The House of Representatives voted 211-206 to make President Donald Trump's name change for the Gulf of America permanent on Friday morning.No Democrats voted for the bill, as was expected. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., was the only Republican to vote against the bill.The legislation was led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a vocal ally of Trump's in Congress."This is such an important thing to do for the American people. The American people deserve pride in their country, and they deserve pride in the waters that we own, that we protect with our military and our Coast Guard and all of the businesses that prosper along these waters," Greene said during debate on the bill.SCOOP: REPUBLICANS DISCUSS DEFUNDING 'BIG ABORTION' LIKE PLANNED PARENTHOOD IN TRUMP AGENDA BILL"But Democrats today are outraged. They're outraged because they love the cartels more than any other people in the world, more than the American people."Democratic lawmakers, meanwhile, panned the legislation as a waste of time."Republicans think this juvenile legislation is the best use of this House's time. This is the only work we're doing today, folks," Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said in his rebuttal to Greene."What a sick joke this is. Republicans worry about 400-year-old words on a map. I worry about families and every community in America that's struggling to get by."MEET THE TRUMP-PICKED LAWMAKERS GIVING SPEAKER JOHNSON A FULL HOUSE GOP CONFERENCEThe vast majority of Republicans supported the bill, with several arguing the name change would help boost tourism and a sense of patriotism in the region.But earlier this week, Fox News Digital was told that several GOP lawmakers privately expressed frustration at what they saw as a largely symbolic bill taking up their time instead of more meaningful legislation to move Trump's agenda along."Ive heard criticisms from all corners of the conference. Conservatives to pragmatic ones," Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., told Fox News Digital on Tuesday. "It seems sophomoric. The United States is bigger and better than this."One conservative GOP lawmaker vented to Fox News Digital, "125 other [executive orders], this is the one we pick."Greene hit back at the detractors, however, in response to Fox News Digital's report."Some of my Republican colleagues dont want to vote for my Gulf of America Act, which is one of President Trumps favorite executive orders. They say they would rather vote on more serious EOs. Boys are you ready to vote to criminalize sex changes on kids?? Because I have that bill on that EO too," she wrote on X.The legislation will now be sent to the Senate, where it must reach a 60-vote threshold with Democratic support before it can hit the president's desk.

David and Victoria Beckham are reportedly "disappointed" in son Brooklyn Beckham's decision not to attend any of his father's 50th birthday celebrations, and the hurt could be causing a family rift."There are tensions between Brooklyn and [wife] Nicola [Peltz] and the family," a source told People. "The relationship is definitely not beyond repair. They love and are always there for him. Theyre just hurt and disappointed that hes now playing no part in family life."Representatives for Victoria and David did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.BROOKLYN BECKHAM SKIPS DAD DAVID BECKHAM'S 50TH BIRTHDAY BASH AS FAMILY MARKS MILESTONE TOGETHERLast weekend, Victoria took to social media to share a series of photos from her husband's birthday festivities, including an intimate dinner and a Paris excursion."Creating special memories with family and friends. We love you all," Victoria, who tagged her three other children, Romeo, 22, Cruz, 20, and Harper, 13, wrote. None of the photos featured Brooklyn or Nicola.On Saturday, friends including Eva Longoria, Gordon Ramsay, Tom Cruise and more gathered at Londons Core restaurant to celebrate the milestone. Brooklyn seemed to have missed this event as well.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERWhile it's unclear why the 26-year-old was not in attendance for any of his father's celebrations, rumors of a feud between his wife and Victoria have been swirling since Brooklyn married Nicola in April 2022. Fans noticed that Nicola had chosen not to share any photos of Brooklyn's family from the wedding on social media, and rumors were further fueled by the fact that she hadn't worn a wedding dress designed by Victoria.LIKE WHAT YOURE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSWhen addressing the feud rumors in August that year, Brooklyn told Variety that everything being written about his mom and Nicola taught him the media is "always going to try and put people down," but what is important is that "everyone gets along, which is good."In 2023, Nicola told Cosmopolitan, "Ive said this so many times: Theres no feud. I dont know. No one ever wants to write the nice things. Its really weird, actually, whether its my life or someone elses life or whatever, when you know the truth, and then you read something totally wrong."Amid the chaos, David took time to reflect on his 50 years of life."As I reflect on this Birthday I'm very grateful for many things in my life the teams I've played for, my teammates, managers, the fans, MY COUNTRY and being England captain, the children I have met over different charities I work with, my team in my business & the friends I have around me I feel truly blessed," he wrote on Instagram. "But my biggest accomplishment is and will always be my family."APP USERS CLICK HERE TO VIEW POSTHe continued, "My mum and dad who sacrificed so much for me to live my dream of becoming a footballer, my sisters who had to put up with following their brother around in the freezing cold watching me play football and my amazing nan and grandad... My wife and best friend of 28 years and my beautiful children Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz & Harper you are the reason I get out of bed each day."

