Two-page memo punctures May's hopes for Brexit deal

LONDON -- Britain's attorney general punctured Prime Minister Theresa May's hopes of winning backing for her Brexit deal Tuesday, saying last-minute changes secured from the European Union didn't give Britain the power to cut itself free of ties to the bloc. Geoffrey Cox said changes announced late Monday "reduce the risk" Britain could be stuck inside EU regulations indefinitely -- but do not eliminate it. The two-page opinion said the U.K. could still not extract itself from the terms of the d