- 2d ago
Trump slams US attorney Pirro for dropping Reflecting Pool charges, insists damage was vandalism
President Trump on Saturday sharply criticized his handpicked US attorney, Jeanine Pirro, after she moved to dismiss felony charges against a former Olympian accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying the damage was caused by a botched renovation, not deliberate sabotage.
- 2d ago
Ariana Grande's 'Petal' album channels unfiltered rage into dark, experimental pop
The singer's eighth studio album, co-written with Max Martin and Ilya Salmanzadeh, trades effervescence for brooding electronics and lyrics that take aim at fame, media scrutiny, and false friends.
- 6d ago
Merz reshuffles CDU and cabinet: Franziska Hoppermann to become party general secretary, Linnemann moves to health ministry
Chancellor Friedrich Merz proposed the current party treasurer to the CDU presidium on Monday, part of a wider personnel package triggered by Jens Spahn's resignation as parliamentary group leader.
- Jul 22
Azerbaijan's president confirms secret German-Russian talks in Baku, says territory used without consent
Ilham Aliyev said flight records show former German and Russian officials met in Baku on 12–14 July, but neither Berlin nor Moscow informed his government.
- Jul 20
JD Vance and wife Usha welcome fourth child, first baby born to a sitting US vice president in 156 years
US Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance announced the birth of their son Alec Neel Vance on Sunday at Walter Reed Medical Center, the first child born to a sitting vice president in over 150 years.
- Jul 18
Cuban dissident artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara arrives in Miami exile after five-year prison term
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, co-founder of the San Isidro Movement, landed in Miami on Saturday after accepting exile as the condition for his release from a five-year sentence for protesting Cuba's government.
- Jul 18
AfD launches Saxony-Anhalt election campaign with CDU donation claim and Wendler video message
At a rally in Magdeburg, AfD lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund said a CDU district councillor donated €5,000 to his party, while Schlager singer Michael Wendler sent greetings from Florida.
- Jul 17
Dresden court gives NSU supporter Susann E. a two-year suspended sentence for aiding neo-Nazi terror cell
A Dresden court gave a suspended two-year sentence to Susann E., a close friend of NSU terrorist Beate Zschäpe, for lending her identity and helping rent the motorhome used in the group's final robbery.
- Jul 17
Armin Laschet attends reading of '00-Laschet' spy comedy and reads a chapter himself
Former chancellor candidate Armin Laschet attended a reading of David Safier's new crime comedy '00-Laschet' in Aachen, where he is portrayed as a bumbling spy. Laschet even took the stage to read a chapter himself.
- Jul 16
German conservatives to elect Spahn's successor on 29 July after surrogacy resignation
The CDU/CSU parliamentary group will convene a special session on 29 July at 14:00 in Berlin to elect a new chair, after Jens Spahn resigned on Saturday under pressure from Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his own party over his use of a surrogate mother in the United States.
- Jul 15
German prosecutors probe comedian Uwe Steimle over Merkel hanging, Stauffenberg remarks at AfD event
The Dessau-Roßlau public prosecutor's office opened an investigation against cabaret artist Uwe Steimle on Wednesday after he joked at an AfD event about hanging a portrait of former Chancellor Angela Merkel and invoked the July 20 plotter Claus von Stauffenberg in reference to Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
- Jul 15
AfD leaders sing East German anthem at rally as comedian sparks criminal probe with Merz, Merkel remarks
AfD co-leader Tino Chrupalla and top candidate Ulrich Siegmund joined hundreds in singing 'Auferstanden aus Ruinen' at a campaign event in Dessau-Roßlau, while cabaret artist Uwe Steimle faces a criminal investigation over comments about Friedrich Merz and Angela Merkel.
- Jul 11
Rajoy's 'no Frenchmen' column on France's World Cup team ignites cross-border political storm before Spain-France semifinal
Former Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy's column saying France's World Cup squad plays 'without Frenchmen' has been condemned as racist by both French and Spanish officials, overshadowing tonight's Spain-France semifinal.
- Jul 8
Teenage suspect fires one shot before gun jams in Schongau school attack
A 16-year-old former student armed with a firearm and knives injured two girls at a high school in Schongau, Bavaria, before teachers and police overpowered him.
- Jul 7
German life expectancy reaches new high in 2025, federal statistics show
New data from the Federal Statistical Office shows life expectancy at birth for women reached 83.6 years and for men 79.1 years in 2025, both all-time highs.
- Jul 7
Ahr valley district chief recalls 2021 flood night: 'Quitting was not an option'
Five years after the Ahr valley disaster, district administrator Cornelia Weigand describes the night she told residents no help was coming and why she still wants an apology from the Rhineland-Palatinate government.
- Jul 4
Thousands march across France demanding comprehensive law against sexual violence after Lyhanna murder
A month after the rape and murder of 11-year-old Lyhanna, tens of thousands marched in 80 to 110 French cities on Saturday, demanding a comprehensive law to combat sexual violence against women and children.
- Jul 3
AfD re-elects Weidel and Chrupalla as leadership tilts further right, while 31,000 protest in Erfurt
Alice Weidel strengthened her grip on the party as the AfD congress in Erfurt re-elected both co-leaders, shifted the federal board rightward, and drew more than 31,000 protesters onto the streets.
- Jun 30
Angela Merkel unveils official portrait with a surprising absence: her signature hand gesture
Five years after leaving office, Angela Merkel finally unveiled her official chancellor portrait, painted by a previously unknown 28-year-old artist, and conspicuously missing the 'Merkel-Raute' hand gesture she was famous for.
- Jun 24
Merkel sits for first female portrait in German Chancellery's leaders' gallery, painted by unknown 28-year-old
Five years after her 16-year tenure ended, Angela Merkel has had her official portrait painted for the Chancellery's 'Gallery of Ancestors', becoming the first woman to join the line of post-war German chancellors.
