Skip to content
TRENDING:
Donald Trump
Advertisement
Author profile
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

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to reporters at the Nassau County Supreme Court in Mineola, N.Y. on Aug. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, Pool) ** FILE **

Democrats pivot to keep potential spoiler Kennedy on swing state ballots

After battling most of this year to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. off the ballot in swing states, Democrats are now making sure his name stays on them in Wisconsin, Michigan and possibly North Carolina even though he suspended his campaign and aligned himself with former President Donald Trump.

September 4, 2024
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris talks with the daughter of a supporter on the phone as she makes a stop at a volunteer appreciation event at The Gray in downtown Savannah, Ga., Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Harris pumps up base in south Georgia where fans cheer her as ‘something new’

If Vice President Kamala Harris hopes to win the critical battleground state of Georgia in the presidential election, she'll need to bring out Democratic voters in Atlanta and smaller urban areas including Savannah, where she held a rally Thursday for a crowd of supporters who didn't know much about her policies but say she's their pick.

August 29, 2024
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Fiserv Forum during a campaign rally in Milwaukee, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Harris acceptance speech will offer bright future and jabs at Trump

Vice President Kamala Harris' acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention will "share her story" to a national audience and provide "an optimistic vision for America's future," according to the party, but is all but certain to go light on details about what she plans to do if elected.

August 22, 2024
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during the Democratic National Convention Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi: Harris can ‘take us to new heights’

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she has known Vice President Kamala Harris for decades and predicted she would follow on Democratic successes and "take us to new heights."

August 21, 2024
Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at a campaign event, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, in Rochester, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Tim Walz under fire for using false IVF claim to clobber J.D. Vance

Vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's big moment Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention was marred by party officials having to defend his inaccurate claim that he and his wife relied on in vitro fertilization to have children.

August 21, 2024
Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his wife Gwen Walz watch during the Democratic National Convention Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Walz, Clinton headline DNC’s third-day appeal to ‘everyday Americans’

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who turned a camouflage cap into an emblem of the Harris-Walz campaign's bid to win battleground voters, will introduce himself to the nation again Wednesday in a prime-time convention speech organizers say will highlight the "small-town values" that have shaped him.

August 21, 2024