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German Minister Offers To Step Down Over Merkel's Handling Of Migrants

6:32am July 02, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has demanded a tougher line on migrants arriving mainly from North Africa. If his party quits Germany's fragile coalition, it would spell the end of the government.

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with other Europen Union leaders during a summit Thursday in Brussels. Earlier in the day she delivered a speech to a restive German parliament, deeply divided over matters of migration.

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Merkel's Fragile Coalition Teeters On Edge Of Migration Question

9:05pm June 28, 2018

The German chancellor hopes to find some answers to that question at a European Union summit beginning Thursday. The parties she counts as allies have been deeply divided over how to treat newcomers.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves a press conference after a leadership meeting at her party headquarters in Berlin on Monday. Hardliners in her conservative bloc want to bar asylum-seekers from entering Germany if they've already applied or register

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Differences Over Migration Policy Throw German Government Into Crisis

3:45pm June 19, 2018

by Simon Schuetz

Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition partner wants to bar migrants from entering Germany if they've applied for asylum elsewhere, and has given her two weeks to tighten asylum rules.

Alternative for Germany leaders Alexander Gauland and Alice Weidel listen to German Chancellor Angela Merkel answer questions at Germany's parliament on June 6.

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Germany's Far-Right AfD Party Is Making Its Presence Felt

2:54pm June 08, 2018

by Simon Schuetz

Alexander Gauland, the head of Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, made recent remarks about the Nazi era that offended many Germans, but critics say it's all part of the AfD's playbook.

U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell gets in his car after an accreditation ceremony for new ambassadors in Berlin on May 8.

Uproar Continues Over Pro-Right Remarks By U.S. Ambassador To Germany

4:43pm June 07, 2018

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

The new U.S. ambassador to Germany upset his hosts, and Democratic senators back home, with his announced support for right-wing populists in Europe.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel responds to questions from parliamentarians in the first-ever "Chancellor's Question Time," in the Bundestag on Wednesday in Berlin.

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Merkel Parries Queries In First-Ever 'Chancellor's Question Time'

6:30am June 07, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The German chancellor fielded questions on issues ranging from immigration to trade in Bundestag's more staid version of the familiar British tradition.

A road sign on Hamburg's Max-Brauer-Allee warns motorists that older diesel vehicles are banned from using this stretch of road. Hamburg is the first German city to ban older diesel vehicles.

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Could A Diesel Ban In Hamburg, Germany, Cause More Pollution? Some Residents Worry

12:38pm May 31, 2018

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

The partial ban went into effect Thursday. Many Germans question whether the ban is an environmental milestone or a political shell game that could end up creating more pollution.

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Police on patrol in three German airports have launched investigations into 20 families who pulled their children out of school to go on vacation.

German Families Playing Hooky Stopped By Police At Airports, May Be Fined

9:50pm May 21, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

Officers have launched investigations into more families caught skipping school ahead of a three-day weekend. Parents could face fines up to $1,177. U.S. parents can be fined for kids' truancy too.

This is one of the last pictures taken of Adolf Hitler in his bunker in Berlin in 1945 as he shakes hands with General Field Marshal Ferdinand Schoerner.

French Researchers: Hitler Really Did Die In The Bunker In 1945

10:12am May 21, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Conspiracy theories have abounded for years about the fate of the Fuhrer, ranging from his escape to Argentina aboard a German U-boat to living out his days at a secret Nazi moon base.

U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell (left) and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier greet the media during Grenell's accreditation process at the Bellevue Palace in Berlin on Tuesday.

New U.S. Ambassador To Germany Grenell Irks His Hosts The Day He Arrives

6:52pm May 09, 2018

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

In his defense, Richard Grenell said his tweet instructing German companies to "wind down operations immediately" in Iran was just following "White House talking points."