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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.

Articles by Susan Ferrechio

Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, appears before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

EPA under Trump is lean and less green

The Environmental Protection Agency is reversing course after decades of green energy and climate justice initiatives, dumping hundreds of those programs to save taxpayer funding and the focus to enabling U.S. energy production and other economic priorities.

March 11, 2025
FILE - A sailboat passes a cargo ship unloading containers the port of Los Angeles in San Pedro on Thursday, June 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Trump tariffs crack down on China’s trade tricks

The Trump administration Wednesday will begin imposing 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, part of a move to halt China's sneaky practice of exporting products into the United States via Mexico, Canada and other nations.

March 10, 2025
An American flag is displayed on the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Trump shifts tariff strategy amid market turmoil

President Trump moved Thursday to shield thousands of goods from 25% tariffs he levied on imports from Canada and Mexico this week but said he was not backing away from a plan to use tariffs to equalize trade imbalances and return manufacturing jobs to the U.S.

March 6, 2025
Trucks line up to enter a Port of Oakland shipping terminal on Nov. 10, 2021, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Trade war erupts over Trump’s new tariffs

President Trump's new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China prompted swift retaliation Tuesday, igniting a sudden trade war that economists warned could lead to an economic crisis if it drags on.

March 4, 2025
Sunlight shines through the flags of Canada and the United States, held together by a protester outside on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Feb. 1, 2025. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP) ** FILE **

Trump tariffs send stocks into a dive as Canada, China retaliate

The United States imposed 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, sending the stock market tumbling hundreds of points on Tuesday while Trump administration officials sought to assure Americans their plans will bring long-term gains to jobs and the economy by bolstering "main street."

March 4, 2025
The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, on March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

IRS leak of private data goes beyond billionaires

While critics express outrage over Elon Musk's access to sensitive taxpayer data, the IRS is continuing to alert thousands of businesses and individuals that their tax information was leaked to a news organization that published dozens of articles on some of the hacked files.

February 24, 2025