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.
President Trump said Sunday he plans to use some of the oil he secured from Venezuela to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which has been depleted to near-record lows.
President Trump said Sunday that he will report "Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker to the Federal Communications Commission "for rebuke or punishment."
Rahm Emanuel, the former Obama administration chief of staff now weighing a presidential bid, said Sunday that the Democratic Socialists of America are not part of the Democratic Party.
The leaders of America's socialist movement are calling for rent strikes, denouncing capitalism and pillorying the rich. Some of them are doing it from private beach clubs, luxury cars and million-dollar homes.
Children were the victims in a landmark lawsuit filed against tech giant Meta, but state governments will reap the financial benefits from a $17 billion settlement that hinges on cooperation from TikTok and YouTube.
Meta agreed to pay states up to $17.1 billion and implement new safety features for teen social media users to settle a landmark case that accused the tech titan of pushing harmful content to children.
Despite a last-minute drop in the polls and questions about her qualifications, the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham fended off her challenger in South Carolina's Republican Senate runoff, likely ensuring she'll win a six-year term in November to succeed her brother.
Democrats running under the socialist banner are dreaming up a massively expanded welfare state in America aimed at appealing to the working class. It comes with an equally massive price tag.
President Trump on Sunday weighed in on failed trade talks between the United States and Canada, signaling in an angry, 1 a.m. message on social media that he's not backing down on the terms that Canadian negotiators walked out on.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is "not directly involved" in the administration's day-to-day workings.
Sen. Darline Graham's lead in unpublished polls shrank in the days leading up to Tuesday's Republican primary runoff, but that was before the president hosted a raucous rally for her Friday in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Federal investigators say a relative of former FBI Director James B. Comey angrily texted Mr. Comey's wife after he posted his "8647" message about President Trump on social media.
A longtime sports columnist for the Seattle Times abruptly quit after editors killed a column he wrote positing that those who don't want biological men playing in women's sports aren't transphobic.
California this week set new environmental standards that will ban the sale of 70% of the tires now on the market in the next few years, prompting warnings about cost and safety.
The co-chair of the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America rails against rising rents, but probably doesn't have to worry about paying for his own housing.
Florida's Democratic voters picked a socialist candidate for U.S. Senate in Tuesday's primary, advancing state Rep. Angie Nixon, who wants to close prisons and calls drag shows "wholesome entertainment."
Trump-endorsed Sen. Darline Graham is facing questions about her readiness to serve a six-year term after admitting in a South Carolina GOP Senate debate that she's "not that informed," about national security.
The White House on Wednesday released declassified documents saying the FBI launched an investigation into whether President Trump was acting as an asset on behalf of Russia when he fired FBI Director James B. Comey, despite the bureau saying there was little evidence within the agency supporting that assertion.