Manchin says changing mind on retirement ‘long-shot scenario’

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D) said in a new interview that he’s still planning on retiring despite Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s reported entreaties that he reconsider his decision not to run for reelection. Manchin announced in early November that he would retire from the Senate and last month ruled out the possibility of launching a third-party bid for president. Since then, Manchin hasn’t been in the news much, a dramatic contrast to the first two years of the Biden administration when he was a pivotal vote for passing...