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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 President Donald Trump speaks during a rally, Nov. 3, 2022, in Sioux City, Iowa. Republican presidential prospects are streaming into Iowa, the leadoff presidential caucus state. Notably absent from the lineup, at least for now, is Trump who carried the state twice, by healthy margins, as the Republican presidential nominee in the 2016 and 2020 elections. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) **FILE**

Rules of Disengagement: Emerging GOP field for 2024 treads carefully around Trump

The worst political attacks on Republicans who join the 2024 presidential field likely won't come from Democrats. Instead, they will be lobbed by former President Donald Trump, whose command over much of the party's base will make it difficult for his opponents to fire back without the risk of alienating MAGA voters.

February 19, 2023
President Joe Biden walks off of Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, after returning from a weekend at Camp David in Maryland. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden speech to compete with questions, criticisms

President Biden's address to Congress on Tuesday will be overshadowed by his dreary public approval numbers and new concerns about his leadership after he let a Chinese spy balloon freely traverse the U.S. and gather data from the nation's most sensitive military bases.

February 6, 2023
The body of a humpack whale lies on a beach in Brigantine N.J., after it washed ashore on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. It was the seventh dead whale to wash ashore in New Jersey and New York in little over a month, prompting calls for a temporary halt in offshore wind farm preparation on the ocean floor from lawmakers and environmental groups who suspect the work might have something to do with the deaths. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Whale deaths no match for pursuit of East Coast offshore wind farms

A spate of whales washing up along East Coast beaches has exposed a deep rift in the environmental movement between conservationists seeking to stop the construction of massive offshore wind farms and advocates who say renewable energy projects will save the planet from climate change.

January 28, 2023
A traveler looks at a flight board with delays and cancellations at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. Thousands of travelers were stranded at U.S. airports due to an hours-long computer outage. If a flight is canceled, experts say most airlines will rebook you on the next available flight. But if you choose to cancel the trip, airlines must provide you with a full refund. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

GOP aims to cancel Biden’s delayed FAA nominee

A string of recent air travel nightmares is focusing attention on the long-delayed confirmation of a Federal Aviation Administration chief, with critics targeting his inexperience in the aviation industry.

January 23, 2023