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., explained to The New York Times why he believes the Democratic Party's approval rating is currently "in the toilet" and what they could be doing to get the public back on their side during an episode of the "Interesting Times" podcast on Thursday.Murphy told host Ross Douthat that the public was "very dissatisfied" with Democrats' handling of President Donald Trump's ambitious first 100 days in office and that is why the party is so unpopular."I dont know that anyone was ready for Trump in his second term," he claimed. "I think there was an assumption, both in the public and within the Democratic Party, that Trump 2 would look very much like Trump 1, that itd be a lot of rhetoric and bluster, but it wouldnt be matched with actual action."Murphy suggested, "I think that the broad public has been very dissatisfied with the Democrats reaction, and thats in part why you see approval ratings for the party in the toilet."The senator seemed to hint at the idea that there may not be an election in 2026 if Democrats don't step up their resistance to Trump.BILL MAHER SAYS WOKE REALITY TV MOMENT EXPLAINS HOW DEMOCRATIC PARTY WILL BLOW NEXT ELECTION"I think, even to this day, a lot of folks in the party still think this is politics as normal, still think that were really not at risk of losing our democracy, that were going to have an election in 2026, and that if we just continue to push his approval ratings down bit by bit, that everything will turn out OK," he warned.Murphy continued, noting that Democrats are beginning to realize that "democracy itself is at risk" and that there's no benefit in "playing ball" with Trump."Our response is getting better, its getting more precise, but there is still an open discussion inside the Democratic Party as to how urgent this moment is," Murphy explained.He also offered his take on how the 2026 midterm elections could look for Democrats if they don't improve their favorability among the public."Im not sure which side is going to win. I think if my side the side that believes it is five-alarm urgent doesnt win, we might not actually have an election that Democrats can compete in 2026," Murphy asserted.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREWhen asked by the NYT columnist why he believed Democrats were not prepared for Trump's second term, Murphy said that he doesn't "actually know the answer," and chalked up the party's ineffective messaging to a "real lack of energy."He then pivoted to why he felt the public would vote for someone who, according to Murphy, told them "he was going to be a dictator on Day 1.""I think that explanation is pretty easy: They just didnt believe him," Murphy claimed. "They believed him when he said he was going to be serious about lowering prices. They didnt believe him when he said he was going to be a dictator. They remembered that he said similar things in the first term but didnt really act on them."The Connecticut Democrat said that his party needs to be "flooding the zone" on social media to the same level as Trump, and that they need to be "expressing outrage every single day."He also claimed that one of the reasons Democrats' "pro-democracy message" failed in 2024 is because the party isn't seen as credible."For Democrats to credibly argue against Trumps destruction of democracy, we have to make it credible that if we win power, we will unrig the democracy," Murphy argued.To restore credibility to the party, he suggested that Democrats focus on campaign finance reform, including a constitutional amendment to "get money out of politics," and closing the "revolving door" between lobbyists, congressional staff, and members of Congress.

