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Britain's May Forms Minority Government With Backing Of Northern Irish Party

The Democratic Unionist Party also secured more than $1 billion in economic assistance for Northern Ireland.
British Prime Minister Theresa May, left, greets Arlene Foster, leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, outside 10 Downing Street in London on Monday. / Carl Court / Getty Images

The Democratic Unionist Party has given U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May enough votes to form a government, signing a "confidence and supply" agreement to back May's Conservatives in confidence

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