Elon Musk is seeking to wield the power of his social media network to boost far-right political movements in the United ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he's staying “cool” against critical personal comments made by Elon Musk but finds it ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned Elon Musk’s “erratic” comments and his open support for the extreme-right AfD party in an interview published Saturday. The world’s wealthiest man — who owns ...

Musk, the world's richest man, has become vocal in his support for far right and anti-establishment parties in Europe.

BERLIN (AP) — The German government on Monday sought to downplay efforts by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk to get involved in ...

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk caused uproar after backing Germany’s far-right party in a major newspaper ahead of key ...

It’s only the fourth time that the Bundestag has been dissolved ahead of schedule under Germany’s post-World War II ...

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At a gathering organized by the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party outside Magdeburg's cathedral Monday, co-leader Alice Weidel described the attack as “an act of an Islamist full ...

Opinion polls put it in second place nationally ahead of elections in February. Its members, including the candidate for chancellor Alice Weidel, planned a rally in Magdeburg on Monday evening. Saudi ...

Although the AfD’s platform is widely viewed as far-right and anti-immigration, Alice Weidel, the party’s chancellor candidate, enthusiastically received Musk’s remark. Replying on X, ...

Alice Weidel, the candidate from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), slammed the European Union for undermining the country's auto industry and proposed winding back the trade bloc to a ...