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Senate Panel Votes 8-7 on Mullin Nomination

Fetterman's vote swung it for DHS nominee

(Newser) - A nominee who publicly called a Senate committee chair a "snake" just cleared that chair's panel. Sen. Markwayne Mullin's nomination to run the Department of Homeland Security squeaked out of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on an 8–7 vote Thursday, surviving only because...

Fetterman Hospitalized After Fall
Fetterman
Released
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Nov 15, 2025 5:30 PM CST

Fetterman Released From Hospital

'If you thought my face looked bad before, wait until you see it now'

(Newser) - Two days after taking a fall while walking near his home, Sen. John Fetterman was released from a Pittsburgh hospital. The Pennsylvania Democrat posted Saturday that he was back home with his family after "20 stiches" and a "full recovery," the New York Times reports. He also...

Fetterman Likely Won't Avoid a Primary Fight

Report in Axios looks at no fewer than 3 possible Democratic challengers in 2028

(Newser) - Sen. John Fetterman's poll numbers are sinking among Democrats in his home state of Pennsylvania, and it's looking more and more likely that he would face a strong primary challenge in 2028 should he run again. The most recent Quinnipiac poll shows that Fetterman has a 54% approval...

Fetterman Heaps Criticism on Democrats

But senator, standing by Israel and pushing back on party extremes, says he won't switch to GOP

(Newser) - Sen. John Fetterman is making it clear he's staying put in the Democratic Party, even as he voices discomfort with some of its tactics and rhetoric. On Fox Business Network's Sunday Morning Futures, Fetterman told host Maria Bartiromo that he won't be joining the GOP, though...

Fetterman Joins Republicans in Praising Strikes on Iran

Other Democrats call the move unconstitutional

(Newser) - Reaction to President Trump's decision to bomb Iran has largely split along party lines in Washington, with Democratic Sen. John Fetterman and GOP Rep. Thomas Massie two notable exceptions.
  • "As I've long maintained, this was the correct move by @POTUS," Fetterman tweeted, reports the Hill . "
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Fetterman Blasts Democratic Response to LA 'Chaos'

Says party 'loses the moral high ground when we refuse to condemn setting cars on fire'

(Newser) - John Fetterman has been catching flak from his party lately and flipped the tables on Monday, blasting Democrats for depicting the Los Angeles protests as peaceful. "I unapologetically stand for free speech, peaceful demonstrations, and immigration—but this is not that," Fetterman wrote Monday on X alongside an...

Editorial Board to Fetterman: Do Your Job or Step Aside

Democratic senator suggests left-wing media is trying to smear him

(Newser) - Sen. John Fetterman is facing more pressure from his home state amid criticism of his behavior , voting record , and dedication to the job . On Sunday, the Philadelphia Inquirer 's editorial board, which endorsed the first-term Democrat during his 2022 Senate campaign, said it appears Fetterman "enjoys the perks...

Fetterman Says He's Being Shamed Into Showing Up

Under scrutiny, senator maintains his mental health issues have been weaponized against him

(Newser) - Sen. John Fetterman has been showing up for Senate duties more often lately, but not because he wants to. After suffering a stroke and being hospitalized for six weeks for treatment of depression, the Pennsylvania Democrat says he's being shamed into attending committee hearings, casting procedural floor votes, and...

Senate Democrats Reportedly Strategizing on Fetterman

'We're trying to be good friends,' says one amid a spate of troubling reports

(Newser) - Alarmed by reports that Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman is behaving erratically and posing a danger to himself , Senate Democrats have been meeting privately to discuss ways to help, the Hill reports. "We're all in touch with each other having conversations about how to intervene. People are trying to...

Sources: Fetterman Staffer Fled Meeting in Tears Over His Behavior

Odd behavior reportedly happened the day before New York article was published

(Newser) - Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was meeting last week with representatives from a teachers union in his home state when things quickly devolved, sources tell the AP . Before long, Fetterman began repeating himself, shouting and questioning why "everybody is mad at me," "why does everyone hate...

