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Susie Wiles reveals brutal toll of fighting cancer while running Trump’s White House

Trump’s chief of staff wrote that some days just getting out of bed and going to work took all her strength

September 27, 2026 5:54pm EDT / Fox News

By Stepheny Price Fox News

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles says she is cancer-free

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles says she is cancer-free after undergoing treatment. Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy reports on Wiles’ announcement on ‘America Reports.’

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White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is opening up about the grueling reality of fighting breast cancer while holding one of Washington’s most demanding jobs, revealing that some days simply getting out of bed and going to work took all the strength she had.

In an op-ed published Sunday in USA Today, Wiles described what it was like to undergo chemotherapy while continuing to lead the White House staff for President Donald Trump.

The disease occupied her thoughts from the moment she woke up and sometimes even while she slept, she wrote.

“Fighting cancer is brutal and unrelenting,” Wiles wrote. Questions about treatment, test results and what might come next could overtake even a strong mind. At times, she acknowledged, they overtook hers.

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White House chief of staff Susie Wiles looks on during a roundtable to “save college sports” in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2026.(Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images)

Some days, Wiles said, she poured her strength into fighting the disease. On others, getting out of bed, getting dressed and going to work was its own test. “Most days, I carried the full weight of both,” she wrote.

Work gave her a purpose beyond appointments, scans and side effects. “Cancer can make your world very small,” Wiles wrote. She said she pushed herself to stay focused on the people who depended on her, even as she knew others might question whether she could still lead effectively.

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Susie Wiles, White House chief of staff, during a roundtable in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025.(Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The treatment did take a toll on her stamina, mobility and, at times, her focus. Wiles said she could not always be everywhere she wanted to be. Colleagues inside and outside the White House stepped in, while her two daughters, extended family, friends and medical team helped carry her through the illness.

Wiles made clear that working through treatment would not be right or possible for everyone. For her, she wrote, the job helped her hold on to a sense of who she was beyond the disease.

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U.S. President Donald Trump reacts as Director of the Presidential Personnel Office Sergio Gor and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles sit next to him on the day of a meeting with U.S. ambassadors at the White House in Washington, D.C., March 25, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)

After successful surgery, pathology showed no residual cancer, Wiles wrote. She said she now faces the work of rebuilding what treatment took from her.

“Chemotherapy is, in a word, a b—-,” she wrote.

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In a post on X Sunday, Wiles said she rarely writes about herself but wanted to share what it was like to fight cancer while continuing to do a job she loves.

“Cancer tried to make my world smaller. I was determined not to let it,” she wrote, adding that she hoped her account could offer strength to someone still fighting the disease.

VANESSA TRUMP REVEALS BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS IN EMOTIONAL STATEMENT: ‘I AM STAYING FOCUSED AND HOPEFUL’

President Donald Trump, right, with his chief of staff Susie Wiles as they meet with ambassador nominees in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC on March 25, 2025.(John McDonnell/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Wiles announced Sept. 16 that she was cancer free after receiving clear pathology results following an appointment at the Mayo Clinic. She had disclosed her early-stage breast cancer diagnosis in March.

Trump praised Wiles during her treatment, saying in a prerecorded May tribute that she was winning her cancer battle. Wiles thanked him for his kindness and compassion, and credited her family, friends, colleagues and doctors with helping her through the ordeal.

For others going through treatment, Wiles offered a message of hope. “Cancer does not have to take away who you are,” she wrote. She said that for her, life beyond the disease includes serving Trump and the country and being a mother, grandmother and friend.

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One of those daughters, Katie Wiles, responded to her mother’s account on X. “A strong woman isn’t loud in her strength; she’s steady and unshakable,” she wrote. “You are our champion. So incredibly proud of you, Mom.”

Stepheny Price is a Writer at Fox News with a focus on West Coast and Midwest news, missing persons, national and international crime stories, homicide cases, and border security.

戴庆成：香港高等教育产业的潜在危机

2026-09-28 05:00 / 联合早报

赴港升学热潮背后，中介乱象与自资课程急速扩张正引发连锁反应。当教育日益依赖单一市场与商业逻辑，数十年积累的学术声誉将面临怎样的考验？

香港的大学近期涌现一连串升学诈骗事件。图为香港行人9月16日穿过中环繁忙的街道。 （法新社）

拥有多所国际知名大学的香港，近年吸引了大批中国大陆学生赴港修读本科、硕士课程。不过这个市场需求急速扩张的同时，也衍生出一连串升学诈骗事件。

香港法院9月16日披露了一起相关案件：一名33岁大陆女子计划报读香港某大学硕士课程，向中介支付50万人民币（9万5483新元），委托包办申请与学生签证。中介向她提供一份虚假海外大学学历证书，用作入学申请以及入境处学生签证申请。

