But now, according to US and German sources, Obama came with an urgent agenda: Convince Merkel to run for re-election when Germans head to the polls on September 24. Over the course of three hours ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country's center-right leader, the front-runner in Germany's election next month ...

Merz would return German politics to the right and the traditional conservatism of the Christian Democrats. It would be a remarkable comeback for a man pushed aside by Angela Merkel in the early ...