Trump and Putin Could Decide Others’ Fates, Echoing Yalta Summit

In 1945, the map of Europe was redrawn in Yalta without input from the affected countries. Ukraine and Europe fear a repeat in Alaska.

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80 Years After Dachau Concentration Camp Liberation, Witnesses Remember

The anniversary of the end of the Nazi era comes at a pivotal time for Germans. The last of the survivors, liberators and perpetrators are dying, as the far right is becoming more established.

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Why Germany Wants to Loosen Its Debt Brake

An incoming government wants to borrow much more to revamp the economy and rebuild the military. That means a change in the country’s Constitution — and its culture.

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Elon Musk Shared, Then Deleted X Post Absolving Hitler, Stalin and Mao of Genocide

The post falsely claimed that Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of people, but rather public sector workers were.

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Bardella, Leader of France’s Far-Right National Rally, Heads to Israel

As Jordan Bardella, its young president, tries to distance the party from its history of antisemitism, it is making common cause with Israel against “Islamist ideology.”

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Trump’s Embrace of Russia Leaves Europe in Emotional Shock

It remains to be seen how far President Trump’s embrace of Russia and abandonment of traditional allies will go. But “the West” may be gone.

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A Europe in Emotional Shock Grapples With a New Era

It remains to be seen how far President Trump’s embrace of Russia and abandonment of traditional allies will go. But “the West” may be gone.

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Vance and Musk Attack German Consensus on Nazis and Speech

Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk have challenged decades-long approaches to political extremism that were designed to prevent another Hitler.

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Gerd Heidemann, Journalist Duped by Fake Hitler Diaries, Dies at 93

What was supposed to be the crowning scoop of his career became his downfall when a trove of notebooks he acquired in Germany turned out to be forgeries.

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