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Susan Ferrechio

Susan Ferrechio

sferrechio@washingtontimes.com

Susan Ferrechio has been writing about politics and national news for more than three decades, providing coverage through six presidents and eight House speakers. She writes about politics and other top national issues for The Washington Times. Her coverage includes Congress, the presidency, elections, and energy policy with an emphasis on stories ignored by other media.
She first joined The Washington Times in 1995 then moved to The Miami Herald, followed by Congressional Quarterly and The Washington Examiner, where she served as chief congressional correspondent and provided coverage for four presidential campaign cycles and countless congressional and senate races. She returned to The Washington Times in 2022 and serves as national politics correspondent. Susan has provided commentary for Fox News, MSNBC, NEWSMAX, ABC News, NewsNation, WMAL Radio, CSPAN and the McLaughlin Group.
She can be reached at sferrechio@washingtontimes.com.

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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, arrives to meet with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and fellow Republicans to discuss work on President Donald Trump's bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Biden-era phone spying list grows

Add Rep. Jim Jordan's name to the growing list of congressional Republicans and top Republican operatives under surveillance by President Biden's Justice Department.

November 21, 2025
A joint services body bearer team carries the flag-draped casket of former Vice President Dick Cheney into the Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump, Vance skip Cheney funeral

The funeral of former Vice President Dick Cheney is underway Thursday at Washington National Cathedral without any sign of President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance.

November 20, 2025
In this July 30, 2008, photo, Jeffrey Epstein, center, appears in court in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Uma Sanghvi/The Palm Beach Post via AP) ** FILE **

Specter of long-held conspiracy theories looms over House vote on Epstein files

The yearslong political battle over the Epstein files has evolved from conspiracy theories about the Clintons masterminding Jeffrey Epstein's death in a New York jail cell to unproven accusations that President Trump secretly participated in Epstein's sex trafficking and is now trying to hide the evidence.

November 17, 2025
The Pulte Homes community of Liberty Park is seen in Novi, Mich., Wednesday, April 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Critics slam door on Trump’s 50-year mortgage proposal

President Trump's proposal to allow homebuyers to take out 50-year mortgages is getting trashed by finance and business experts and has left his Republican allies fuming that he was rushed into promoting it.

November 11, 2025
The Capitol is seen in Washington, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Media’s message: Don’t blame Democrats for the shutdown

The media's favorable coverage of Democrats during the record-breaking government shutdown is overwhelmingly one-sided and has shielded them from blame, even though party lawmakers have voted more than a dozen times to block reopening the government, an analysis found.

November 7, 2025