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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

Travelers wearing protective masks as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus move about the a terminal at the Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, April 19, 2022. Airlines have banned several thousand passengers since the pandemic started for refusing to wear masks. Now they want most of those passengers back. Officials with United Airlines and American Airlines said Thursday, April 21, 2022 that they will lift the bans now that masks are optional on flights. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)

Monkeypox puts CDC back on watch for masking

Americans thought they were finished worrying about COVID-19 and mask mandates, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hit them with a new health scare: the rare monkeypox virus.

June 7, 2022
In this May 28, 2020, file photo, a passenger wears personal protective equipment on a Delta Airlines flight after landing in Minneapolis, United States of America. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency said Wednesday that from next week onward it is no longer recommending the use of medical masks at airports and on planes due to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

CDC drops mask recommendation for monkeypox

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday scrubbed a recommendation from its website for travelers to wear face masks due to the threat of Monkeypox, a rare disease that had been transmitted mostly through sexual contact.

June 7, 2022
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis waves as he arrives to signs a record $109.9 billion state budget Thursday, June, 2, 2022 at The Villages, Fla. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a $109.9 billion state budget bill that includes pay raises for state workers and law enforcement, as well as tax suspensions on gas, diapers and school supplies. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

On a roll, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis surges after bucking Biden and Democrats

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis responded to the nation's latest school shooting with legislation aimed at improving school safety and increasing student mental health monitoring, rejecting stricter gun measures pushed by congressional Democrats and the Biden administration that include a proposed ban on assault-style weapons.

June 6, 2022
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., responds to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Trump endorses House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy

Former President Donald Trump has endorsed House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for a ninth term in office, standing behind the California Republican despite leaked audio of Mr. McCarthy suggesting he would ask Mr. Trump to resign following the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

June 6, 2022
Dr. Robert Califf gathers his documents as the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension adjourns a hearing on the nomination of Dr. Califf to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Dec. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

FDA admits hobbled response to baby formula crisis

Top officials at the Food and Drug Administration admitted they took too long to respond to a baby formula shortage and were hobbled by bad decisions and COVID-related problems, including a whistleblower report about a formula factory that was lost in the mail.

May 25, 2022
Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., speaks with reporters, March 23, 2022 in Hueytown, Ala. Alabama’s Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby is a bitter high-dollar fight between three frontrunners battling for a spot in an anticipated runoff. Mo Brooks who won _ and then lost _ former President Donald Trump’s backing in the race faces  Katie Boyd Britt, the former leader of Business Council of Alabama and Shelby’s former chief of staff and Mike Durant, the owner of an aerospace company but best known as the helicopter pilot shot down and captured in in the events that inspired “Black Hawk Down.” (AP Photo/Kimberly Chandler)

Alabama Senate GOP primary headed to run-off

Former Capitol Hill staffer Katie Britt will face six-term House lawmaker Mo Brooks in a runoff election after neither candidate won a majority of primary voters on Tuesday.

May 24, 2022
Republican Gov. Brian Kemp waves to supporters during an election night watch party, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Atlanta. Kemp easily turned back a GOP primary challenge Tuesday from former U.S. Sen. David Perdue, who was backed by former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Brian Kemp cruises in Georgia GOP governor primary in blow to Trump

Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday steamrolled over former Sen. David Perdue in their primary showdown in Georgia -- delivering a public blow to former President Donald Trump's efforts to dethrone the incumbent and relitigate the results of the presidential 2020 election.

May 24, 2022
Herschel Walker, GOP candidate for the US Senate for Georgia, speaks at a primary watch party Monday, May 23, 2022, at the Foundry restaurant in Athens, Ga., near the University of Georgia where once played football. (AP Photo/Akili-Casundria Ramsess)

Trump-backed Herschel Walker wins Georgia GOP Senate primary

Former NFL star Herschel Walker easily defeated five opponents Tuesday in Georgia's Republican U.S. Senate primary, setting up a November showdown against Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in what will become one of the most closely watched races in the country.

May 24, 2022
House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., accompanied by House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., right, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Proposed political maps released by the leaders of New York's Democrat-dominated legislature would give the party an advantage in 22 of of the state's 26 congressional districts and mean re-election trouble for several Republican members of the U.S. House. The congressional map in upstate New York would be realigned to create three Republican super districts — one of them now home to U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, the third-ranking House Republican. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Top Republicans say slow-acting FDA delayed formula plant reopening

Food and Drug Administration officials dragged their feet on letting Abbott Nutrition reopen its Sturgis, Michigan, baby formula plant after it was closed to address safety and quality issues, top House Republicans said Thursday, citing information from industry insiders.

May 19, 2022