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German Coalition Turmoil Deepens As SPD Co-Leader Bas Quits, Blames CDU "Public Attacks" Just when Friedrich Merz gathered his party's top brass to "regroup," the government lost another load-bearing wall. On Monday, labor minister Bärbel Bas, who was also co-chair of the junior coalition partner SPD, abruptly resigned from both posts. The 58-year-old said she needs time to grieve after the sudden death of her stepdaughter, but she also pointed a finger at "public attacks," including from within the ranks of Merz's own CDU/CSU bloc, which she said continued throughout her...

Obama-Appointed Judge Orders Trump Admin To Restart Processing Asylum Claims Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration must restart processing claims of asylum, a federal judge ruled on June 5. Officials must also resume adjudicating requests for immigration benefits such as work permits from nationals of 39 countries from which President Donald Trump has restricted travel, Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr., based in Rhode Island, said. This is the same judge AFL exposed for failing to recuse from the Trump spending freeze case - despite previously leading...

Trump Launches America.Gov Website Simplifying Access To Government Services Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Sept. 29 directing all federal agencies to integrate services with a new website designed to make it easier for users to find information and interact with the government. He described the tool as "one of the most revolutionary product launches of all time." America.gov will serve as a landing page consolidating nearly 30,000 federal government websites into one chatbot, powered by SpaceX's Grok and Google's Gemini. The site...