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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

The Google mobile phone icon, in Philadelphia, April 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Republicans target political bias in Google spam filter

A top Republican lawmaker has introduced new legislation that would ban Google and other email platforms from filtering campaign emails into spam folders, in the latest bid by Congress to crack down on what critics see as Big Tech's political bias.

June 16, 2022
In this Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, photo Republican congressional candidate Mayra Flores speaks at a Cameron County Conservatives event in Brownsville, Texas. Flores argues that Democrats are forcing Texans choose between their energy sector jobs and curbing climate change. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ** FILE **

What to watch Tuesday in primaries and Texas’ special election

Republicans are pouring cash into a Texas congressional district they hope to flip in a special election on Tuesday, while candidates in South Carolina, Nevada, Maine and North Dakota face off in primaries that will test former President Donald Trump's influence on the GOP.

June 13, 2022
In this file photo, President Joe Biden meets virtually with infant formula manufacturers from the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, June 1, 2022, as his administration works to ease nationwide shortages by importing foreign supplies and using the Defense Production Act to speed domestic production. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)  **FILE**

Critics alarmed by Biden’s frequent use of Defense Production Act

President Biden's use of the Defense Production Act to promote the renewable energy industry, increase vaccine production and resolve a national baby-formula shortage has angered critics who say he's overstepped his authority and is increasingly relying on a power that should be reserved for emergencies.

June 10, 2022
Travelers wearing protective masks as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus move about the a terminal at the Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, April 19, 2022. Airlines have banned several thousand passengers since the pandemic started for refusing to wear masks. Now they want most of those passengers back. Officials with United Airlines and American Airlines said Thursday, April 21, 2022 that they will lift the bans now that masks are optional on flights. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)

Monkeypox puts CDC back on watch for masking

Americans thought they were finished worrying about COVID-19 and mask mandates, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hit them with a new health scare: the rare monkeypox virus.

June 7, 2022
In this May 28, 2020, file photo, a passenger wears personal protective equipment on a Delta Airlines flight after landing in Minneapolis, United States of America. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency said Wednesday that from next week onward it is no longer recommending the use of medical masks at airports and on planes due to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

CDC drops mask recommendation for monkeypox

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday scrubbed a recommendation from its website for travelers to wear face masks due to the threat of Monkeypox, a rare disease that had been transmitted mostly through sexual contact.

June 7, 2022
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis waves as he arrives to signs a record $109.9 billion state budget Thursday, June, 2, 2022 at The Villages, Fla. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a $109.9 billion state budget bill that includes pay raises for state workers and law enforcement, as well as tax suspensions on gas, diapers and school supplies. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

On a roll, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis surges after bucking Biden and Democrats

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis responded to the nation's latest school shooting with legislation aimed at improving school safety and increasing student mental health monitoring, rejecting stricter gun measures pushed by congressional Democrats and the Biden administration that include a proposed ban on assault-style weapons.

June 6, 2022