Susan Ferrechio

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Republicans intend to maximize their newfound power by including more congressional days in session. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

The new Congress: Housekeeping, then right to Obamacare repeal

Susan Ferrechio · December 26, 2016 5:01 am

A report found that Edward Snowden was not a whistleblower, but rather a serial "exaggerator" and "fabricator" who stole mostly military, defense and intelligence information unrelated to privacy or civil liberty issues. (AP Photo/Charles Platiau, Pool)

National Security

Report: Snowden a ‘serial exaggerator,’ not a whistleblower

Susan Ferrechio, Joel Gehrke · December 22, 2016 3:51 pm

The incoming Trump administration signaled in November that it is interested in reviving Yucca. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Energy and Environment

Reid’s retirement could rescue Yucca Mountain plan

Susan Ferrechio · December 21, 2016 5:01 am

Hearing probes what a new White House guidance on emissions will mean for jobs, consumers and development. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

Top GOP lawmaker calls Obama’s Arctic drilling ban ‘abuse of power’

Susan Ferrechio · December 20, 2016 11:10 pm

A congressman on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issue a subpoena to Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder to understand "what he knew about the crisis as it unfolded." (AP Photo/David Eggert)

Dems want GOP governor to answer Flint questions

Susan Ferrechio · December 20, 2016 5:12 pm

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said an Oct. 11 airplane crash in East Hartford, Conn., has raised his suspicions about flight school training of the pilot. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Grassley questions oversight of foreigners who get US flight training

Susan Ferrechio · December 20, 2016 4:37 pm

The Arizona Republican has pledged to make reduction in wasteful military spending his top priority. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

National Security

McCain: Military wasted $1 million on strip clubs and casinos

Susan Ferrechio · December 19, 2016 5:53 pm

Some lawmakers had backed the change in order to protect House Speaker Paul Ryan from conservatives like Rep. Mark Meadows. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

GOP scraps plan to protect Ryan from coup

Susan Ferrechio · December 19, 2016 11:01 am

Rep. Devin Nunes, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, says his panel will visit the FBI, CIA, NSA and Defense Intelligence Agency. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

House Intel chairman to CIA: We’ll come to you

Susan Ferrechio · December 16, 2016 10:58 pm

Obama's pattern of weak responses to the Chinese encouraged its Navy, Armed Services Committee chairman says. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

National Security

McCain: US ‘must not stand’ for China drone seizure

Susan Ferrechio · December 16, 2016 10:52 pm

Potential opposition from a handful of Republicans threatens to put Exxon Mobile CEO Rex Tillerson on a very small list of Cabinet appointees the Senate has rejected over the past two centuries. ?(Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

History shows the Senate rarely rejects Cabinet picks

Susan Ferrechio · December 15, 2016 5:01 am

Democrats are threatening a tough confirmation battle for Sessions because of his stance on illegal immigration. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP refuses to delay confirmation hearings on Jeff Sessions

Susan Ferrechio · December 14, 2016 5:51 pm