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David Sherfinski

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David Sherfinski covered politics for The Washington Times.

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Sen. Mike Rounds, South Dakota Republican (Associated Press) **FILE**

Mike Rounds defends Scott Pruitt

Sen. Mike Rounds on Sunday defended Scott Pruitt, the embattled Environmental Protection Agency administrator, saying Mr. Pruitt is following through on President Trump's agenda amid "nitpicking" on other matters.

April 8, 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump waves next to Chinese President Xi Jinping after attending a business event at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. Trump is on a five-country trip through Asia traveling to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) **FILE**

Trump says China will take down trade barriers

President Trump on Sunday predicted a "great future" for both China and the U.S. amid an escalating trade dispute, saying China would take down its trade barriers because it's "the right thing to do."

April 8, 2018
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at an event in New York, Monday, April 2, 2018. Cuomo was touting the funds in the new state budget to help fix decrepit public housing in New York City. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Andrew Cuomo complains about tax breaks for wealthy, signs off on New York loopholes

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has complained that the federal tax overhaul approved last year gave tax cuts to wealthy people who didn't need the assistance. But the budget deal he signed last week includes loopholes designed to give those same wealthy people tax breaks, in what even some liberal watchdogs say is a legally suspect giveaway to the rich.

April 5, 2018
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Nearly 3 million gun-purchase background checks ran in March

Nearly 2.8 million gun-purchase background checks were processed last month, according to FBI data released Tuesday -- an indication that renewed talk of gun control in the wake of February's Parkland school massacre is fueling a record nationwide firearms buying spree.

April 3, 2018
This Feb. 1, 2018, file photo shows an IRS W-4 form in New York. (AP Photo/Barbara Woike, File)

IRS tax return audit rate lowest in 15 years

The IRS is auditing fewer tax returns than at any other time in the past 15 years as the agency struggles with what it says it a shrinking budget and pressure from Congress to be less zealous in enforcement.

April 2, 2018
In this March 20, 2018, file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin pauses as he speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House GOP to take another stab at balanced budget amendment

House Republicans are eyeing a vote on a balanced budget amendment when lawmakers return to Washington from their spring recess, taking another stab at a longtime GOP priority that's eluded them for more than three decades.

March 29, 2018
The increase of 100,000, to 2.3 million run through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, breaks a five-month streak of year-over-year declines. (Associated Press/File)

Gun purchase background checks surge after Parkland

Federal gun purchase background checks jumped by nearly 100,000 in February -- the largest year-over-year monthly increase since the 2016 elections and only the third increase since December 2016 -- as buyers seemingly reacted to growing talk of gun control.

March 26, 2018
Three weeks out, even bullish appropriators say any number of obstacles can trip them up, and lawmakers are facing intermittent threats from President Trump that he could veto their spending bills if they don't provide enough money for his U.S.-Mexico border wall. (Associated Press/File)

Special interest groups win big under new spending bill

Republicans and Democrats sparred over which party emerged victorious from the $1.3 trillion spending bill fight, but the real winners are thousands of interest groups — including wealthy foreign investors, striped bass fishing enthusiasts and cranberry researchers — to whom the bill doles out some serious assistance.

March 25, 2018
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., leaves a news conference with Republican leaders, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Congress passes $1.3 trillion spending bill

The House approved a $1.3 trillion spending bill Thursday to fund the government for the rest of fiscal year 2018 and the Senate followed suit early Friday morning, beating the shutdown deadline and leaving Republicans and Democrats to fight over credit and blame.

March 22, 2018