Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said Friday he has left the Democratic Party to become an independent with no party affiliation. “Today, our national politics are broken and neither party is willing to compromise to find common ground,” Manchin said in a statement. “To stay true to myself and remain committed to put country before party, I have decided to register as an independent with no party affiliation and continue to fight for America’s sensible majority...

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced Friday he has registered as an independent, raising questions about his future political plans. Manchin has often been at odds with the Democratic Party and an obstacle to many of President Joe Biden’s legislative priorities. He had announced in November that he wouldn’t seek re-election to the Senate in the heavily GOP state, making Republicans heavy favorites to pick up a seat in their bid to retake the majority next...

Dan Abrams invited Megyn Kelly onto his NewsNation show Thursday to discuss former President Donald Trump’s conviction in a Manhattan court hours earlier in what turned into a heated debate over whether the guilty verdicts were justified. When Abrams said Trump was guilty of violating campaign finance laws, Kelly hit back, saying: “Wrong! You don’t know what you’re talking about! You’re wrong!” Trump on Thursday was convicted by a Manhattan jury of all 34 counts ...

President Joe Biden weighed in on Donald Trump‘s conviction today, defending the judicial process while warning critics that it was “reckless” and “dangerous” to characterize the proceedings as “rigged.” “The American principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed,” Biden said, in his first remarks since Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. “Donald Trump was given every opportunity to defend himself. It was a state case, not a...

In his first major address since being convicted on 34 felony counts, Donald Trump went on a free-wheeling, 30-minute, free-association journey. Speaking at the base of the escalator in Trump Tower on Friday, the former president reflected on his legal peril and told the fawning crowd, “If they can do this to me, they can do this to anyone.”

President Joe Biden announced Israel’s three-part proposal for “an enduring ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas and the release of all hostages held in Gaza. “Hamas needs to take the deal,” Biden told reporters Friday during a State Dining Room address at the White House. The first phase of Israel’s “comprehensive” roadmap, if agreed to by Hamas, would include a six-week ceasefire, according to Biden. That “full and complete ceasefire” would include the “withdrawal of Israeli forces...

Now what? Now that Donald Trump is the first current or former president convicted of a felony, what does that mean for the 2024 presidential election? It’s a valid question — without an instant answer. And that’s not popular in a world that rewards, and sometimes requires, instant insightful analysis.  It’s just not possible, as the country has never seen this before. The word “unprecedented” gets thrown around too easily, but it truly applies in this situation. So it’s healthy to...

President Joe Biden called on Hamas to accept the terms of a cease-fire deal that would bring an end to the conflict in Gaza. Biden has faced criticism for his handling of the war as Israel has continued to operate in Gaza which is now undergoing a humanitarian crisis. In his remarks, the president laid out a three-phase plan that is being presented by Qatar, a country that has acted as an intermediary in negotiations with Hamas.

President Joe Biden on Friday detailed a three-phase deal proposed by Israel to Hamas militants that he says would lead to the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza and could end the grinding, nearly 8-month-old Mideast war. Biden added that Hamas is “no longer capable” of carrying out another large-scale attack on Israel as he urged Israelis and Hamas to come to a deal to release the remaining hostages for an extended cease-fire. The Democratic president in remarks from the White...

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