Sen. John Fetterman Hospitalized After Suffering Fall Near His Home

John Fetterman, the senior U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, was hospitalized on Nov. 13 after falling down and hitting his face due to a heart-related issue. Fetterman, a Democrat first elected in 2022, was walking in the morning near his home in Braddock, Pennsylvania, a suburban area surrounding the City of Pittsburgh. Due to a “a ventricular fibrillation flare,” a condition where the heart stops pumping blood to parts of the body, he became “light-headed” and then fell to the ground, “hitting his face with minor injuries,” according to a statement released by his Senate office on social media. Fetterman was later transported to the hospital, likely by ambulance, and remains there....