该名女生明知学历是伪造，仍然提交申请，成功取得录取通知与入境许可。她去年11月抵达香港机场时，被入境处人员截查揭发。近日她在法院承认“以欺骗手段取得服务罪”，被判监两个月。

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解放军报：黄岩岛演训是对菲破坏南中国海稳定的严正警告

2026年9月28日 07:41 / 联合早报

中菲两国围绕南中国海主权争议持续升级，中共中央军委机关报《解放军报》发文强调，解放军星期天（9月27日）在黄岩岛（菲称斯卡伯勒浅滩）周边海空域组织海空联合演训，这是针对菲律宾破坏南中国海地区和平稳定的必要行动和严正警告，并强调中国的主权红线不可逾越。

《解放军报》星期一（28日）发表署名“钧声”的文章强调，中国人民解放军时刻保持高度戒备，“以坚决行动遏制菲方祸乱南海的恶劣行径，坚决捍卫国家主权、安全、发展利益”。

文章批评菲律宾利用担任亚细安防长扩大会海上安全专家组共同主席国的机会，肆意拉拢域外国家、裹挟个别亚细安国家在黄岩岛附近海空域搞所谓联合军演。“菲律宾借推行安全合作之名，行侵权挑衅之实，其恶劣行径严重破坏南海地区和平稳定。”

文章也指菲律宾背信违约，不顾中方劝阻，一意孤行派出运补船，为在仁爱礁（菲称阿云津礁）非法坐滩的军舰运补。该报称，中国组织联合演训予以坚决反制，是捍卫黄岩岛主权和权益的正当举措，完全合理合法。

文章强调，在南中国海问题上，中国一向主张由直接当事国通过谈判协商和平解决有关争议，南中国海的和平稳定由中国与亚细安国家共同维护，并说近年来在中国与绝大多数亚细安国家的共同努力下，南中国海局势保持总体稳定。

该报也强调，南中国海的和平稳定，只能由地区国家共同维护，任何拉帮结伙、倚外闹海的企图，注定不会得逞。“奉劝菲方改弦更张、停止挑衅，早日回到通过谈判解决争端的正确轨道上来，与中方以及其他东盟（亚细安）国家一道，全面有效落实《南海各方行为宣言》，积极推动‘南海行为准则’磋商，为维护地区和平稳定发挥积极作用。”

文章也警告，如果菲方罔顾法理公义与中方善意，继续一意孤行，不断逆潮流而动，其在南中国海的任何军事挑衅与冒险行径，必将在中方果断有力的正义行动面前，碰个头破血流。

Georgia park mass shooting wounds 11 teens at birthday party

September 27, 2026 4:25 PM EDT / CBS News

By Kiki Intarasuwan

Eleven people in their late teens were shot overnight Sunday at a park in Georgia, according to law enforcement.

The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office said the shooting occurred around midnight “at a large gathering” in Carolyn Crayton Park in the city of Macon, about 85 miles southeast of Atlanta. The wounded victims were identified as four 18-year-old men, two 18-year-old women and five 17-year-old boys, according to the sheriff’s office.

Two of the victims, an 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy, were in critical condition, authorities said. The others were in stable condition.

The gathering appeared to be a birthday party that was originally supposed to take place at an Airbnb in Jones County, but the host made the group leave the premises, according to Bibb County Sheriff David Davis. The group included several students from nearby Central High School and Northeast High School, Davis said.

After the birthday party attendees gathered at the park, another group arrived and an argument between the two groups escalated into gunfire, Davis told reporters at a news conference.

All the victims were part of the party, Davis added, saying that he “can’t remember the last time we’ve had this many people shot at one time.”

No arrests have been made, and an investigation is ongoing.

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The FBI is assisting in the investigation due to the number of people involved, but Davis said all the evidence so far indicates the incident is local.

