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Susan Ferrechio

Susan Ferrechio

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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

Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a campaign rally, Nov. 7, 2022, in Hialeah, Fla. The long-rumored memoir by Gov. DeSantis is coming out next year. The HarperCollins imprint Broadside will release “The Courage to Be Free: Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Revival” on Feb. 28. The announcement, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022 comes in the wake of DeSantis’ decisive reelection victory and will likely add to speculation that he plans a run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

DeSantis announces grand jury probe of COVID-19 shots

While Gov. Ron DeSantis did not specifically indicate he's seeking monetary damages from Pfizer and Moderna, he noted that Florida in recent years won $3.2 billion from the manufacturers and distributors of opioids.

December 13, 2022
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on March 3, 2021. Johnson, one of former President Donald Trump’s most vocal supporters, has decided to seek reelection to a third term, two Republicans with knowledge of the plan told The Associated Press on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. (Greg Nash/The Hill via AP, Pool, File)

GOP’s fiscal conservatives flex muscle in spending fight

A group of Republicans in the House and Senate is pressuring GOP leaders to reject a massive year-end government funding bill and restart negotiations in January, when the party will have increased leverage to reduce what they call "unfettered" federal spending.

December 12, 2022
A sign at Twitter headquarters is shown in San Francisco, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. Two women who lost their jobs at Twitter when billionaire Elon Musk took over are suing the company in federal court, claiming that last month's abrupt mass layoffs disproportionately affected female employees.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Heads roll at Twitter over suppression of Hunter Biden’s laptop

Twitter owner Elon Musk last week fired James Baker, the company's deputy general counsel and vice president who helped suppress a story about incriminating material found on Hunter Biden's laptop computer weeks before the 2020 presidential election.

December 11, 2022
Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition on March 9, 2020, in Washington. Musk, Twitter’s new owner, is further gutting the teams that battle misinformation on the social media platform as outsourced moderators learned over the weekend they were out of a job. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Musk fires Twitter lawyer who blocked Hunter Biden laptop story

Twitter owner Elon Musk on Tuesday fired the company's deputy general counsel and vice president James Baker, who helped suppress a story about incriminating material found on Hunter Biden's laptop computer weeks before the presidential election.

December 6, 2022
A Twitter logo hangs outside the company's San Francisco offices on Nov. 1, 2022. A top European Union official warned Elon Musk on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, that Twitter needs to beef up measures to protect users from hate speech, misinformation and other harmful content to avoid violating new rules that threaten tech giants with big fines or even a ban in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Twitter lawyer who blocked Hunter Biden laptop story helped ignite Trump-Russia probe

A top Twitter lawyer who supported censoring the bombshell story about the incriminating contents of Hunter Biden's discarded laptop computer in the weeks before the presidential election also helped to set in motion the FBI's investigation into now-debunked allegations that President Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 presidential election.

December 5, 2022
This combination of photos shows, Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Aug. 3, 2021, left, and Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaking in Perry, Ga., Sept. 25, 2021. Republican groups have filed an appeal with Georgia’s highest court in an attempt to prohibit early voting this Saturday in the U.S. Senate runoff election between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker. (AP Photo)

Saturday voting gives Senate edge to Warnock in ruling on Georgia runoff

A ruling that will allow Democratic-heavy counties to begin early voting on Saturday in Georgia's Senate runoff is poised to deliver an advantage to incumbent Raphael Warnock and set another hurdle for Republican Herschel Walker, who must find a way to motivate tepid Republicans to turn out to vote on Dec. 6.

November 22, 2022