Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia officially left the Democratic Party and registered as an independent on Friday.
The pivot by the centrist senator follows years of a fraught relationship with many members of his own party. Manchin and another Democrat-turned-independent, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, were key players in shaping and curtailing Biden Administration policy priorities in the 2021 and 2022, when Democrats controlled the House, Senate and White House.
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