英美军驻地附近捕五人 特朗普：他们企图制造巨大破坏

2026年9月28日 07:02 / 联合早报

9月27日，英国反恐警察在费尔福德皇家空军基地入口处设置路障。 （法新社）

五名男子在美军用于打击伊朗的一处英国皇家空军基地附近被捕，英国警方正就涉嫌恐怖主义事件展开调查。美国总统特朗普说，这些嫌疑人“意图对基地造成重大破坏”。

综合彭博社和《华尔街日报》报道，伦敦警察厅表示，星期天（9月27日）凌晨约零时45分，警方接报有三辆可疑车辆驶向费尔福德皇家空军基地（RAF Fairford）。

这个基地位于伦敦以西约100英里处，目前由美国空军（USAF）使用。

五名男子在距离基地不到1英里的一处村庄附近被逮捕。警方起初说，逮捕他们是因涉嫌违反《爆炸物法》。官员随后表示，这五人还因涉嫌策划恐怖袭击而被捕。

反恐警察主导了此次调查，陆军爆炸物处理小组正在检查基地附近的车辆。从基地附近韦尔福德村（Whelford）撤离的居民被告知，他们当天晚上将无法返回家中，但官员相信事态已得到控制。

特朗普称赞英国当局及时遏制了这一事态。费尔福德皇家空军基地是美军袭击伊朗的关键出击阵地。

匿名知情人士透露，英国警方目前正全力查明涉案动机。当局认为，这是一起在最后关头被成功挫败的严重未遂袭击。

知情人士表示，当局正在调查是否存在伊朗国家背景的介入。不过他们也提醒称，调查仍在进行中，最终也可能发现其他动机。

英国首相伯纳姆持续听取最新汇报，他形容这一局势“令人深切担忧”。

一名英国官员透露，英国国防部长斯特里廷27日与美国战争部长赫格塞斯通了电话。

特朗普当天向媒体发表讲话时暗示，其中一些涉案者此前可能已被监控。特朗普说，“我们对他们进行了长期观察”，但并未透露更多细节。

费尔福德皇家空军基地是美国空军全球打击司令部在欧洲首选的轰炸机前沿作战基地。今年7月，伯纳姆批准美军使用这个基地对伊朗实施“防御性打击”，延续了前任首相斯塔默的政策。

英国当前面临的多重安全威胁，给警方调查本案的动机提供了诸多可能。

特朗普约见Anthropic阿莫代伊 重申反对放缓AI

2026年9月28日 07:55 / 联合早报

9月23日，Anthropic首席执行官阿莫代伊通过视频连线告诉联合国安理会，如果管理不善，“人工智能可能会对全人类构成风险”。 （路透社）

知情人士透露，美国人工智能（AI）初创公司Anthropic PBC首席执行官阿莫代伊星期天（9月27日）晚上与美国总统特朗普共进晚餐。这次会面将使两位在AI安全问题辩论中立场截然相反的人坐到一起。

消息传出后，特朗普确认他计划与阿莫代伊（Dario Amodei）共进晚餐，但他同时重申反对放缓AI发展步伐。

据彭博社引述知情人士的消息，此次晚宴是阿莫代伊与特朗普的首次私下会晤。此前数月，双方关系因多起风波持续紧绷，先是年初围绕五角大楼的一笔合同爆发激烈争端，继而6月美国商务部对Anthropic核心模型Mythos实施短暂出口管制，令双方裂痕进一步加深。

目前尚不清楚两人将讨论什么。知情人士在不具名的情况下透露了这一秘密安排。美国政治新闻网Axios率先报道了这一晚餐会消息。Anthropic和白宫发言人没有立即回应置评请求。

另据路透社报道，特朗普星期天在伊利诺伊州出席总统杯高尔夫球赛时，向福克斯新闻证实他与阿莫代伊将共进晚餐，并再次提到，出台新的AI监管规定将给中国超越美国AI发展的机会。

他知道阿莫代伊对于AI发展过快可能带来风险的担忧，但他认为，美国保持对华技术领先更为重要。

特朗普说：“我们大概领先中国一年半左右，我们目前处于领先，并且正在建设价值数万亿美元的庞大设施。我们为什么要放弃这个优势呢？”

在特朗普与阿莫代伊会晤的同时，AI行业内部正掀起“减速”呼声。包括OpenAI、谷歌DeepMind、微软、 xAI等多家Anthropic的竞争对手，均已公开呼吁放缓开发功能更强大的AI系统。

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Texas voters have plenty to say about whether Lone Star State could turn blue

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and Democrat Gina Hinojosa lead major statewide races as inflation weighs on voter sentiment

2026-09-27T13:18:18-04:00 / Fox News

By Amanda Macias Fox News

Published September 27, 2026 1:18pm EDT

Red or ready to flip? Texas voters weigh whether the Lone Star State could turn blue

Fox News Digital asked voters at the Texas State Fair whether the reliably Republican state could become more competitive as the midterm elections approach.

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DALLAS — Everything is bigger in Texas, including the political stakes this November.

Texas voters head to the polls Nov. 3 in an election that could reshape the state’s political landscape, with major battles for governor, U.S. Senate and seats in Congress and the state legislature. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott faces Democrat Gina Hinojosa, while Republican Ken Paxton squares off against Democrat James Talarico for a U.S. Senate seat.

