Scotland’s Nicola Sturgeon Quits

“Nicola Sturgeon is resigning as Scotland’s first minister in a move that stunned her pro-independence party and fired the starting pistol on the race to succeed her,” Politico reports.

“The SNP leader — who has led the Scottish National Party and the country’s devolved government since 2014 — made the shock announcement at a hastily arranged press conference Wednesday from her official residence in Edinburgh.”