U.S. Vice President JD Vance has criticized Germany's free speech laws during an appearance at a conservative gathering outside Washington, linking the country's limits against hate speech to American troops stationed there.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has criticized Germany's free speech laws during an appearance at a conservative gathering outside Washington, linking the country's limits against hate speech to American troops stationed there.

While Vance scolded European leaders for not engaging with “alternative viewpoints,” the Trump administration continues to undermine free expression at home.

Vance’s denunciation of efforts by the German establishment to keep the far right out of power sparked a wave of condemnation from senior officials and pundits, some of whom saw

The Secretary of State said it was not historically accurate to compare the modern-day party to the Nazi regime.

Concern is growing over the far-right Alternative for Germany party’s rise ahead of the German election. Its U.S. supporters include Elon Musk and JD Vance.

After the highly unusual U.S. interventions, the AfD remains in second place heading into Germany’s federal election on Sunday.

The journalist probed the vice president's decision to antagonize U.S. allies in Europe and meet the leader of Germany's far-right party.

Vice President JD Vance shocked leaders at the Munich Security Conference when he challenged Germany's decades-long approach to preventing political extremism and effectively boosted a far-right political party,

Olaf Scholz rebuked U.S. Vice President JD Vance for suggesting that far-right parties should not be shut out of government. Germany's other political parties have refused to work with the far-right AfD.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivered a strong rebuke on Saturday to U.S. Vice President JD Vance's attack on Europe's stance toward hate speech and the far right, saying it was

Vice President J.D. Vance on Monday called Germany’s free speech restrictions “Orwellian” and said that other European countries should join the U.S. in rejecting such laws.