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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

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, right, follow President Donald Trump to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House en route to Florida, Friday, March 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

RFK Jr. begins slashing sprawling HHS workforce

The Health and Human Services Department on Tuesday began a round of layoffs that Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said are needed to streamline the bloated agency and cut costs.

April 1, 2025
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