Musk and the right co-opt the left’s critique of U.S. power
The highlights were familiar to any left-wing critic of American power: The U.S. Agency for International Development’s ...
Merz claims win for German conservatives as far right surges to strongest postwar election result
Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is set to return to power with the far-right Alternative for Germany ...
Voters Took Note of U.S. Meddling in Campaign
Several voters took note of a speech by Vice President JD Vance this month, when he told European leaders to stop shunning ...
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Eighty Percent of Germans Voted Against the Far Right. Can That Happen Here?
Twenty percent of Germans voted for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Sunday’s election, twice as many as ...
The Death of Competition in American Elections
A vast majority of 2024 races for Congress and state legislatures were decided by low-turnout or meaningless primaries. The ...
Bill Maher tells former Obama speechwriter Dems 'want to lose elections' if they don't budge on trans issues
Real Time" host Bill Maher got into a heated argument with former Obama speechwriter Jon Lovett over gender transition treatments for kids on Sunday.
The Race to Save Germany
Voters give the center-right a chance to govern, but the AfD lurks to take advantage of failure.
CDU in driver's seat after German election but coalition might be necessary: Four key takeaways
Germany's election reshapes the political scene, with the far right and far left parties on the rise and coalition chaos and uncertainty for the minnows on the cards. Will CDU's Merz be able to form a ...
Conservatives heading to victory in German election; far right surges
The Christian Democratic Union has won a plurality in the Bundestag, preliminary exit polls suggested Sunday, while the ...
German election: Friedrich Merz urges 'independence' from US
Early projections say Germany's conservative bloc has secured some 28.5% of the votes ahead of the far-right AfD with over 20%. Conservative leader Friedrich Merz urged Europe to distance itself from ...
Nearly all USAID to be put on administrative leave, 2,000 jobs cut after judge clears path
The Trump administration is putting all civil servants employed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on ...
Live updates: Germans vote in crucial election as Europe grapples with a new Trump administration
Four candidates are running to be Germany’s next leader: incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz, current Vice ...