Joe Manchin

Amid decline, coal seeks new champions in Washington

Politics
Amanda Smith

Coal, the fading powerhouse of the U.S. electricity system, is about to see its fortunes turn even darker. New Biden administration pollution ...

Joe Manchin and Rob Portman hold back support from their parties’ presidential nominees while calling for bipartisanship in Congress

Politics
Amanda Smith

(CNN) — Retiring Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and former Sen. Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican, are holding off on ...

Biden nomination of the first Muslim American to a federal appeals court in peril

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden‘s nomination of Adeel Mangi to be a powerful U.S. circuit court judge is in peril after two ...

The 2024 Battle for the Senate Takes Shape

U.S.
Amanda Smith

When Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin announced in November he would not seek re-election, he effectively took West Virginia off the 2024 map ...

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin announces he won’t run for president in 2024

U.S.
Amanda Smith

NEW YORK (AP) — West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin announced on Friday that he is not running for president, saying he didn’t ...

Senate approves Biden pick to lead EPA air office as final rules near on power plants, vehicles

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has approved President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency’s air pollution office just as ...

Nearly all US Senate Democrats back two-state solution for Israel and Palestinians

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Amanda Smith

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An overwhelming majority of President Joe Biden‘s fellow Democrats in the Senate on Wednesday backed a ...

“I love my country too much to vote for Donald Trump,” Sen. Joe Manchin says

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Amanda Smith

Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a Democratic moderate in a state former President Donald Trump won by nearly 40 points in ...

Mitt Romney Appears Open To Voting For Joe Biden Over Trump In 2024

Politics
Amanda Smith

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Sunday explained his concerns about Donald Trump winning reelection next November, while also not excluding the possibility ...

Coal-producing West Virginia is converting an entire school system to solar power

Politics
Amanda Smith

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An entire county school system in coal-producing West Virginia is going solar, representing what a developer and U.S. ...