Fetterman has broken with his party on some policy matters and warmed to President-elect Donald Trump, a man he bashed on the 2024 campaign trail as a “felon” who is “obsessed with revenge.” Fetterman later became the first Senate Democrat to meet with Trump since the election.
Ten Democrats in the Senate voted Friday to advance the Laken Riley Act, teeing up a final vote in the upper chamber. The Democratic supporters were Sens. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.), Mark Kelly
"That's one of them. That's one of why we lost in part," the Democratic senator from Pennsylvania told Fox News.
Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania is the first Senate Democrat to sign onto a Republican-led bill that would require federal authorities to detain undocumented immigrants arrested for theft-related crimes.
Fetterman was different. His ads asked people to think. There was no ethnically diverse group of voters nodding and smiling as the candidate gently touched the shoulder of a senior citizen. No hard hat-wearing candidate walking the factory floor promising “good jobs.”
After struggling on the issue in the 2024 election, Democrats are taking steps in the early days of the new Congress to recalibrate on immigration.
Jon Ossoff will be sworn in on the bible owned by the rabbi who was an ally to Martin Luther King. (JTA) — When Jon Ossoff is sworn in as the first Jew ever elected to the Senate from Georgia ...
Fetterman and Britt’s families hang out together. There’s a group text chain among John Fetterman, his wife Gisele, Katie Britt and her husband Wesley, a former football player whom Fetterman refers to as “The Big Unit.” In text messages, he even types a “™” next to it, to make sure people know he bestowed the nickname.
John Fetterman became the first Democratic senator to announce support for the Laken Riley Act. He was later joined by four others.
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman will become the chamber's first Democrat to meet with President-elect Donald Trump since the election, and plans to travel to Trump’s private resort in Florida ...
The Senate voted Friday to advance the Laken Riley Act, putting Republicans a step closer to sending the first bill of the 119th Congress to President-elect Trump for his signature next week and
Ten Senate Democrats joined Republicans Friday to advance the Laken Riley Act, making way for final passage of the bill as soon as next week.