A coalition of more than 150 former judges joined together in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, accusing the Trump administration of perpetrating "attacks" against the judiciary."We are former state and federal judges who join together to condemn the Trump Administrations attacks on the judiciary, including its recent arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan in her courthouse," the letter begins.Dugan allegedly escorted a wanted illegal immigrant "out of the courtroom through the 'jury door,' which leads to a nonpublic area of the courthouse," according to an affidavit, which notes that authorities at the courthouse to arrest the wanted individual were still ultimately able to apprehend him.MILWAUKEE JUDGE HANNAH DUGAN TEMPORARILY RELIEVED OF HER OFFICIAL DUTIES BY WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT"This latest action is yet another attempt to intimidate and threaten the judiciary after a series of rulings by judges appointed by presidents of both parties holding the Trump Administration accountable for its countless violations of the Constitution and laws of the United States," the former judges declared in their letter.They asserted that the Justice Department "at your direction decided to create an embarrassing spectacle that included the FBIs arrest and handcuffing of Judge Dugan and the Director of the FBI, Kash Patel, posting a photo of the perp walk on X."The letter links to an April X post that features a photo and declares, "No one is above the law."FBI ARRESTS WISCONSIN JUDGE, ALLEGING SHE OBSTRUCTED ARREST OF ILLEGAL ALIENFox News Digital reached out to the Justice Department for comment but did not receive a response by the time of publication.President Donald Trump's second-term agenda has been bogged down by judicial roadblocks, and the president has been outspoken in registering his complaints with the judiciary.PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES MULTIPLE JUDICIAL NOMINEES, ACCUSES COURT SYSTEM OF BLOCKING HIM FROM DOING HIS JOB"Our Court System is not letting me do the job I was Elected to do. Activist judges must let the Trump Administration deport murderers, and other criminals who have come into our Country illegally, WITHOUT DELAY!!!" he declared in a Wednesday Truth Social post.

Federal authorities have arrested and charged three illegal immigrant suspects in connection with the kidnapping of a mother and her 13-month-old baby from their home in Garner, North Carolina, on April 28.Garner officials charged Eleodoro "Leo" Estrada-Hernandez, 37; Paola Duran Duran, 25; and Miguel Angel Duran Duran, 23, with two counts of first-degree kidnapping and one count of second-degree kidnapping each. Estrada-Hernandez is also facing charges of felony firearm possession and two counts of assault by pointing a firearm."When our partners at the Garner Police Department requested FBI assistance with a kidnapping, we surged resources from across the state in the middle of the night," Robert M. DeWitt, the FBI special agent in charge in North Carolina, said in a Wednesday statement. "Alongside local and state partners, a fast-moving and complex case unfolded. Through the combination of investigative technology, tactics, and tools, thankfully, the victims were recovered safely."The woman, baby and the woman's husband were unloading groceries on the evening of the alleged kidnapping and saw the same black Nissan Altima drive by their house multiple times, court records state.NC OFFICIALS CAPTURE 3RD SUSPECT DAYS AFTER ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS KIDNAP MOM, DAUGHTER AT GUNPOINT: POLICEOnce the family was inside their residence, they heard a knock at the door and opened it to reveal a woman, later identified as Paola, who asked for a woman named "Maria." The victims told her there was no woman named Maria at the residence, at which point Miguel and Hernandez, both wearing ski masks, allegedly forced entry into the house.They overpowered the victim's husband, duct-taped his hands behind his back and covered his eyes and mouth, at which point they demanded he pay $1 million, according to Justice Department documents.NC ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS KIDNAP MOM, DAUGHTER AT GUNPOINT AS FBI MANHUNT ENSUES FOR 3RD SUSPECT: POLICEMiguel and Paola then allegedly forced the woman and her baby out the back door of the home and into the black Nissan Altima, while Hernandez left a short time later when a different vehicle picked him up from the scene.Miguel and Paola drove the Nissan to Wake Forest. At one point during the alleged kidnapping, the suspects led the victims into a trailer that seemed unoccupied and forced the woman to bathe so she could wash evidence off her, and Miguel held her baby while she did, court documents state.While at the trailer, an Amber Alert for the two victims came through the suspects' phones, spooking them.VENEZUELAN GANGSTERS NABBED AT NORTHERN BORDER GATEWAY BY THE DOZENS SINCE TRUMP INAUGURATION"They dropped [the mother and baby] off on a dead-end dirt road surrounded by woods," a federal complaint states. "Miguel and Paola then went to their uncle's house in the Equinox. After that, Miguel dropped Paola off at her friend's house in Durham and later that day, Paola's friend dropped her back off at the Raleigh residence where she was taken into custody."The victims went to a Wake Forest home and asked for help, at which point the resident of that home called 911.Court documents allege that Hernandez was the mastermind behind the plan and offered Paola and Miguel $100,000 over four months to help him execute it."These significant federal charges result from the prompt response of law enforcement and demonstrate the close partnership between all of the agencies involved," acting U.S. Attorney Daniel P. Bubar said in a Wednesday statement. "Investigating and prosecuting violent crimes like those alleged in the complaints will remain a top priority for our office."All three suspects face a maximum punishment of life in prison if convicted.

