David Sherfinski

Ted Cruz: Senate will confirm all of Donald Trump Cabinet nominees

Sen. Ted Cruz said Friday he thinks the U.S. Senate will ultimately confirm all of President-elect Donald Trump's nominees for Cabinet posts.

January 20, 2017

Don Trump: My father has been ‘humbled’ by the whole process

Donald Trump Jr. said Friday that his father has been "humbled" -- even if the president-elect might not show that outwardly -- as the elder Mr. Trump prepares to be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States.

January 20, 2017

Kellyanne Conway: Donald Trump will ‘inject a shock to the system here almost immediately’

Incoming White House counselor Kellyanne Conway predicted Friday that President-elect Donald Trump will send a shock through the system "almost immediately" upon being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States.

January 20, 2017

Nancy Pelosi on Donald Trump: ‘We wish him well’

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Friday said people should "take a deep breath" ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, as a number of her fellow Democrats say Mr. Trump wasn't legitimately elected and are skipping the ceremony.

January 20, 2017

Donald Trump’s address to be ‘optimistic,’ ‘visionary,’ ‘philosophical,’ Sean Spicer says

President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural address will include a discussion about the proper role of government and how the country can come together, incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Friday.

January 20, 2017

Donald Trump: ‘The movement continues — the work begins!’

President-elect Donald Trump kicked off his inauguration day Friday by giving supporters a heads-up for his swearing-in and saying "the work begins."

January 20, 2017

Chuck Schumer: Cabinet selection has been a ‘disaster’ for Donald Trump

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Friday that President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet selection process has been a "disaster," but he said it's "too early to tell" whether the full U.S. Senate would actually reject any of the picks.

January 20, 2017

Tom Cotton, Joni Ernst: Vladimir Putin is not our friend

Sens. Tom Cotton and Joni Ernst said Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is no friend of the United States, with Mr. Cotton saying the Cold War didn't end in Mr. Putin's mind.

January 20, 2017

Jens Stoltenberg, NATO secretary general, ‘absolutely confident’ Trump, U.S. committed to alliance

The secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) said President-elect Donald Trump personally affirmed his commitment to the alliance in a conversation after Election Day.

January 20, 2017

Mike Pence enters vice president’s office as welcome Republican surprise

It's not that Mike Pence is surprised that Donald Trump won the election — it's that he's surprised he was along for the ride.

January 19, 2017

Mike Pence enters vice president’s office as welcome Republican surprise

It's not that Mike Pence is surprised that Donald Trump won the election -- it's that he's surprised he was along for the ride.

January 19, 2017

Mike Pence ‘always has time for the people’ — even lawmakers’ grandkids

Vice President-elect Mike Pence certainly had a full plate during his time as Indiana governor, but he apparently managed to squeeze in time to schmooze with his constituents -- even the youngest ones.

January 19, 2017

Newt Gingrich on boycotters: Why would you ‘abandon America’?

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Thursday slammed Democrats who are boycotting Friday's presidential inauguration and likened the move to abandoning America.

January 19, 2017

Jeh Johnson: We see no ‘specific, credible threat’ directed against the inauguration

Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Thursday officials do not see a "specific, credible threat" directed against Friday's inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, but that law enforcement will certainly be braced for issues that could arise.

January 19, 2017

Ashton Carter on Chelsea Manning: That was not my recommendation

Outgoing Defense Secretary Ashton Carter says he did not agree with how President Obama handled the case of Chelsea Manning, the Army analyst who will now be freed in May after Mr. Obama commuted her sentence for leaking classified information.

January 19, 2017

Donald Trump’s Cabinet could look bare on Inauguration Day

The Senate teed up retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis Wednesday for quick confirmation to be the next defense secretary, but President-elect Donald Trump is likely to start his term with far fewer confirmed Cabinet secretaries than any of the last three presidents.

January 18, 2017

Mick Mulvaney, Trump’s pick for OMB director, failed to pay $15,000 in taxes for employee

Rep. Mick Mulvaney, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), failed to pay more than $15,000 in payroll taxes for a household employee, according to a report Wednesday.

January 18, 2017

Donald Trump on health care: ‘We want to take care of everybody’

President-elect Donald Trump is offering a few more hints about what he'd like to see in a health care overhaul package, mentioning block granting Medicaid dollars to the states as one possibility and cooperating with private companies to insure people who can afford it.

January 18, 2017

Donald Trump: ‘I don’t like tweeting’

President-elect Donald Trump says he actually doesn't like tweeting, but that he needs to use the medium to overcome a dishonest media.

January 18, 2017

Donald Trump: ‘I don’t want the celebrities — I want the people’

President-elect Donald Trump says he wants "the people" -- not the celebrities -- at this week's inaugural events and that there will be crowds "rarely seen before."

January 18, 2017