David Sherfinski

Brock Long, FEMA chief: We’re going to be in Texas for ‘years’

The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Sunday said he expected federal personnel to be in Texas for "years."

August 27, 2017

Greg Abbott, Texas governor, urges residents to listen to authorities, don’t get on the road

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday urged residents affected by Tropical Storm Harvey to avoid getting out onto the road.

August 27, 2017

President Trump says he plans to visit Texas when it won’t cause ‘disruption’ after hurricane

President Trump said Sunday that he plans to visit Texas as soon as he can "without causing disruption," as authorities responded to the devastation Tropical Storm Harvey was wreaking on the state.

August 27, 2017

Catfish producers in U.S. harmed by rules meant to slow foreign market

Something's getting stinky in Washington, where lawmakers are rushing to protect American-caught catfish from stiff new inspections they themselves set up just a few years ago.

August 24, 2017

Donald Trump shutdown threat over border wall funding blasted by Democrats

President Trump's willingness to brave a government shutdown in order to get funding for his border wall roiled Capitol Hill, where Democrats on Wednesday called him reckless and redoubled their promise to resist anymore money for the president's immigration crackdown plans.

August 23, 2017

Paul Ryan seeks unity among House, Senate and White House for tax reform plan

Congressional Republicans working to craft a tax reform package are taking their pitches to major Fortune 500 companies this week, as they look to coalesce support from the business community ahead of an expected legislative push in the fall.

August 23, 2017

Paul Ryan: Most people don’t want to see a government shutdown

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan on Wednesday said he doesn't think lawmakers are interested in seeing a government shutdown, a day after President Trump said he's determined to get his U.S.-Mexico border wall built even if it means closing the government.

August 23, 2017

Robert Menendez enters ‘not guilty’ plea during corruption trial

Sen. Robert Menendez entered a fresh "not guilty" plea in his corruption trial Tuesday as jury selection got underway in New Jersey in what is shaping up as an embarrassing show for national Democrats.

August 22, 2017

Kevin Brady downplays notion of using tax reform to pay for infrastructure

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady said Tuesday he's looking at using would-be revenues from tax reform to pay for lowering rates elsewhere, rather than plowing the money into infrastructure investments in the United States.

August 22, 2017

Mitch McConnell: ‘Zero chance’ Congress fails to raise debt ceiling

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday said there's "zero chance" that Congress will fail to increase the debt limit when lawmakers return to Washington next month, as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin reiterated his end-of-September deadline for them to act.

August 21, 2017

Concealed-carry permits increasing as gun sales level off: Report

More than 16.3 million American residents now hold concealed weapons permits, according to a new report that says even as gun purchases are leveling off, the rate of folks applying for permission to carry their firearms is still rising.

August 20, 2017

Capitol’s Confederate statue removals pose difficult questions

As Democratic leaders threw their support Thursday behind a proposal to take down any statue connected with the Confederacy, President Trump wondered where they would draw the line.

August 17, 2017

Nancy Pelosi calls for removing Confederate statues from U.S. Capitol

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said she supports removing Confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol and called on Speaker Paul D. Ryan to join the push to remove them "immediately."

August 17, 2017

Luther Strange backs up Donald Trump on Confederate monuments

Sen. Luther Strange on Thursday backed up President Trump's lamenting the removal of Confederate statues in some areas of the country.

August 17, 2017

Donald Trump on removal of Confederate monuments: ‘Who’s next, Washington, Jefferson?’

President Trump on Thursday said it's "sad to see" the United States' history and culture getting "ripped apart" as some localities look to remove Confederate monuments from public spaces following last weekend's violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

August 17, 2017

Will Hurd: GOP is ‘broader than just one individual’

Rep. Will Hurd, Texas Republican, on Thursday said it's clear everyone should be against racism in 2017, but that the GOP is broader than President Trump, who has taken fire from both sides for his remarks in the wake of the recent violence in Charlottesville.

August 17, 2017

Terry McAuliffe, Virginia governor: Confederate statues ‘need to come down’

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is calling for Confederate monuments in Virginia to be taken down and potentially moved to museums in the wake of the violence in Charlottesville over the weekend resulting from a white nationalist rally.

August 17, 2017

Donald Trump cheers on Kelli Ward, primary challenger to ‘toxic’ Sen. Jeff Flake

President Trump on Thursday said it was "great" to see Republican Kelli Ward challenging Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, who the president labeled "toxic" and a "non-factor" in the U.S. Senate.

August 17, 2017

Trump slams ‘publicity seeking’ Lindsey Graham for criticizing him over Charlottesville response

President Trump on Thursday slammed Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina for saying Mr. Trump suggested a "moral equivalency" between neo-Nazis at last weekend's Charlottesville rally and people like Heather Heyer, who was killed after a car plowed into a crowd of counterprotesters.

August 17, 2017

Kevin Brady would accept a tax code overhaul to jump-start economy

Congress's chief tax-law writer said Wednesday that he's willing to stomach a tax code overhaul that deepens the federal deficit in order to jump-start the economy, throwing his weight behind the White House's goal of boosting jobs.

August 16, 2017