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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

An architectural rendering of the planned new White House ballroom that will be paid for by President Trump and other donors, according to the White House. (Photo courtesy of the White House) ** FILE **

Trump building huge ballroom at White House

President Trump plans to renovate the White House with a 90,000-square-foot ballroom, a move that will replace part of the historic East Wing and will significantly add to the size of the executive mansion for the first time in decades.

July 31, 2025
In this June 25, 2013, file photo, Ghislaine Maxwell, founder of the TerraMar Project, attends a press conference on the Issue of Oceans in Sustainable Development Goals, at United Nations headquarters. (United Nations Photo/Rick Bajornas via AP) ** FILE **

Maxwell sets terms for congressional testimony

Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted of serving as Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice in a decadelong sex trafficking ring, wants immunity and other conditions in exchange for testifying to Congress about his alleged list of wealthy clients.

July 29, 2025
Trucks line up to enter a Port of Oakland shipping terminal on Nov. 10, 2021, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

EPA to end the federal government’s authority to regulate vehicle emissions

The Environmental Protection Agency will move Tuesday to rescind the endangerment finding, an Obama-era label that declared carbon emissions and greenhouse gases a threat to public health and welfare and paved the way for $1 trillion in government regulations aimed at mitigating climate change.

July 29, 2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to reporters as President Donald Trump listens, Friday, June 27, 2025, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Trump was told his name surfaced in the Epstein files

Attorney General Pam Bondi informed President Trump in May that his name was among hundreds of people identified in the Jeffrey Epstein files that the president's MAGA base and Democrats want released to the public.

July 24, 2025