German poll: Merz hits record low — AfD leads as strongest party at 27%.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz's approval has dropped to a new record low of just 13% in the latest Deutschlandtrend poll for ARD and WELT, down three points from last month.

84% of Germans say they are dissatisfied with his performance.

His CDU/CSU has fallen to 22% — its lowest since November 2021 — while coalition partner SPD dropped to 12%.

The AfD leads as the strongest party at 27%, unchanged from last month. The Greens rose one point to 15%, the Left one point to 11%.

The economy dominates public concern: 78% say they worry about Germany as an industrial location.

Climate change ranks second at 66%, followed by immigration at just over 50%.

Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) remains the only politician with majority approval at 52%.

AfD leader Alice Weidel, at 27% approval, scores more than double the chancellor.

X suspends Trump portfolio tracker account within 24 hours of launch — after it gained 80K+ followers tracking his public financial disclosures.

The account launched immediately after the release of Trump's 927-page 2025 annual financial disclosure, which revealed over $1 billion in crypto-related income alone — including ~$515 million from World Liberty Financial token sales, $635 million in memecoin licensing royalties, and tens of millions in crypto wallet holdings.

Total reported 2025 income was estimated at around $2.2 billion.

No case-specific explanation was issued.

Similar long-running automated accounts tracking other politicians' trades (such as Nancy Pelosi trackers using the same type of public disclosure data) remain active.

WATCH: Aerial footage shows massive fuel queues in Russia as Ukrainian refinery strikes bite.

Long convoy of cars and trucks snake along a highway around a fuel station in rural Russia.

U.S. officials feared Israel might assassinate Iran’s top negotiators—Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf—during sensitive peace talks this spring.

Concerned such a strike would derail negotiations and reignite the war, Washington asked regional countries to warn Iran of the risk.

Iran took extensive security measures to protect its delegation, including military escorts and changes to travel plans after receiving intelligence about a possible Israeli attack.

Source: NYT

Poland will not send its remaining MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine after a planned swap for Ukrainian drone technology fell through.

Instead, Poland will gradually retire the aging MiG-29s as they reach the end of their service life, with no plans to upgrade them.

The retirement schedule will remain classified.

Russian missile strikes residential high-rise in Kyiv.

Body of Iranian leader Khamenei arrives at farewell ceremony near Imam Khomeini’s Hussainiyah.

Germany's Chancellor Merz explains himself:

We are returning to the rule that existed in Germany before COVID. Back then, nobody complained about it.

The electronic and telephone sick note was introduced to reduce the risk of infection—not to make obtaining a sick note easier.

We have seen that, since then, the number of sick leave certificates has increased significantly.

Trump on his crypto earnings:

We have to be at the top, otherwise China's going to take it over.

If we're not going to do it, China's going to get it — most likely China, but somebody else.

Japan is somebody else. And I want to be number one.

A senior official from Polish President Nawrocki’s office sparked backlash after referring to Volhynia and “Eastern Lesser Poland”—a historical Polish term for parts of western Ukraine (used by Poland in 1922–1939).

The remarks came while condemning Ukraine’s “glorification of Bandera” and UPA.

Germany's Chancellor Merz:

Germany alone cannot solve the world's climate problem.

If we become the model student that nobody follows and nobody wants to copy, then we will fail.

Interviewer: The amount of money that you and the family made in crypto...

Trump: By the way, I could know about it. There's nothing illegal, there's nothing wrong with it. I could know.

Trump: How a Jewish person can vote for a Democrat is beyond me.

I've been the best president in the history of Israel and they acknowledge.

Trump:

Anything my kids do, they have inside information.

I tell my kids, "Stay away as much as you can."

Trump on Iran:

We totally defeated them militarily. They have some missiles left. We could wipe them out too.

I think they’ve agreed to just about everything we need.

Trump:

We blew up Iran’s radar. They had no radar. They still don’t.

We blew it up again the other night. They had a nice new radar. They were all set to go, and we blew it up.

Russia's Medvedev:

Finland has lifted its ban on hosting nuclear weapons. What does that change for the Finns? Just one minor thing: their country is now on Russia's nuclear target list.

Rejoice, Finland, you’ve reached peak security!

Interviewer: Did you have spoken to Elon since he became a trillionaire?

Trump: I haven't. I wrote him a note. I said, “Congratulations, very good.”

He still likes me. But I did a little thing called the electric mandate.

Trump on Iran:

They're making no money, so we're going to take some of the money...

Israel Wanted to Assassinate Top Iranian Negotiators

US officials intervened to protect delicate ceasefire talks.

▪️Washington warned Tehran via regional allies
▪️Iranian plane evaded Israeli jets post-talks
▪️Aragchi and Ghalibaf were primary targets

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