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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

Mehmet Oz, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, takes part in a Republican Jewish Coalition event in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Democrats beating back ‘red wave’: ‘Senate races are just different’

So much for a Republican wave, at least in the U.S. Senate. Democratic candidates running in the most critical Senate races of the midterm elections appear to have captured the momentum from Republicans, climbing ahead in polling and sending a warning to GOP leaders that the so-called red wave isn't reaching the doors of the U.S. Senate.

August 19, 2022
Protestors gather before the arrival of the Trump Organization's former Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg at court, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Trump faces off with Garland in high-stakes fight

Democrats and other opponents of former President Donald Trump are clamoring for the Justice Department to lock 'em up a week after the FBI's unprecedented raid of Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago home.

August 15, 2022
State Road 19 in Elkhart County south of Wakarusa, Ind. is seen where U.S. Rep Jackie Walorski, R-2nd District, and three others were killed in a car crash on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. Republican U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski was killed Wednesday in a car crash in her northern Indiana district along with two members of her congressional staff and another person, police said. (Chloe Trofatter/South Bend Tribune via AP)

Rash of summer fatal crashes puts spotlight on head-on collisions

Police in Elkhart, Indiana, on Thursday revised their assessment of the Aug. 3 crash that killed Rep. Jackie Walorski and two staffers. The blame for the crash initially centered on Edith Schmucker, who was accused of crossing the center line and hitting Ms. Walorski's car. However, eyewitness and video evidence showed that Ms. Walorski's car caused the wreck.

August 4, 2022
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis addresses attendees during the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit, Friday, July 22, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Florida Gov. DeSantis suspends ‘woke’ Tampa prosecutor

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday he is suspending Tampa's "woke" State Attorney Andrew Warren for "refusing to enforce Florida law," including abortion law, and for enacting soft-on-crime policies that have made the community less safe.

August 4, 2022
A sign for the Food and Drug Administration is seen in Silver Spring, Md., on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, in this file photo. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Biotech investors sound alarm on Senate drug-pricing bill

A group of biotech investors and doctors are warning that the Senate's drug-pricing proposal, aimed at lowering skyrocketing prices, would "strike a huge blow" to patient access and halt research on new treatments for Alzheimer's disease, heart disease and cancer.

August 3, 2022
Nora Burlingame, 3, is given a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot, Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at a University of Washington Medical Center clinic in Seattle. COVID-19 shots for children between six months and five years of age were given federal authorization over the weekend. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

COVID shots for tots flop despite Biden’s push

Few parents are getting their young children vaccinated against COVID-19, despite the Biden administration's much-anticipated rollout of the shots for children under the age of 5 more than a month ago.

August 2, 2022