Germany's Social Democratic Party defeated the Christian Democratic Union in Germany's federal election this Sunday, a win for the country's center-left and SDP leader Olaf Scholz. "I'll be darned," said Joe Biden this morning. But though the vote represented a miserable showing for the CDU's Armin Laschet—outgoing chancellor Angela Merkel's intended successor—either party might still form a governing coalition given the closeness of the vote. — Read the rest
