Fetterman says he'll work to block 'absolutely outrageous' US Steel sale

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) vowed Monday to work to block the $14.9 billion sale of U.S. Steel Corp. to Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel, which he described as an “outrageous” move. The deal was announced Monday, prompting the stock prices of U.S. Steel Fetterman criticized the sale, saying in a , formerly Twitter, that the move was “wrong for workers and wrong for Pennsylvania.” “I’m gonna do everything I can to block it,” Fetterman wrote on X. “I live across the street from U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thompson plant in Braddock,” Fetterman said in a statement. “It’s absolutely outrageous that U.S. Steel has agreed to sell themselves to a…