After President Donald Trump cracked down on illegal immigrant crossings at the U.S. southern border with Mexico, Border Patrol agents in the North are facing a flurry of attempted crossings.Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Houlton, Maine said on May 2 that in the previous 10 days, it had conducted targeted enforcement operations that netted 39 illegal immigrant captures, according to a news release.Foreign nationals from Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico, Venezuela, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Jamaica, Dominican Republic and China were arrested during the recent operations.According to the immigration officials, the agency has already captured more illegal immigrants in Maine this year than it did in all of 2024.NORTHERN BORDER: AGENTS ARREST GROUP OF CHINESE TRYING TO SNEAK INTO MAINE FROM CANADA"The United States Border Patrol will continue ongoing operations to target criminal aliens for arrest, prosecution, and removal proceedings as appropriate." Houlton Sector Acting Chief Patrol Agent Craig Shepley said in a statement. "All of these efforts are for the safety and security for the State of Maine and the U.S. as a whole."US NORTHERN BORDER SEES ROMANIAN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT INFLUX AS EXPERT PREDICTS WHAT COULD BE DRIVING THEMSome of the arrestees have prior criminal records, including crimes like assault and battery on a family member, criminal possession of a weapon and theft, officials said.One of the illegal immigrants was charged with illegal re-entry into the United States, a felony that carries up to two years in prison and possible enhancements if the suspect was previously removed after criminal convictions, according to the Department of Justice.CBP warned of consequences for other illegal immigrants who might be considering crossing from the north."The security and integrity of our nations borders is the primary objective of the United States Border Patrol, and the agency will utilize all means at its disposal to achieve this end," the release said. "If you are found to be in the United States illegally or are operating within the framework of an illegal smuggling operation, you will be caught, and consequences will be delivered."Fox News Digital reached out to CBP officials.

A leading lawmaker from the nations most interconnected air travel state warned that outdated technology like "floppy disks" and ongoing air traffic control (ATC) crises at key hubs are compounding the need to overhaul the U.S. air travel system.Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, who also sits on the Aviation subcommittee on the Senate Commerce and Transportation Committee, spoke to Fox News Digital exclusively on Wednesday as the crisis mounted, most recently in the Philadelphia ATC sector; specifically at Newark-Liberty International Airport.The Last Frontier has the least miles of roads per capita and hundreds of communities where air travel is the only relatively realistic or reliable mode.Sullivan said that it is not only in his states interest to see such an overhaul, but that just as the Philadelphia sector has seen issues as of late the Anchorage air traffic control hub itself controls individual flight patterns almost anywhere between Chicago and Tokyo.ALASKA SENATOR LITERALLY TEARS UP BIDEN'S ENERGY ORDERS, BOOSTS WH EFFORTS TO LEVERAGE ARCTIC LNG ASIA TRADE"We help the entire country when people are traveling from the Lower 48 over to Asia," he said."What we need to do is we need to preemptively address challenges before they become tragedies," said Sullivan, who spoke out similarly at a commerce hearing with NTSB and FAA officials earlier this year.He also cited a February passenger airliner crash in his own state, when a plane went down on Norton Sound's sea ice after leaving Unalakleet for Nome, killing 10."What happens, unfortunately, is too often tragedy is what inspires and motivates reform," he said, adding that the Department of Transportation should and likely will, under Secretary Sean Duffy, pivot to "predict[ing] and preempt[ing]."On a recent tour of the Anchorage center, he spoke to FAA workers and saw how they, like other sectors, rely on 20th-century floppy disks and "strips of paper that are like post-it notes."AK CAN BE CURE TO THE NATIONS ILLS' WITH HELP FROM TRUMP ADMIN: GOV DUNLEAVY"What we don't want, unfortunately it's happened is have a big crash and tragedy as the thing that inspires change," he said, placing the blame most recently on the Biden administration, in part, for appearing to prioritize diversity over substantive reforms at USDOT."I watched this: Hiring people for the FAA in terms of air traffic controllers is competitive. It requires real schooling. It requires high performance. And the Biden team came in, and I guess in the name of diversity they started taking people off the street literally with no background in any of this. Weve got to get back to the rigorous FAA standards," he said.He said he spoke with Duffy on Tuesday and predicted "a really big comprehensive reform program" in the weeks and months to come. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"We have the safest aviation system in the world, but that doesn't happen through magic. That happens through diligence, through upgrading our technology."While not directly addressing the situation in Newark, Sullivan praised the Trump administrations "outstanding" response to the Unalakleet crash and predicted the Department of Transportation would handle the Newark-Liberty incident in a similarly effective manner.Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has defended his tenure, writing on X that "we put safety first, drove down close calls, grew [ATC] and had zero commercial airline fatalities out of millions of flights on our watch."

