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David Sherfinski

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David Sherfinski covered politics for The Washington Times.

Articles by David Sherfinski

People embrace as they look at a memorial for the shooting victims at Drillfield on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., Thursday, April 19, 2007.    (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

NICS adds mental health records, flags millions of gun purchases after Virginia Tech

In its first nine years of operation, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System flagged just 3,200 gun purchases, or just a couple dozen a month. But then came the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting, and a push to get states to add more mental health records to the system. The number soared from a few hundred thousand to nearly 4.7 million by the end of 2016.

February 26, 2018
Millie March, 12, of Fairfax, Virginia, showed off her socks with the image of President Trump while awaiting his speech. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump wins over CPAC doubters

President Trump has grasped the reins of the American conservative movement, erasing doubts about his own bona fides even as he draws the political right toward his own beliefs.

February 25, 2018
President Donald Trump delivers a statement on the mass shooting at a South Florida High School from the White House, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump pushes bump stock ban

President Trump announced Tuesday he is moving to ban "bump stock" accessories for semi-automatic firearms, and that he's considering other gun measures in the wake of last week's mass school shooting in Florida.

February 20, 2018
From left, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., finish a news conference on the bipartisan immigration deal they reached during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. The Trump administration is already denouncing their deal in the Senate, saying it will "create a mass amnesty for over 10 million illegal aliens, including criminals." " (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

John McCain’s immigration proposal dies in Senate

With dozens of Dreamers looking on from the viewing gallery, the Senate was unable to muster the votes Thursday to approve an amnesty for them and 1.8 million other illegal immigrants, leaving their fate in doubt with just weeks to go before many of them start to lose their DACA protections.

February 15, 2018
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks to the media, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Nancy Pelosi raised nearly $50 million for Democrats in 2017

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi raised $49.5 million for Democrats in 2017, as the party looks to harness Mrs. Pelosi's fundraising skills to flip enough seats and re-take control of the House after the 2018 midterms.

February 12, 2018