @BladeoftheS Russians have donated £13,860,934 to the Tories. Tory Coffers £5million 826,000 Liam Fox £10k Craig Whitta…

RT @seicilop: Remember when Theresa May 'misplaced' over 100 files about child sex offenders in positions of power? Weird and obscene how…

RT @TomMcTague: I spoke to @ArleneFosterUK on @TheseTimesPod for @unherd. We covered everything from her regrets about not pulling down The…

RT @Trickyjabs: Imagine if there was as much media outrage at Theresa May 'losing' 114 files of Westminster paedophilia as there was at Dia…

RT @CrucibleOfWords: Yet another Tory rapist it seems. I'm once again reminded of Theresa May "losing" over 100 files regarding high prof…

RT @TheCoryTunts: @carolvorders @Lou_Smorals1 This Liam Fox? https://t.co/v6b3Dxllrz