Biden says initial hostage release is 'only a start,' hopes for Americans' release 'soon'
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said the two-dozen hostages freed by Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Friday is “only a start,” with more hostages expected to be released soon — with
Democrats' best hope of holding the Senate runs through Trump country, experts say
Nathan Howard/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin’s announcement earlier this month that he won’t seek reelection tilted next year’s Senate map even further away from Democrats’ narrow majority, political analysts say — and underscored