At the State Fair of Texas in Dallas, voters told Fox News Digital that pocketbook pressures are shaping how they view the state’s future, with some predicting the reliably red Lone Star State will stay that way while others see an opening for Democrats this fall.

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Briana photo caption Briana, a voter from Garland, Texas, told Fox News Digital at the State Fair of Texas that she expects the Lone Star State to remain red, despite a potentially tougher political fight.(Amanda Macias/Fox News Digital)

“I think we’re going to struggle, but I think it will stay red,” Briana of Garland, told Fox News Digital.

Mike and Cynthia, a couple from Houston, were more definitive.

“Red. It’s going to stay red,” they said.

Chris took that confidence a step further.

“Hell will freeze over before Texas flips blue,” Chris told Fox News Digital.

Patrick and Jennifer, of Dallas, shared that confidence.

“Texas will always be a Republican state,” Jennifer said, while acknowledging that Republican candidates will not win every race. “But we still think it will stay Republican,” Patrick added.

Not everyone at the fair was betting on Texas staying firmly in Republican hands.

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Patrick and Jennifer, voters from Dallas, told Fox News Digital at the State Fair of Texas that they expect the Lone Star State to remain Republican.(Amanda Macias/Fox News Digital)

Mary said she believes the Dallas-Fort Worth area is moving in the opposite direction.

“It’s definitely leaning more blue. Texas as a whole, I’m not sure,” she said. “I think if there would be an election that swings blue, it would be this one. So we’ll see if it happens.”

Party politics aside, several voters said the economy remains top of mind.

Cynthia, who moved to Texas from New York, said she is looking for policies that will grow the economy, support businesses and leave families with enough disposable income to enjoy outings like the State Fair.

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Mike and Cynthia, voters from Houston, told Fox News Digital at the State Fair of Texas that they expect the Lone Star State to remain firmly red.(Amanda Macias/Fox News Digital)

“If you don’t have enough disposable income, then you can’t really enjoy something like this,” she said. “It’s pricey.”

Jennifer also pointed to inflation and the prolonged strain of higher prices.

“I think people were expecting some sort of inflation,” Jennifer said. “But I don’t think we were prepared for it to last this long.”

Meanwhile, Roxanne also expressed frustration with the country’s current direction, saying dissatisfaction with the current administration is influencing her political outlook.

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Voters at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas spoke with Fox News Digital about the issues on their minds and the Lone Star State’s political future ahead of the November elections.(Chris Torres/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service/Getty Images)

“I just don’t agree with the current administration, so I really want to see somebody else come in and do a better job,” she said.

From the midway to the ballot box, Texas voters offered competing views of where the Lone Star State is headed, but agreed the economy will be difficult to ignore as they prepare to cast their ballots Nov. 3.

Amanda Macias covers the intersection of business, economics and politics, with a focus on how policy decisions shape markets, businesses and American workers.

Blanche says ‘one-sided news’ is a national security issue worthy of barring press

2026-09-27T19:54:45.583Z / CNN

By Aileen Graef

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Updated Sep 27, 2026, 3:58 PM ET
PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2026, 3:54 PM ET

U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche takes questions from reporters during a press briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House on September 15, 2026 in Washington, DC. Blanche addressed several topics including the U.S. Supreme Court declining to allow a U.S. Postal Service rule restricting the use of mail-in ballots in the November midterm elections.

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Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Sunday that media outlets reporting what the Trump administration considers to be “one-sided” news is a national security issue severe enough to justify banning the press from gaining access to the White House and Air Force One.

“By the way, that is what is a national security problem. When you have completely misinformation, complete misinformation coming out of the White House, that affects our relationship with our foreign partners. That affects our relationship with our foreign enemies,” Blanche said in an interview on ABC’s This Week.

The attorney general’s definition of what constitutes a national security risk elaborates on a government claim made in a court filing seeking to justify President Donald Trump’s effort to implement such a ban against CNN, MSNOW and Politico, which a federal judge overseeing that case has greeted with skepticism.

Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore the credentials of CNN, MSNOW, and Politico journalists affected by the ban, saying the revocation was done without “constitutionally adequate due process.” He also pushed back on the argument from the Justice Department that it was on the basis of national security, saying the articles cited by the government were “routine” and that the government’s arguments “offer little to back up their asserted national security interest.”

“For one thing, nothing in the record that predates this suit suggests that the revocation of Plaintiffs’ hard passes was motivated by national security concerns,” Kelly wrote. “Certainly, that is not what President Trump said when he announced that he was ‘banning’ Plaintiffs from the White House — instead, he focused on the alleged lack of truthfulness and negativity of Plaintiffs’ reporting.”

