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President Joe Biden said “I will be darned” on Sunday, after a reporter told him the Social Democratic Party was ahead in Germany’s federal election. 

The center-left Social Democratic Party looks to have got 25.7% of the vote, while Angela Merkel’s right-leaning bloc received 24.1%.

Merkel is stepping down after 16 years as chancellor as her conservative alliance heads for its worst election result since World War II.

Millions of Germans are heading to the polls on Sunday in an election that will change the face of Germany, and Europe.

The most closely watched attempt by Republicans to examine the 2020 presidential election came to an embarrassing end this week in Arizona, but efforts to conduct more are cranking up elsewhere.

As Democrats get closer to raising taxes, financial advisors and their well-off clients are taking steps now to avoid some of those steeper levies later.

Cyber Ninjas’ report is set to be unveiled Friday by the Arizona Republicans who commissioned the firm despite it having no election-auditing experience.

CNBC takes a look at the main political figures that could shape the future of Europe’s largest economy.

Rep. Liz Cheney was one of 10 House Republicans to vote to impeach former President Donald Trump for inciting the Capitol riot.

As Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares to leave office, global popular opinion of her remains overwhelmingly positive, just not in Greece.

With Chancellor Angela Merkel due to leave office after Germany’s federal election on Sunday, the country’s priorities could change dramatically.

The latest poll shows the gap narrowing between the top two contenders in the German election race.

Progressive groups are launching a $2 million pressure campaign against Republican lawmakers to show that a majority of voters support Joe Biden’s agenda.

Russia’s ruling party, United Russia, appears to have retained its majority in weekend Duma elections.

When long-standing German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves office after the country’s federal election on Sept. 26, all eyes will be on France.

Protestors were met with a heavy presence of local, state and federal law enforcement — and members of the press — far outnumbering event attendees.

The data backs up California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s statement that his decisive victory in the recall election is a win for Covid vaccines and science.

A panel of North Carolina judges in a split decision blocked the state’s voter ID law, saying it discriminates against Black people.

Russia will be holding elections to the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, this weekend and experts expect the vote to bolster the Kremlin further.

Ex-President Donald Trump on Thursday condemned the criminal prosecution of hundreds of his supporters who were part of the mob that invaded the Capitol Jan. 6.