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Susan Ferrechio

Susan Ferrechio

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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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Robbin Taylor, state director to U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joins McConnell while he speaks at the NKY Chamber of Commerce at the Madison Event Center, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, in Covington, Ky. McConnell appeared to briefly freeze up and was unable to answer a question from a reporter during the event on Wednesday, weeks after he had a similar episode in Washington. (WCPO via AP)

McConnell health concerns stir talk of new leadership battle

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to return to the U.S. Capitol this week following a second instance of freezing up in public, as his health issues have stirred talk of whether he should step aside from leadership.

September 4, 2023
President Joe Biden listens as he meets with Costa Rica President Rodrigo Chaves in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

House investigating Biden’s Air Force Two travel records

House investigators probing alleged influence peddling involving President Biden are seeking his travel records from his time as vice president to determine whether the trips aided his son's foreign business deals.

August 30, 2023
Former President Barack Obama and President Joe Biden arrive at a campaign rally for Pennsylvania's Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro and Democratic Senate candidate Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden, Obama must approve release of alias emails

The National Archives and Records Administration is withholding more than 5,000 White House emails that used aliases for then-Vice President Joe Biden as it awaits approval from him and former President Barack Obama to make them public.

August 29, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference, May 9, 2023, in Miami. Florida officials are warning drivers of potentially widespread fuel contamination at gas stations across the state's west coast as residents brace for the landfall later this week Tropical Storm Idalia. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said late Sunday, Aug. 27 that gasoline purchased after 10 a.m. Saturday at some Citgo-supplied stations had a strong likelihood of being contaminated with diesel fuel. The Port of Tampa contamination is “happening right of the eve of the storm,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said at Sunday news conference. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

DeSantis halts campaign amid shooting, hurricane threat

Gov. Ron DeSantis left the presidential campaign trail and returned to Florida in the wake of a racially motivated mass shooting in Jacksonville and an intensifying tropical storm barreling toward the state's west coast on Monday.

August 28, 2023
Republican presidential candidates, from left, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum stand at their podiums during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX News Channel Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Republicans brawl at first debate without Trump

Eight Republican presidential primary candidates clashed over politics and policies Wednesday night at their first debate, a prime-time event that former President Donald Trump, the prohibitive leader, skipped.

August 23, 2023