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David Sherfinski

dsherfinski@washingtontimes.com

David Sherfinski covered politics for The Washington Times.

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Dozens of people lined Interstate 17 as they waited for the procession with the hearse carrying the late Arizona Sen. John McCain. (Associated Press)

John McCain tributes pour in; senator to lie in state

Sen. John McCain will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol, congressional leaders announced Sunday, and governors ordered flags lowered across the nation as the country mourned the passing of a man all sides said transcended politics.

August 26, 2018
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, waits to start a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, the morning after he and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the ranking member, reached a deal to resume federal payments to health insurers that President Donald Trump had halted. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate passes $857 billion spending bill

The Senate passed a massive $857 billion bill Thursday to fund the Defense, Labor, Education, and Health departments next year, pressing to avert a shutdown showdown ahead of the next deadline at the end of September.

August 23, 2018
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Senate Democrats rail against reported guns-in-schools idea

Senate Democrats on Thursday railed against reported plans that the Trump administration is looking at using federal funding to let school districts buy guns for teachers, saying the news threatens to scuttle bipartisan work on a massive spending package the Senate is considering this week.

August 23, 2018
"We have a long way to go, but we're getting there with this first batch of appropriation bills," said Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby, Alabama Republican. (Associated Press)

Amendments to Senate spending bill likely to be axed

One senator is demanding a vote on limiting President Trump's options for a military parade, while several others want to ensure better treatment for chimpanzees who had been used in clinical testing at federally funded facilities.

August 22, 2018
In this Aug. 1, 2018, file photo, Cody Wilson, with Defense Distributed, holds a 3D-printed gun called the Liberator at his shop in Austin, Texas. A federal judge in Seattle is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018, on whether to block a settlement the U.S. State Department reached with a company that wants to post blueprints for printing 3D weapons on the internet. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Judge expected to rule by Aug. 27 in 3D-printed gun file case

A federal judge in Washington state on Tuesday pledged a quick ruling on whether he will continue to block a Texas company from sharing online blueprints for crafting 3D-printed guns, while also saying at a hearing in the case that the hot-button issue ideally would be settled by Congress or the White House.

August 21, 2018
A Broward County sheriff's deputy was on hand Wednesday as students arrived at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, for the first day of classes. (Associated Press/File)

Gun-free zones for school safety a tough debate to settle

Children are heading back to school with the debate over gun safety still raging six months after the Parkland massacre -- and no issue is more heated than whether gun-free zones make students safer or more endangered.

August 19, 2018