The German state that hosts Ramstein Air Base has written to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker and plans to send a staff delegation to Washington on Dec. 8-9, according to materials its lobbying firm, DLA Piper, filed under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The Digital Free Press read the filing, which says the state wants more than "the status quo" for U.S. bases.

A 33-year-old German man was detained on suspicion of arson after a fire engulfed the Eagle's Nest, the mountaintop Kehlsteinhaus built for Adolf Hitler above Berchtesgaden. Prosecutors say he showed signs of possible mental illness and are also weighing a political motive.