
Manchin says he still sees himself as a Democrat even after thwarting Build Back Better plan
CNN
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin said Monday that he still considers himself a Democrat even after he defied his party by torpedoing a key piece of President Joe Biden's domestic agenda.
In a wide-ranging interview with West Virginia Radio, Manchin, a moderate and key swing vote in the Senate, was asked whether there is still a place for him in the party, to which he replied, "Well, I think."
"I would like to hope that there are still Democrats that feel like I do. ... I'm socially -- I'm fiscally responsible and socially compassionate," he said. "Now, if there's no Democrats like that, then they'll have to push me wherever they want me."

Why it took Seneca leader and Civil War general Ely S. Parker 176 years to be admitted to the NY bar
Ely S. Parker, a Tonawanda Seneca from western New York, never took no for an answer.

After recent high-profile use of force encounters, federal officials have seemingly rushed to offer full-throated defenses of immigration agents, raising questions about whether previously enshrined mechanisms meant to hold law enforcement accountable for wrongdoing have been all but abandoned in President Donald Trump’s second term.

Trump likely to face long military commitment and chaos if he ousts Maduro in Venezuela, experts say
President Donald Trump has said he believes Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s days are numbered, and that land strikes inside Venezuela are possible.

President Donald Trump announced Friday he is officially rescinding his endorsement of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and attacked her in personal terms, while the congresswoman countered that Trump was trying to make an example of her to prevent the release of files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.









