Capitol Hill Sen. Joe Manchin, Democrat of West Virginia, and Sen. Mitt Romney, Republican of Utah, head to a vote on Capitol Hill on March 30, 2022, in Washington, DC. Credit – Jabin Botsford—The Washington Post/Getty Images This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get …
NEW YORK — America’s top television networks on Thursday turned prime time over to a gripping account of former President Donald Trump’s actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol — with one prominent exception. The top-rated news network, Fox News Channel, stuck with its own lineup of commentators. Sean …
For decades, Sen. Joe Manchin has presided over West Virginia’s Democratic Party, crowning candidates and throwing cushy appointments to allies while the state’s jobs, wages, and environment have gradually been ground to dust. But earlier this month, a grassroots slate of over 50 Democrats took control of the West Virginia Democratic Party after winning …
What’s happening Thursday’s Jan. 6 committee hearing focused on what happened in the White House during the 187 minutes of the Capitol riot. Why it matters The committee continues to build a case on how Trump could have stopped the attack but refused to do so, and at times, spurred on the rioters …
Joe Biden once dreamed of an FDR-size domestic-reform agenda. But the collapse of negotiations in Congress on the compromise of the compromise of that agenda will ensure he achieves nothing of the sort — not Roosevelt-size, not Obama-size, nor even Clinton-size. (Bill Clinton managed to increase taxes on the rich, expand the Earned …
“[Manchin] has sabotaged the president’s agenda. No, look, if you check the record, six months ago, I made it clear that you have people like Manchin, [Arizona Sen. Kyrsten] Sinema to a lesser degree, who are intentionally sabotaging the President’s agenda, what the American people want, what a majority of us in …
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With his threat of executive action looming, President Biden will speak Wednesday in Massachusetts about what the White House is calling a “climate crisis” after Sen. Joe Manchin obliterated Biden’s plans for new environmental spending. The White House was pressed Tuesday on when or if Biden might declare a national emergency related to …
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told The Independent that Joe Manchin has “no authority” to talk about climate change. The comment comes after Manchin tanked Democrats’ efforts to address the emergency. President Joe Biden will deliver remarks on Wednesday on tackling the crisis. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told The Independent that Sen. Joe Manchin has “no authority” …
The committee will present previously unseen material documenting January 6th, receive witness testimony, and provide the American people an initial summary of its findings about the coordinated, multi-step effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and prevent the transfer of power. The committee will also preview additional hearings. Source