KELLY: Angela Merkel. She led Germany as chancellor from 2005 to 2021. Her new memoir, out today, is titled, "Freedom." Chancellor Merkel, thank you. MERKEL: (Speaking German). Thank you very much.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was battling to save her coalition Monday after Interior Minister Horst Seehofer announced his intention to resign over a controversial migration policy, according ...

Ms. Merkel laments, for example, comparing the escape of small doses of radiation from nuclear containers to spilling baking powder for a cake — an off-the-cuff remark she made in 1996.