A Christian Democratic Union victory long looked likely despite the unpopularity of the 10-month-old national government. But the party's poll lead shrank ahead of Sunday's election.

James Talarico, the Democratic nominee from Texas, hopes to counter what he sees as a conservative takeover of the American church.

F IFTEEN YEARS ago the state of Baden-Württemberg sent tremors across Germany by electing the country’s first—and so far only—Green-led government. Two weeks before that vote the Fukushima disaster ...

You can hear the disdain and disrespect shown to the beautiful Jewish families across Belgium,” said Bill White, of comments ...

Talarico is a 36-year-old Texas state representative and the Democratic Party’s latest and greatest hope for winning its ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives are facing an unexpected challenge in their bid to wrest back power in a wealthy southwestern region from the Greens, the first in a series of state electoral ...

Evangelicals are 23 percent of U.S. adults and one of the most loyal Republican voting blocs, with 81 percent backing Donald Trump in 2024. Yet despite six of the nine Supreme Court justices being ...

The Belgian federal public prosecutor's office and the mobility ministry are currently investigating an oil tanker that was boarded by members of the Belgian armed forces at the weekend. The vessel is ...

The Netherlands is getting a new minority government led by Rob Jetten, the country’s youngest-ever prime minister ...

U.S. President Donald Trump during the National Governors Association dinner and reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 22, 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump during ...

Iowa Democratic state Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott is rebuking the state’s elected officials for being too white, too Christian, and too male. Garriott, an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...