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Merz Shock: Germany’s Next Chancellor Rejected in Historic Blow

Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure the chancellorship by just six votes in a historic first parliamentary ballot, plunging the nation into political uncertainty amidst a leadership crisis.

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Number 20% - Pentagon ordered cut in four-star generals by Defense Secretary Hegseth

Quote "Putin doesn’t want peace. He wants Ukraine." — Mike Pence on Trump tariffs and Russia