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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

Ryan Wesley Routh takes part in a rally in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Would-be assassin echoed Harris’ doomsday rhetoric about Trump

Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, say Democrats' vitriol inspired Trump-hater Ryan Routh to travel to West Palm Beach, where law enforcement agents say he hid in the bushes for hours with a scoped AK-47 and then pointed the weapon toward the golf course where Mr. Trump and guests were playing.

September 16, 2024
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris are seen on a screen during a presidential debate as people watch at One Longfellow Square, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Five big questions Harris dodged in the debate

Ahead of Tuesday's presidential debate in Philadelphia, critical undecided voters said they needed to know more about Vice President Kamala Harris' policies to help them decide whether to vote for her. That didn't happen.

September 11, 2024
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump shakes hands with Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris during an ABC News presidential debate at the National Constitution Center, Tuesday, Sept.10, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

How ABC moderators helped Harris skirt questions, take aim at Trump on debate stage

Vice President Kamala Harris sought to take down former President Donald Trump at their first meeting on the debate stage with the help of ABC News moderators who frequently fact checked Mr. Trump while letting Ms. Harris largely get away with debunked claims against him while providing only vague answers on how she would govern as president.

September 10, 2024
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris shake hands before the start of an ABC News presidential debate at the National Constitution Center, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Harris, Trump take the stage in a high-stakes showdown

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump met for the first time in person Tuesday in Pennsylvania for their first -- and possibly last -- debate of the 2024 presidential race.

September 10, 2024
Hunter Biden, center, and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden, arrive in federal court for jury selection for his trial on felony tax charges Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Hunter Biden makes shock guilty plea in tax fraud case

President Biden's son, Hunter Biden, pleaded guilty Thursday to tax evasion charges, dodging a trial that would have dredged up sordid details about his past spending on strippers and drugs as his father serves out his remaining months in the White House in the midst of the presidential election.

September 5, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to reporters at the Nassau County Supreme Court in Mineola, N.Y. on Aug. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, Pool) ** FILE **

Democrats pivot to keep potential spoiler Kennedy on swing state ballots

After battling most of this year to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. off the ballot in swing states, Democrats are now making sure his name stays on them in Wisconsin, Michigan and possibly North Carolina even though he suspended his campaign and aligned himself with former President Donald Trump.

September 4, 2024
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris talks with the daughter of a supporter on the phone as she makes a stop at a volunteer appreciation event at The Gray in downtown Savannah, Ga., Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Harris pumps up base in south Georgia where fans cheer her as ‘something new’

If Vice President Kamala Harris hopes to win the critical battleground state of Georgia in the presidential election, she'll need to bring out Democratic voters in Atlanta and smaller urban areas including Savannah, where she held a rally Thursday for a crowd of supporters who didn't know much about her policies but say she's their pick.

August 29, 2024