John Fetterman Hits Back After 'Hit Piece'

Pa. senator calls New York article questioning his mental health 'incredibly invasive,' isn't resigning

(Newser) - A New York profile on Sen. John Fetterman suggesting he's not doing well physically or mentally and may not be fit to continue serving in office is still causing a buzz, and now the Pennsylvania Democrat is pushing back. Fetterman, who had a stroke in 2022 and was treated...

Magazine Profile Raises Concerns About Fetterman
Former Top Aide Suggests
Fetterman Is Spiraling
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May 4, 2025 8:22 AM CDT

Former Top Aide Suggests Fetterman Is Spiraling

Other staffers agree in New York profile, which the senator calls an untrue 'hit piece'

(Newser) - A lengthy report in New York magazine suggests John Fetterman's mental and physical health has been deteriorating in dangerous fashion since his treatment for clinical depression in 2023—treatment that followed a stroke. The magazine's Ben Terris obtained a letter written by the Democratic senator's former chief...

Spending on GLP-1 Drugs Has Skyrocketed

Spending increased 500% from 2018 to 2023, reaching nearly $72B

(Newser) - It's not just talk. Americans' spending on GLP-1 drugs including Ozempic and Wegovy has skyrocketed in the last five years. Spending hit $71.7 billion in 2023 for a 500% increase from $13.7 billion in 2018, according to a research letter published this month in JAMA Network Open...

Democrats Are in a Shutdown Pickle
Democrats Are in
a Shutdown Pickle
Mar 13, 2025 6:22 AM CDT

Democrats Are in a Shutdown Pickle

They don't want to vote for the GOP spending measure, but fear the alternative is worse

(Newser) - The government will shut down at midnight Friday unless Congress passes a spending measure before then, and the deadline is putting Senate Democrats in a bind: They don't want to vote for the GOP-authored resolution before them, but they fear the alternative of triggering a shutdown is worse. Coverage:...

Fetterman Wears Shorts to Trump Inauguration

Democratic senator was in the front row

(Newser) - Sen. John Fetterman wore his signature outfit of a hoodie, shorts, and sneakers Monday despite the bitterly cold weather in Washington, DC—and despite the nature of the event he was attending. The Democratic senator was in the front row at the Capitol Rotunda as President Trump was sworn in,...

Fetterman on Mar-a-Lago Visit: 'No One Is My Gatekeeper'

Trip to Trump's estate not finalized; Pennsylvania senator may be first Dem senator to go there

(Newser) - The revolving door of visitors (and rumored visitors ) to Mar-a-Lago has been active since Donald Trump won November's election, but a soon-to-be guest is a rather surprising one. The AP reports that Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman will head to the Palm Beach estate to meet with the president-elect,...

As Some Democrats Bail on Biden, Fetterman Digs In

Senator defends president, mocks peers he sees as weak-kneed

(Newser) - The number of congressional Democrats calling for President Biden to step aside , either in public or in private, is growing. One person most definitely not in that camp is Sen. John Fetterman, who campaigned with the president across his home state of Pennsylvania on Sunday.
  • No chucking: "He's
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Fetterman Was Speeding Just Before Car Crash: Cops

Cops say Dem senator was 'at fault'; he says he needs 'to do better and do it slower'

(Newser) - Sen. John Fetterman suffered a bruised shoulder in a weekend car crash in Maryland, but it looks like he and wife Gisele, who was traveling with him Sunday morning when the accident took place, will be OK. The Pennsylvania Democrat's office says in a statement that the incident on...

American Sentenced, Freed by Turks and Caicos

Bryan Hagerich had ammunition in his luggage

(Newser) - The Pennsylvania tourist detained in Turks and Caicos for having ammunition in his luggage was released Friday after receiving a suspended sentence of 52 weeks. Bryan Hagerich, who was arrested in February while on vacation with his wife and children, could have received a prison term of 12 years, UPI...

AOC Slams Fetterman: 'I Stand Up to Bullies'

Congresswoman slams fellow Dem over his remarks on the previous day's fracas in the House

(Newser) - On Thursday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez found herself in a verbal battle with colleague Marjorie Taylor Greene during a House Oversight Committee hearing, after MTG poked fun of Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett's "fake eyelashes" and suggested AOC lacked intelligence. On Friday, Ocasio-Cortez became mired in a new fight: this...

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