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David Sherfinski

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David Sherfinski covered politics for The Washington Times.

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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, walks to the House chamber as he prepares to file articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 26, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House conservatives hail Jim Jordan’s bid for speaker

Several House conservatives on Thursday quickly lined up behind Rep. Jim Jordan in his bid to be the next House speaker, while others offered praise for the Ohio Republican but said there's still a long way to go in the coming battle to replace outgoing Speaker Paul D. Ryan.

July 26, 2018
FILE - In this June 20, 2018, file photo, immigrant children walk in a line outside the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children, a former Job Corps site that now houses them in Homestead, Fla. Immigrant children described hunger, cold and fear in a voluminous court filing about the facilities where they were held in the days after crossing the border. Advocates fanned out across the southwest to interview more than 200 immigrant parents and children about conditions in U.S. holding facilities, detention centers and a youth shelter. The accounts form part of a case over whether the government is complying with a longstanding settlement over the treatment of immigrant youth in custody. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

House panel votes to roll back Trump’s zero-tolerance border policy

A key House panel voted Wednesday to roll back the administration's tough new asylum policy and to put checks on President Trump's zero-tolerance border policy, underscoring growing bipartisan unease with Mr. Trump's attempts to stem the flow of illegal immigration.

July 25, 2018
"I encourage anyone who would characterize a single piece of of this three-part strategy as anything less than mission critical to further investigate," said Rep. Kevin Yoder, Kansas Republican and chairman of the homeland security spending subcommittee. (Associated Press)

House appropriations committee passes 2019 homeland security funding bill

The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday passed its 2019 spending bill that funds the Department of Homeland Security, provides about $5 billion for border security efforts -- including President Trump's desired U.S.-Mexico border wall -- and includes several checks on the administration tied to the ongoing child separation crisis at the border.

July 25, 2018
In this Aug. 22, 2017, file photo, U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-Kan., speaks with reporters before a town hall meeting in the Olathe, Kan. Mr. Yoder serves as chairman of the House homeland security spending subcommittee. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

House appropriations panel takes on family separation issue

The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved several provisions to try to mitigate some of the fallout from the child separation crisis at the border, ahead of a key deadline for the Trump administration to reunify parents separated from their children.

July 25, 2018
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference in New York, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ** FILE **

Four states sue Trump administration over tax law

Several states followed through on pledges to sue over Congress' $1.5 trillion tax cut law, saying in a long-shot lawsuit filed Tuesday that it infringes on their rights to set their own spending policies and unfairly singles them out for punishment.

July 17, 2018
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrived in Helsinki on Sunday, the eve of Mr. Trump's highly anticipated summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin to meet in Helsinki with low expectations

President Trump walked into a meeting Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin expecting to get little or nothing out of high-stakes talks, while inviting criticism from Democrats and Republicans back home for his kid-glove treatment of the former KGB officer.

July 15, 2018
President Trump arrived in Helsinki on Sunday to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump says Peter Strzok’s testimony shows ‘witch hunt’

President Trump is citing FBI agent Peter Strzok's recent testimony to Congress to bolster his assertion that special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is "rigged" and a "witch hunt" that is hurting the country, ahead of a Monday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

July 15, 2018