Team USA men’s hockey faces Germany in a preliminary game at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday, Feb. 15 at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena.

France is arguably the worst team in the tournament, getting outscored 20-5 in group play, tying Italy for dead last in goal differential (-15). France lost each game by at least three goals, and it needed to score on three of 12 shots against Czechia — an unsustainable clip — to even keep it within three.

As the winner of Group C and the No. 2 seed, the United States gets a bye into the quarterfinals but is expected to face Sweden.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz argues that being part of NATO is also to America's advantage.

But some certainly hoped for a speedier rebound, given the extraordinary fiscal stimulus on which Germany has embarked. Last March, at Mr Merz’s instigation, the Bundestag approved a €500bn ($595bn) debt-financed fund for climate and infrastructure,

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly and Correspondent Rob Schmitz discuss Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, at to the Munich Security Conference.

"International order based on rights and rules is currently being destroyed," said the German Chancellor.

A former Ukrainian officer, Serhii Kuznietsov, spends his days in near-total isolation at Hamburg's detention center. He is accused by Germany of destroying Russia's Nord Stream gas pipelines months