John Fetterman

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., speaks to a reporter near the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Washington, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

What to know about John Fetterman, the Pennsylvania Senator who talks about mental health

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, the lawmaker known for his unconventional and irreverent brand of politics, is in the news again after a blowup at a closed-door meeting with union allies and former staff aides who aired concerns about his mental health.

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., speaks ahead of Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz during a campaign event in York, Pa, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Sen. John Fetterman raises alarms with outburst at meeting with union officials, AP sources say

Second-grade students select their meals during lunch break in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Scottsdale, Ariz., Dec. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Mariani, File)

There’s a new push to put whole milk back in school meals. Here’s what you should know

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer speaks at a news conference at Carillon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Huntington, N.Y., March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Balsamo)

Chuck Schumer says he’s taking the fight over federal spending to Trump country

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain speaks at an election night campaign party, Nov. 5, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

How this auto union leader’s support for Trump’s tariffs scrambled labor politics again

Latest Videos

Trump says Pam Bondi will restore ‘impartial justice’ as she is sworn in as attorney general

Trump says Pam Bondi will restore ‘impartial justice’ as she is sworn in as attorney general

Watch More

American arrives home after suspended sentence for possession of ammunition in Turks and Caicos

Menendez tells Senate colleagues he won’t resign due to bribery charges

More News

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, walks with Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., as Senate Democrats gather behind closed doors to mount a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led spending bill that already passed the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Schumer to advance GOP funding bill, unwilling to risk government shutdown as deadline nears

Eric Scott Turner, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Housing, testifies at a Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing for his pending confirmation on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Scott Turner confirmed as Trump’s HUD secretary after pledging to address housing shortages

Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate confirms Pam Bondi as US attorney general, putting Trump ally at Justice Department’s helm

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, appears before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Senate confirms Zeldin to lead Environmental Protection Agency as Trump vows to cut climate rules

President Donald Trump signs the Laken Riley Act during an event in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

What is the Laken Riley Act? A look at the first bill Trump just signed

JD Vance is sworn in as vice president by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh as Usha Vance holds the Bible during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool)

Inside the intimate inauguration: Close-up encounters between political rivals, some awkward

From left, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., talk to reporters about the Laken Riley Act, a bill to detain unauthorized immigrants who have been accused of certain crimes, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Georgia nursing student Laken Riley was killed last year by a Venezuelan man who entered the U.S. illegally and was allowed to stay to pursue his immigration case. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate passes immigrant detention bill that could be the first measure Trump signs into law

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., speaks during a campaign event in York, Pa., Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Fetterman was elected to challenge convention. Now, he’s challenging his fellow Democrats

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., speaks during a campaign event in York, Pa., Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be defense secretary, arrives for a meeting with Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Fate of Trump’s Cabinet picks unclear as Republicans prepare to take power in Senate

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Pardon Trump? New York governor says president-elect would have to show ‘remorse’

FILE - Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court during jury deliberations in his criminal hush money trial in New York, May 30, 2024. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool, File)

Trump’s lawyers rebuff DA’s idea for upholding his hush money conviction, calling it ‘absurd’

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be defense secretary, is joined by his wife Jennifer Rauchet as he speaks with reporters after meeting with Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Hegseth meets with moderate Sen. Collins as he lobbies for key votes in the Senate

Senators, from left, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., gather after Senate Democratic leadership elections for the next session of Congress on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Democrats stick with Schumer as leader. Their strategy for countering Trump is far less certain

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s picks for key positions in his second administration

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman recovering from COVID-19 at home

FILE - Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate Lt. Gov. John Fetterman speaks at a campaign rally, Nov. 5, 2022, in Philadelphia. Fetterman was seen driving at a “high rate of speed” on Sunday, June 9, 2024, before he rear-ended another car on Interstate 70 in Maryland, according to a state police report. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Sen. John Fetterman was at fault in car accident and seen going ‘high rate of speed,’ police say

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., is seen at the Senate Subway on Capitol Hill Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Sen. John Fetterman was treated for a bruised shoulder after a weekend car accident

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

FILE - Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., listens during a confirmation hearing of Jared Bernstein to be the chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Washington. The first-term Pennsylvania Democrat held a deeply personal and introspective interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday, Dec. 31. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Sen. Fetterman says he thought news about his depression treatment would end his political career

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., walks on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Senators nix casual clothing as bipartisan resolution sets new dress code for Senate floor

U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez speaks at a press conference in oms River, N.J. on Oct. 28, 2019, a before the seventh anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. On Sept. 22, 2023, Menendez, a Democrat, was indicted on bribery charges, which he called unfounded. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Menendez gains a primary opponent as calls for his resignation grow after indictment

FILE - Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., waves to members of the media, Monday, April 17, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Senate ditches dress code as Fetterman and others choose casual clothes

FILE – Election workers at the Allegheny County Election Division warehouse in Pittsburgh process ballots from the 2022 Pennsylvania primary on June 1, 2022. For the third time in less than eight months, a special election will decide control of the narrowly divided Pennsylvania House of Representatives and provide political reinforcements to either the commonwealth’s Democratic governor or the Republican-controlled Senate. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

AP Election Brief | What to expect in Pennsylvania’s special election

FILE - Dave McCormick, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, meets with attendees during a campaign event in Coplay, Pa., Jan. 25, 2022. McCormick is expected to announce his second bid for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, according to people familiar with his plans, taking on Democratic Sen. Bob Casey after narrowly losing an expensive and bruising GOP primary last year to a Donald Trump-endorsed rival. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Republican David McCormick plans to run for US Senate again in Pennsylvania, sources tell AP

Leader of Texas’ largest county takes leave from job for treatment of clinical depression