Retiring ex-Dem Sen. Joe Manchin did not mince words Sunday about what his former party has become, panning the Democratic brand as "toxic" for working "to mainstream the extreme" in recent years.

West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin will not seek reelection. The decision by the red-state Democrat means the party faces an uphill climb to keep its narrow Senate majority.

Sen. Joe Manchin announced Thursday that he wil not vie for re-election next year, making Republicans the favorites to pick up another seat in the upper chamber of Congress.

Sen. Joe Manchin leaves the U.S. Capitol for a private meeting between Senate Democrats and President Biden's senior advisers and campaign chair on July 11, 2024. (Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images) ...

Mr. Manchin was sworn in as a senator in 2010, after winning a special election to serve out the remainder of the term of Senator Robert C. Byrd, the long-serving pillar of the Senate, who had ...

Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.V., delivered his final floor remarks as a United States Senator, after serving a 14-year term in West Virginia.

Sen. Joe Manchin hasn't quite figured out what he'll do next once he leaves the Senate next month. But whatever his future holds, he plans to keep hosting his former colleagues Congress on his ...

Former Sen. Joe Manchin has written a book about his decision to declare “independence from the extremes on both sides.” Manchin, 77, was initially elected to the Senate as a Democrat but ...

Here’s how it’s so easy to identify the national media as liberal Democrats: They hate “moderate” Democrats. They love ...

In his statement, the North Carolina Republican alluded to two Democrats-turned-independents — Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. He said that politicians “who are willing to ...