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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

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is surrounded by press and police on the way to the chamber, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. McCarthy’s ability to remain in leadership is now seriously at risk after the House voted to move ahead with an effort by hard-right Republican critics to oust him. Tuesday’s narrow vote was forced by McCarthy’s chief rival, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House in limbo after McCarthy booted from speaker’s podium

The House recessed Tuesday following a historic vote that ejected Kevin McCarthy as speaker and lawmakers huddled privately to hash out a plan to either try to reelect him or find another candidate who can win a majority of Republican votes.

October 3, 2023
Republican presidential candidates, from left, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and former Vice President Mike Pence, stand at their podiums during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by Fox Business Network and Univision, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Candidates fight for second place in another Trump-less debate

Seven Republicans fought for break-out moments, powerful zingers or just about any attention-getting maneuver at the second GOP presidential debate, where the candidates duked it out for the second-place position behind the runaway front-runner, former President Donald Trump.

September 27, 2023
Attorney General Merrick Garland appears before a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Jordan blasts Garland on ‘two standards of justice’

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan excoriated Attorney General Merrick Garland Wednesday for the Justice Department's actions that appear to shield President Biden and his son while aggressively pursuing criminal charges against former President Donald Trump.

September 20, 2023