at peace

"It's been sad for the family, at least she's at rest and at peace, and they got what they deserve," he said.

Ms Parker said she now felt "at peace" with her "life-changing" diagnosis.

"We are not at war, but we are no longer at peace either. We must do much more for our own security," Merz told a media event in Düsseldorf this week.

Sitting down at the keys, she's finally at peace, playing the heartfelt ballads A Million Reasons and Die With A Smile, without the accompaniment of her band.

Complicating all this for Democrats is the reality that many Republicans seem at peace with an extended government closure.