Susan Ferrechio

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California walks out of the West Wing to speak to members of the media outside of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, following a meeting with President Trump.

Trump-Pelosi brawl sends Congress back to the drawing board on spending

Susan Ferrechio · December 12, 2018 5:00 am

Senate passes farm bill without House-passed food stamp work requirements

Susan Ferrechio · December 11, 2018 9:46 pm

From left, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speak before President Trump announced his support for the first major rewrite of the nation's criminal justice sentencing laws in a generation in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018.

Congress suddenly set to pass criminal justice reform bill as soon as next week

Susan Ferrechio · December 11, 2018 6:38 pm

Rashida Tlaib, right, Democratic candidate for Michigan's 13th Congressional District listens to Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., speak in Dearborn, Mich., Friday, Oct. 26, 2018.

House Dems may postpone leadership term limit decision until January

Susan Ferrechio · December 11, 2018 4:25 pm

A father gives water to his malnourished daughter at a feeding center in a hospital in Hodeida, Yemen. With US backing, the United Arab Emirates and its Yemeni allies have restarted their all-out assault on Yemenâs port city of Hodeida, aiming to wrest it from rebel hands. Victory here could be a turning point in the 3-year-old civil war, but it could also push the country into outright famine. Already, the fighting has been a catastrophe for civilians on the Red Sea coast.

Congress losing patience with the Saudis

Susan Ferrechio · December 11, 2018 5:00 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., listen to the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018.

Clinging on: Top Democrats resist push by rebels to limit their terms

Susan Ferrechio · December 11, 2018 5:00 am

Michael Cohen walks out of federal court, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, in New York, after pleading guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on an aborted project to build a Trump Tower in Russia., Cohen told the judge he lied about the timing of the negotiations and other details to be consistent with Trump's "political message."

Republicans question ‘sleazoid’ Michael Cohen’s credibility

Susan Ferrechio · December 11, 2018 1:19 am

Sen. Chuck Schumer, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, and President Trump are shown.

Trump, Schumer, Pelosi have two weeks to figure out the border wall

Susan Ferrechio · December 8, 2018 5:06 am

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in D.C.

Schumer: Trump’s AG pick must protect Mueller’s investigation

Susan Ferrechio · December 7, 2018 8:00 pm

Trump makes attorney general confirmation battle easier with Bush-era pick of William Barr

Susan Ferrechio · December 7, 2018 6:48 pm

President Donald Trump listens during a roundtable discussion on the First Step Act, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, in Gulfport, Miss.

Trump conflicted over criminal justice reform amid warnings of Willie Horton-style political problem

David M. Drucker, Susan Ferrechio · December 7, 2018 6:34 pm

Trump’s front-runner to replace Jeff Sessions has bipartisan appeal

Susan Ferrechio · December 6, 2018 7:41 pm