As former President Joe Biden faces incoming fire not only from President Donald Trump but also fellow Democrats, the former president is bringing on board a veteran strategist and communicator to help refurbish his reputation and legacy.The former president has hired Chris Maegher, a Biden administration veteran, to help him now that the first 100 days of Trump's second tour of duty in the White House has passed, sources confirm to Fox News.Former presidents have traditionally refrained from criticizing their successors during the first 100-day period of the new administration.However, in a sign that Biden is looking to re-engage publicly, he will make a live appearance on "The View" talk show on Thursday, and sources confirm that Meagher had a hand in arranging the segment.HEAD HERE FOR THE LATEST FOX NEWS COVERAGE OF FORMER PRESIDENT BIDENEarlier this week, in his first interview since Trump's inauguration three and a half months ago, Biden sat down with the BBC.Biden's re-entering into the political and media spotlight may not sit well with many Democrats, who thank the former president for the plethora of policies passed during his single term in the White House but who continue to blame him for last November's election setbacks and who want fresh faces to lead the party as it aims to exit the political wilderness.The media appearances by Biden come as his White House successor continues to blast and belittle the former president over several issues.TRUMP'S APPROVAL RATINGS SLIDE, BUT DEMOCRATS POLL NUMBERS HIT ALL-TIME LOWSIt comes as the Trump administration, according to a Politico report, is working to release audio of Biden's interview with then-special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated Biden's handling of classified documents and raised questions about Biden's mental acuity in a February 2024 report.Biden made history in his 2020 White House defeat of Trump as the oldest person ever elected U.S. president. Hur's report amplified questions about whether the then-81-year-old, who at the time was running for re-election, had the physical and mental stamina to serve another four years in the White House.Biden's disastrous debate performance against Trump last June further exacerbated his problems and fueled a chorus of calls from fellow Democrats for him to step down as the Democrats' 2024 standard-bearer.Biden eventually succumbed to the pressure and dropped his re-election bid in late July, with then-Vice President Kamala Harris succeeding him as the Democratic Party's presidential nominee.Biden continues to face criticism from fellow Democrats for staying too long in the 2024 White House race.When asked in the BBC interview if he should have dropped his re-election bid earlier than he did, the former president said, "I dont think it would have mattered.""It was a hard decision," Biden said. "I think it was the right decision."The former president also used the interview to blast Trump for single-handily renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, for his repeated comments about acquiring Greenland or taking control of the Panama Canal, and for continuously saying Canada should become America's 51st state."What the hells going on here? What president ever talks like that? Thats not who we are," Biden said. "Were about freedom, democracy, opportunity, not about confiscation."He also pilloried Trump's efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war as "modern-day appeasement."CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPMeagher is a longtime operative and strategist with both political and private sector experience on his resume. He's a veteran of the Democratic National Committee, former Sen. John Tester of Montana's successful 2018 reflection, and Pete Buttigieg's 2020 presidential campaign, when the long shot for the Democratic nomination soared to major contender status.During the Biden administration, Meagher briefly served under then-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg before moving to the White House as a deputy press secretary and later to the Pentagon as Defense Department spokesperson.

