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General view of the site of the derailment of a train carrying hazardous waste, in East Palestine, Ohio, March 2, 2023.Alan Freed | ReutersThree senators introduced new legislation Thursday in a bid to address long-standing rail safety concerns, the latest development in the aftermath of last month's derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic materials near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border.The new Railway Accountability Act – introduced by Democratic Sens. John Fetterman and Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and Sherrod…

U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA), leaves a classified briefing for U.S. Senators about the latest unknown objects shot down by the U.S. military, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 14, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersSen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., will receive inpatient hospital care for "a few weeks" as he seeks treatment for clinical depression, a senior aide to the senator told NBC News.The expected length of Fetterman's hospital stay was reported hours after his office revealed that the 53-year-old freshman…

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., checked himself into a hospital to "receive treatment for clinical depression," his chief of staff said Thursday.Fetterman, the 53-year-old freshman senator who last year suffered a debilitating stroke on the campaign trail, was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on Wednesday night, chief of staff Adam Jentleson said in a statement."While John has experienced depression off and on throughout his life, it only became severe in recent weeks," the…

TV icon Oprah Winfrey on Thursday endorsed Democrat John Fetterman in Pennsylvania’s hotly contested Senate race and rejected Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz, whom she had helped launch to stardom nearly two decades ago when she brought him on her popular daytime talk show as a regular guest. Until now, Winfrey had said she would leave the election to Pennsylvanians, but she changed that position in an online discussion on voting in next Tuesday’s election. “I said it was up to the citizens of…

John Fetterman, a Democratic candidate in a highly watched Pennsylvania Senate race against television personality Mehmet Oz, known as Dr. Oz, suffered an ischemic stroke—the obstruction of a vessel that supplies blood to a part of the brain—in May. The blockage causes brain cells to be starved of essential oxygen and nutrients. Within minutes, the cells start to die. Five months later Fetterman sat down for an interview with NBC News where he used closed captioning technology to help manage the auditory processing…

Over the last few weeks, the Fetterman and Oz campaigns have been locked in an online tit for tat as the midterm election cycle continues to heat up in Pennsylvania. The Oz campaign has repeatedly slammed “radical liberal” John Fetterman over Twitter for his 2016 Bernie Sanders endorsement and “crazier than you think” policy platform. But rather than distancing Fetterman from the criticism, his campaign has embraced the attacks as content inspiration. The standoff burst into full view on Wednesday when Dr. Mehmet Oz…

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Politics PMN News Author of the article: Reuters Jarrett Renshaw and Joseph Ax Publishing date: May 17, 2022  •  35 minutes ago  •  4 minute read  •  Join the conversation Article content PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman won the state’s Democratic primary on Tuesday in a critical U.S. Senate race, Edison Research projected, despite having been hospitalized since Friday after suffering a stroke. Fetterman, a progressive Democrat…