Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) suggested that the “Deep State is alive and well” within the Treasury and State Department and that their “number one objective” is to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, Jewish Insider reports.

Said Cruz: “Their objective is just wait out Donald Trump. They’re convinced he’s leaving in January 2021, and so it’s a waiting game.”

“British lawmakers on Tuesday rose up against Prime Minister Boris Johnson, moving to prevent him from taking the country out of the European Union without a formal agreement, and precipitating an epic showdown that could provoke a snap general election,” the New York Times reports.

“The lawmakers voted to take control of Parliament away from the government, giving themselves the authority to pass legislation that would stop the prime minister from his threat of a no-deal Brexit.”

The 328 to 301 vote was a massive blow to Johnson, who immediately called for new elections.

However, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn won;t support new elections until the Brexit delay is passed.

Washington Post: “The procedural vote capped a humiliating day for Johnson, who was jeered, heckled and laughed at mercilessly as he defended his hard-line Brexit stand in Parliament.”

“Parliament was given a green light Tuesday to mount an effort to stop Britain from leaving the European Union without an agreement, opening the way for one of the most critical showdowns in the country’s agonizing, three-year Brexit battle,” the New York Times reports.

“The decision clears the way for a two-step process in which lawmakers will first try to wrest control from the government and then force Prime Minister Boris Johnson to seek an extension to the Oct. 31 withdrawal deadline if he fails to reach an exit agreement with the European Union.”

“If that maneuver succeeds, however, Mr. Johnson has promised to call for a snap general election, the third in four years.”

For more, The Guardian and Financial Times have excellent live blogs.

A vote is expected around 5 p.m. ET

Washington Post: “By arming and backing a Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, the United States, Britain and France may be helping to commit potential war crimes, the United Nations said in a scathing report Tuesday that called for more accountability by all sides in Yemen’s five-year-old war.”

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), a key ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, told the Middletown Press that approval of the new trade treaty with Mexico and Canada is likely to “seep into next year.”

She added: “When we get to where we need to get to, we will move. We’re not there yet. And that’s critically important to understand.”

Britain’s governing Conservative party lost its majority today as one of its MPs defected to join the anti-Brexit Liberal Democrats, Politico reports.

“Phillip Lee sat on the opposition benches on Tuesday as Prime Minister Boris Johnson stood to deliver a statement in the House of Commons. The move increases pressure on Johnson, whose majority was already looking shaky, but does not automatically trigger an election because that would require a separate vote.”

A video shows Lee crossing the floor in the House of Commons during Johnson’s speech.

For more, The Guardian and Financial Times have excellent live blogs.