An elephant seal pup suffered "multiple stab wounds" in an attack at an Oregon beach, prompting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to launch a search for a person of interest.The NOAAs Office of Law Enforcement said this week that the incident happened on March 16 in Neskowin, Oregon, along a stretch of shoreline in front of the Proposal Rock Condominiums."While the young elephant seal survived, it sustained multiple stab wounds. The Marine Stranding Team monitored and evaluated the animal before relocating it," the NOAA said in a statement.The agency released a sketch of a person of interest, described as a White male "Approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a standard build, black and white hair, a groomed beard, and a large gap between his front teeth."ODD-LOOKING DEEP SEA FISH WASHES UP ON BEACH, SURPRISING LOCALSThe NOAA, citing a witness, added that the individual was wearing a "black cap with a flat front and a logo depicting an orange four-track excavator with the word Timber.""We are also seeking information about the owner of a vehicle that may be associated with the person of interest," the NOAA also said, describing it as a cluttered-looking dark blue 1990s Dodge or Chrysler van that had the rear passenger window on the driver's side covered in plastic.PET RACCOON CAUGHT WITH METH PIPE IN ITS MOUTH WHEN COPS PULLED OVER OHIO WOMANFollowing the attack, the seals wounds were healing, it had grown to about 300 pounds and there were no signs that the stabbing was going to have "lasting effects," Michael Milstein, a spokesperson for NOAA Fisheries West Coast region, told The Associated Press.The seal that was stabbed likely left its mother very recently and was on its own to learn to hunt, Milstein said. Once it had grown a bit more, it would have likely made its way back to breeding areas around the Channel Islands off Southern California.The NOAA said "Harassing, harming, killing or feeding wild elephant seals is prohibited under the Marine Mammal Protection Act" and "Violations can be prosecuted civilly or criminally and are punishable by up to $100,000 in fines and up to 1 year in jail per violation."The Associated Press contributed to this report.

A Republican senator who entered Congress' upper chamber in the same cycle as Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., said the former Braddock mayor's cognitive issues seem to be subsiding and that the hubbub in the press is likely due to the onetime progressive star breaking with the left wing of his party on key issues.Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., told Fox News Digital that, while he is not a doctor, his own run-ins with the hulking, outspoken Democrat have been constructive, and that some of the issues he was facing during his 2022 contest against now-Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) chief, Dr. Mehmet Oz, has improved."I can't speak to his health as far as, you know, I'm not a doctor, and I'm definitely not going to break any HIPAA rules. But it is kind of funny because the way the Democrats act is if you don't agree with them on all their points, they want to wipe you off the face of the earth," Mullin said.Mullin alluded to how Fetterman, who, as lieutenant governor, amassed a progressive following and support from democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and then later lost much of that bloc of left-wing populist support when he came out in support of Israel and against Iran.JOHN FETTERMAN FACES NEW SPOTLIGHT ON HEALTH, FAMILY DRAMA, SPARKING ONLINE UPROAR"A few short years ago, Fetterman was like this godsend in Pennsylvania. And he came here, and they realized that Fetterman's his own man. He's gonna speak his mind, and he's gonna say it the way that it is or the way he feels like it is anyways, and they can't control him," Mullin said."And the Democrats are all about controlling the party. And so, if you're speaking away from them, it's doomsday for you."Mullin remarked that Fetterman's health "sure wasn't an issue" when he was running against Oz as Democrats continued supporting him despite cognitive issues. At one Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, debate, Fetterman opened by saying "Hi good night, everybody," and was criticized for the apparent oxymoron."His health seemed like it was worse than it is now. But it seems interesting to me. I don't really, when you really start thinking about John, here's a guy that is going against the norm, and I commend him for it," Mullin explained.FETTERMAN SPOKESWOMAN REAMED FOR REPORTEDLY CONTRADICTING BOSS ON ISRAEL: UNPARALLELED HUBRIS"That's why him and I talk, because I think it's pretty neat that he's still who he is. He has an interesting story with the reason why he dresses the way he does, and the reason why he is who he is, and I respect him for doing that."Mullin suggested Democrats are "planting stories like this" and that "we shouldn't be surprised they eat their own."As for staffers who have publicly and privately broken with Fetterman, Mullin added that it is his name on the Senate office door and not theirs, going on to lament those who objected to decisions as simple as meeting with President Donald Trump."So they can go pound sand. If they don't like working for him, go find another member, because he's the member," he said.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPSen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., added that Fetterman "comes to play every day," when Fox News Digital caught up with him near Constitution Avenue."I can tell you I work with him constantly. We work particularly in terms of hunger programs, making sure that there's technologies available that protect the hungry and taxpayers," he said.When encountered outside the Capitol getting into a car, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., paused momentarily while working on his phone, before saying he had to go when Fox News Digital mentioned the Fetterman story.New York Magazine did not return Fox News Digital's request for comment.