
Election campaign, foreign policy, judiciary and military under the Trump administration
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The USA is about to hold congressional elections (midterms), while at the same time military tensions in the Iran war are increasing.
After a short-term cancellation, US President Donald Trump now wants to travel to the states of Iowa and Kansas for election campaign appearances. A person familiar with the plans told the AP that Trump would visit Iowa and Kansas on Sunday. The president had previously canceled the appearances, causing a lack of understanding in the Republican Party.
Shortly before the congressional elections in the USA, President Donald Trump canceled two personal campaign appearances in the states of Iowa and Kansas. Instead of the events planned for the weekend, Trump now wanted to campaign by telephone to support Republican candidates, as the Republican National Committee announced on Thursday.
According to media reports, the US Department of Justice increased its pressure on the democratically governed state of California shortly before the important general elections. It sent grand jury subpoenas to local election officials in the state.
According to media reports, US President Donald Trump received advice on how to proceed in the Iran war at a rare personal meeting with a high-ranking military chief. The Wall Street Journal writes that the head of the US Regional Command for the Middle East (Centcom), Admiral Brad Cooper, presented Trump with military options in Iran on Thursday in the White House.
The US Department of Justice is expanding a criminal investigation related to the upcoming Senate election in the state of Alaska. At the center is a candidate who shares the same name as incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff planning group. Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia is the latest of nearly two dozen generals fired under Hegseth.
The US government of President Donald Trump has suffered a defeat in the legal dispute over 20,000 voters in California. The judge responsible rejected the application for an interim injunction.
In a hacker attack on the US Department of Homeland Security, activists stole contact information for over 41,000 employees. The group calls itself the Department of Peace.
US President Donald Trump has classified imports of robots and industrial machinery as a risk to national security, but has initially refrained from imposing further tariffs.
After the heated war of words at the United Nations, the USA expelled a Cuban diplomat.
US President Donald Trump has welcomed the election victories of a separatist and a conservative candidate in Canadian provinces.
The USA and Russia are likely to discuss the possible return of US companies to the Russian oil market as part of talks about peace in Ukraine.
The US military has so far estimated its spending on the Iran war at more than $47 billion.
During a campaign appearance in Texas, US President Donald Trump flirted with incorporating Venezuela as the 51st state of the United States.
The US government wants to grant visas to the United States to Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who was defeated in the runoff election for the presidency in Brazil, and his family.
US President Donald Trump is escalating his campaign against the established term artificial intelligence, which he wants to replace with the word “superintelligence”.
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Trump will make campaign appearances in Iowa and Kansas on Sunday.
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Five years after her departure from the Chancellery, Angela Merkel speaks about the need for a female Federal President, the CDU's course and the background to her previous tremors.
After the arrest of former BND chief August Hanning on suspicion of espionage, US secret services warned of consequences for cooperation. However, security circles in Germany emphasize that cooperation continues to proceed normally.

Former Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling for a woman to be Federal President for the first time. In an interview, she also criticized the CDU's current course under Friedrich Merz and emphasized the need to build bridges into society again.

Security authorities want to stop violent demonstrators at the border, while the 'Gen Z Regulates' initiative is calling for nationwide protests for education, climate protection and social justice. Politicians show understanding for the concerns of young people.
The Berlin politician Elif Eralp will receive personal protection for the upcoming state party conference of the Left. The background is security concerns for the election winner. She had previously made critical comments about the police presence, which is now leading to political debate.
Benjamin Netanyahu achieves a surprising election success in Israel despite initial polls. While his challenger Gadi Eisenkot called for the prime minister's resignation, Netanyahu is consolidating his power through security rhetoric and mobilization.