The government cited reports from the outlets that referred to information provided by “senior White House officials” as a national security concern. Blanche said the administration’s concern was rather that the reporting was “one-sided.”

“What I’m talking about is the government’s position and what the Department of Justice said in court, which is the same thing that President Trump has said repeatedly, which is at some point, at some point, the complete misinformation and the inaccuracy and the one-sided news out of certain organizations does become a national security issue, and it’s not right for the people of the United States to have to put up with it,” Blanche said. He did not offer any details to support his claims of inaccuracy.

In an exchange last week with US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins noted that one CNN report he cited about concerns over a shortage of munitions during the Iran War, was based on a Pentagon Inspector General’s report.

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Despite being let back into the White House complex, the White House barred CNN from flying on Air Force One on Saturday as part of the news outlet’s duties covering the president on behalf of major television networks.

CNN had been scheduled to fly aboard the president’s plane on his trip to Tennessee for a college football game as part of the White House TV press pool — a small, rotating group of journalists that cover the president in areas where space is limited and share the information they gather with other TV networks. On Sunday, Fox News was allowed to handle its regularly scheduled pool duties for the president’s trip to Chicago, where he attended the Presidents Cup golf tournament.

In an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday, Waltz echoed Blanche, saying “media bias across the board” is something that “needs to be fixed.”

“There is a negative agenda. There is a negative narrative, and then we’re going to get anonymous sources. Heck, I just saw a story where anonymous sources were referring to a now dead senator. So, yeah, this needs to be fixed. And President Trump is quite frustrated with this, this media bias across the board,” he said.

John Fetterman accidentally calls himself a ‘lifelong Republican’ at Texas Tribune Festival

September 27, 2026 3:11pm EDT / Fox News

John Fetterman gets wave of laughter after mistakenly calling himself a ‘lifelong Republican’

Sen. John Fetterman, D-PA, triggered a wave of laughs at a speaking event on Saturday, Sept. 26, after mistakenly referring to himself as a “life-long Republican.” (Texas Tribune via Facebook)

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Sen. John Fetterman, D-PA, triggered a wave of laughs at a speaking event on Saturday after mistakenly referring to himself as a “lifelong Republican.”

Fetterman made the statement while on stage at the Texas Tribune Festival, going on to quickly correct himself and assert that he has no reason to abandon the Democratic Party.

The moment came when an attendee at the event asked why Fetterman doesn’t run as an independent.

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Sen. John Fetterman, D-PA, triggered a wave of laughs at a speaking event on Saturday after mistakenly referring to himself as a “lifelong Republican.”(Joseph A. Wulfsohn/Fox News Digital.)

“Because I’m a lifelong Republican,” he said, realizing his mistake. “I guarantee you that will break through. That will get clipped.”

Fetterman gave a keynote address earlier in the event where he elaborated on his criticisms of both the Republican and Democratic parties.

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“I don’t have a reason to,” Fetterman said of joining Republicans. “But for a big-tent situation, it’s easier to be included in that big tent to say America deserved 9/11 or America is worse than Al-Qaida than being very proud to stand on the side of Israel.”

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., leaves the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol on July 15, 2025 in Washington, D.C.(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Fetterman admitted he believed he has “no path as a Republican,” but acknowledged that many Democrats are frustrated by his willingness to work with the opposing party.

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“If the Democratic Party votes me out or expels me, they’re always entitled to do that,” he said.

Fetterman has been welcomed with open arms by Republicans to join the party after he floated leaving his own caucus and spurred further speculation that he would jump ship after dropping a video introducing his colleague, Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., at the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention earlier this month.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gifts Democratic Sen. John Fetterman a silver-plated pager, commemorating the operation that used pagers against Hamas leaders and operatives. Fetterman visited Israel to show his support in its fight against the terrorist group that attacked on Oct. 7, 2023, killing more than 1,200 and taking many hostages.(GPO)

But the progressive-turned-centrist has repeatedly affirmed his Democratic ties, even as the knives have come out to cut him loose from the Senate.

Fetterman started his career in the Senate after besting Dr. Mehmet Oz in a tight race for power in 2022, where he clinched a historically thin Democratic majority in 2022 running on a progressive platform.

But since then, he has become a thorn in Democrats’ side and challenged the direction of the party.

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Earlier this year, Fetterman warned that if Democrats became more entrenched in anti-Israel policy positions, he would exit the party, and has taken jabs at the party’s direction during this midterm election cycle as far-left progressives, like Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, have emerged as standard-bearers.

Fox News Digital’s Alex Miller contributed to this report.

Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events.