David Sherfinski

Steve King: Tweet was about culture and assimilation, not race

Rep. Steve King said Monday that he wasn't making a statement about race but rather about immigration and culture when he posted a controversial tweet saying the U.S. "can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies."

March 13, 2017

Kellyanne Conway: I wasn’t talking about Trump Tower with surveillance remarks

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Monday she was speaking generally when she told a New Jersey newspaper there are many ways to surveil people, after she had been asked if she knew whether or not Trump Tower had been wiretapped.

March 13, 2017

Rand Paul: White House cajoling, wooing conservative health care critics

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said Wednesday the White House is in the midst of a "charm offensive" to try to cajole wary conservatives who have criticized the House GOP's health care plan.

March 8, 2017

Kellyanne Conway: Donald Trump is ‘all in’ on health care push

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Wednesday that President Trump is "all in" on the push to overhaul Obamacare and said he's confident he will ultimately sign a version of the House GOP's health care plan into law.

March 8, 2017

Tom Cotton: I think we’re moving ‘a little bit too quickly’ on health care

Sen. Tom Cotton, Arkansas Republican, said Wednesday it might be a good idea to pump the brakes a bit on the push to overhaul Obamacare and that the Senate isn't just going to rubber-stamp whatever the House passes.

March 8, 2017

Mick Mulvaney, OMB director: CBO score on health care plan will be ‘really good’ or ‘great’

Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, said Wednesday that the forthcoming nonpartisan budget analysis of the House GOP's health plan will be "really good" or "great."

March 8, 2017

Greg Walden: We could load up health care plan — with 60 votes in Senate

Rep. Greg Walden, Oregon Republican, said Wednesday it would be great to go further on a health care bill, but that the House GOP plan had to be crafted with an eye toward what could reasonably be expected to get through the U.S. Senate.

March 8, 2017

Tom Price, HHS secretary: Increased coverage, lower costs ‘certainly the goal’

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said Wednesday that President Trump's pledge in January of "insurance for everybody" at a lower cost in an Obamacare replacement plan is "certainly the goal."

March 8, 2017

Most think Donald Trump, GOP will repeal Obamacare, pass tax reform: Poll

Most U.S. voters think President Trump and congressional Republicans will accomplish their stated goals this year such as repealing Obamacare and passing tax reform, while they were less optimistic about Mr. Trump's pledged U.S.-Mexico border wall getting done, according to a poll released Wednesday.

March 8, 2017

Rand Paul: House GOP health care plan is ‘Obamacare lite,’ ‘will not pass’

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky on Tuesday said the House GOP's new health care plan "will not pass" and said a provision hiking premiums for people who go without insurance for a certain period of time is likely unconstitutional.

March 7, 2017

Mick Mulvaney, OMB head: We think GOP health care plan will cover more people

Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, said Tuesday he thinks the House GOP's health care plan unveiled Monday will cover more people than Obamacare -- but offered a distinction between individuals' getting health "insurance" and health "care."

March 7, 2017

Donald Trump: ‘Our wonderful new’ health care bill now out ‘for review and negotiation’

President Trump on Tuesday hailed House Republicans' Obamacare repeal bill as "wonderful" -- while also saying it's now up for "review and negotiation."

March 7, 2017

Public narrowly opposes Obamacare: poll

A plurality of Americans are generally opposed to Obamacare, according to a CNN/ORC poll released Tuesday that showed somewhat of a turnaround from January.

March 7, 2017

Gun rights concealed carry reciprocity bills introduced

Gun rights activists, after an early victory getting an Obama-era Social Security rule axed, are now setting more ambitious sights on getting a national concealed carry reciprocity bill to President Trump's desk.

March 6, 2017

Trey Gowdy: Trump administration now controls would-be paper trail on wiretaps

Rep. Trey Gowdy, South Carolina Republican, said Monday that the Trump administration now controls any paper trail that could back up Mr. Trump's claims that former President Obama ordered wiretaps on Trump Tower last year, and said the Justice Department is free to release any information that could support the allegations.

March 6, 2017

Jason Chaffetz: Haven’t seen direct info yet to back up Donald Trump’s wiretap claims

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the chairman of the House oversight committee, said Monday he hasn't seen any direct information yet that would back up President Trump's claims that former President Obama ordered wiretaps on phones in Trump Tower last year.

March 6, 2017

Sarah Huckabee Sanders doesn’t ‘think’ Donald Trump accepts James Comey’s denial on wiretap

White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday she doesn't think President Trump accepts FBI Director James B. Comey's reported denial of Mr. Trump's charge that former President Barack Obama ordered wiretaps on phones in Trump Tower during last year's campaign.

March 6, 2017

Kellyanne Conway: Donald Trump has info and intelligence the rest of us do not

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Monday that President Trump has access to information and intelligence others do not and that "credible news sources" suggested there might be more to look into, after Mr. Trump accused former President Barack Obama over the weekend of tapping phones in Trump Tower during last year's campaign.

March 6, 2017

Most Americans say special prosecutor should investigate Trump-Russia ties: Poll

About two-thirds of Americans say a special prosecutor, as opposed to Congress, should investigate contacts between the Russians and Trump campaign associates, according to a CNN/ORC poll released Monday.

March 6, 2017

GOP candidates embrace Donald Trump, clash with critics

Upstart Republican candidates are bear-hugging President Trump and saying their rivals in the party are insufficiently supportive of the president, banking on sustained enthusiasm for Mr. Trump carrying into elections this year and next year.

March 5, 2017