Overview

• In a CNN interview, Sen. John Fetterman said Democrats should stop calling President Trump an autocrat and warned against Hitler comparisons.
• Fetterman argued his party is wrong to portray Republicans as fascists or intent on shredding the Constitution, urging a less reflexive oppositional stance.
• The Independent reports experts, including the Cato Institute, say the administration is rolling back free-expression protections, citing actions targeting student visas, academia and the press.
• Fetterman faces intraparty fallout, with a Politico-sourced poll showing weakened support among Pittsburgh Democrats and ongoing criticism from former rival Conor Lamb.
• His comments follow the killing of Trump ally Charlie Kirk in Utah, after which a suspect surrendered, as some right-wing commentators escalated confrontational rhetoric.