UK leader appoints staunchly pro-Brexit lawmaker to key post

LONDON (AP) — Britain's prime minister on Monday appointed Dominic Raab, a staunchly pro-Brexit lawmaker, to replace David Davis as the most senior official in charge of negotiating Britain's exit from the European Union.Davis quit late Sunday, saying he could not support May's plan to maintain close trade and regulatory ties with the EU, commonly known as a "soft Brexit," after the departure takes place next year. The junior Brexit minister Steve Baker also resigned, Downing Street confir