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Germany’s minimum wage is set to rise by about 14% over the next 18 months under an agreement that appears to defuse a potentially divisive issue for the new government ...
German lawmakers voted Friday to suspend family reunions for many migrants, part of a drive by the new conservative-led ...
For better or worse, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s much-anticipated visit to the White House became a backdrop to the Trump-Musk meltdown.
Germany’s finance minister has vowed to lift the country’s defense spending to 3.5% of gross domestic product in 2029 ...
Germany's conservative-led government will stop funding groups that rescue migrants in the Mediterranean, a foreign ministry ...
Politicians becoming the subject of expletive-laden chants by fans of football – or any sport – is historically bad for political careers, explain David Maddox and Kate Devlin ...
Former President Joe Biden and Merz's predecessor, Olaf Scholz, maintained close ties even as they ... Billionaire Trump ally Elon Musk had sparked an uproar in Germany by backing the AfD last year.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are going to war—and giving everyone a front-row seat. The resulting timeline—a chaotic, catty, incendiary voyage into the grievances of the world’s richest man ...
Elon Musk spent the last several months knee-deep in government, sidelining his companies to pursue a long-standing Republican quest to weed out alleged waste and fraud.
White House Senior Advisor Elon Musk walks to the White House after landing in Marine One on the South Lawn with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured) on March 9, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Trumpworld insiders fear that Elon Musk’s attacks on Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” could kill it—and are already advising candidates to turn their backs on the world’s richest man.