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.

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.

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 (Ariz.),

John Fetterman became the first Democratic senator to announce support for the Laken Riley Act. He was later joined by four others.

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.

Sen. John Fetterman's open-minded approach to President-elect Trump has vexed some Democrats, who question his motive and see potential of another Joe Manchin or Kyrsten Sinema.

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 Mar-a-Lago resort in ...

Sen. John Fetterman plans to visit President-elect Trump at Mar-a-Lago as the Pennsylvania Democrat cements his role as one of the most moderate members of the party. The burly first-term lawmaker ...

Among the senators on the committee who were able to question Ratcliffe, who served as director of national intelligence during Trump's first term, will be Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff. During ...

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.