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.
Lawmakers want to know how much money President Biden's family and the family's business associates may have reaped from deals made in the years he served as vice president and beyond, and the trail begins at the Treasury Department, where dozens of related suspicious activity reports have been filed.
Infant formula distribution is back to pre-pandemic levels but the nation's three dominant producers have cut back on some varieties, leaving bare spots on store shelves and frustrating some parents more than a year after a severe shortage crippled the industry.
A House probe into President Biden's family and the massive profits they reaped from foreign business deals is homing in on the web of business associates of Mr. Biden's son Hunter Biden, congressional investigators say.
Top House Republicans said the Senate repeal of presidential authorization for use of military force in Iraq won't get a rubber stamp from the lower chamber, but they are interested in modernizing laws granting the president the power to conduct military operations overseas.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he is ready to make a deal but he's waiting for President Biden to invite him to negotiations to raise the nation's soon-to-expire borrowing limit.
Gov. Ron DeSantis took a swipe at Donald Trump's sordid legal troubles Monday, but signaled he would intervene on the former president's behalf if a Manhattan prosecutor tries to extradite Mr. Trump to New York.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took a swipe at former President Donald Trump's sordid legal troubles and signaled he will not intervene in an effort to extradite Mr. Trump if he's charged by a Manhattan district attorney over allegations he paid hush money to adult performer Stormy Daniels.
The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee is seeking a trove of documents and communications from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg related to his looming indictment of former President Donald Trump.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said supporters of former President Donald Trump should not hold protests if Mr. Trump is indicted on charges related to alleged hush-money payments he made seven years ago.
Republicans plan to use their new investigative powers in the House majority to ramp up probes into the Biden family and liberal Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg amid reports that Mr. Bragg is on the verge of indicting former President Donald Trump on felony charges.
House Republicans will advance a contingency plan for Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to make the minimum payments on the nation's debt if Congress fails to strike a deal with the White House on raising the nation's borrowing limit.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking President Joe Biden to allow tennis star Novak Djokovic into the U.S. to participate in the Miami Open, and has requested permission to bring him to Florida via boat to circumvent the COVID vaccine mandate for foreigners.
A 2024 GOP presidential candidate said a political consultant offered to help him achieve a second-place finish in the closely watched Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll in exchange for a payment of roughly $150,000.
Cooking with natural gas is safe and does not play a significant role in determining indoor air quality, according to an analysis of available studies and government assessments evaluating gas stove cooking.
Former President Donald Trump's loyal band of supporters have brushed aside his recent electoral struggles and are hankering to go back to the future in 2024, saying American voters now know how good they had it and what they've been missing.
Former President Donald Trump said the fate of the nation is on the line in the 2024 election, framing the race for the White House as a day of reckoning.
Those attending the annual Conservative Political Action Conference this year overwhelmingly picked Donald Trump as their favorite 2024 presidential candidate, confirming the confab remains intensely loyal to the former president.
Most of the crowd at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference say the candidate best suited to run for vice president in 2024 should closely align with former President Donald Trump, their preferred pick for the Republican presidential nomination.
Twelve-time All-American swimmer Riley Gaines recalled the moment she felt a transgendered woman had nullified her lifetime of work to become an elite female collegiate athlete.
If former President Donald Trump were a vaccine that could ward off Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, the attendees at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference have been double jabbed. And boosted.