David Sherfinski

Clinton campaign: FBI said she had no reason to believe emails were classified

Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign struggled Monday to square her claims that she told the truth about her secret email account with the sworn testimony of the FBI director last month, as top Clinton aides insisted Mrs. Clinton didn't mean to mislead voters with her various explanations.

August 1, 2016

Khizr Khan: I ask Donald Trump’s advisers to get him in a room and ‘set him right’

Khizr Khan, the father of Capt. Humayun Khan, a Muslim-American soldier killed in Iraq in 2004, is asking GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's advisers to get him in a room, close the door, and "set him right."

August 1, 2016

Hillary Clinton gets post-convention bump, leads Donald Trump by 7 points: poll

Hillary Clinton got a polling bump after last week's Democratic National Convention and now leads her GOP rival Donald Trump by 7 points, according to a national CBS News poll released Monday.

August 1, 2016

Tim Kaine: I haven’t changed my positions on TPP, Hyde Amendment

Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia said on Friday he has not changed his positions on items involving two hot-button issues -- trade and abortion -- as he's come under consideration to be Hillary Clinton's vice presidential pick.

July 29, 2016

Trump campaign: If it’s ‘midnight in America,’ it’s because of Obama and Clinton

Donald Trump's campaign chairman said on Friday if it's "midnight in America" -- a line Hillary Clinton used in her Thursday speech at the Democratic National Convention -- it's because of Mrs. Clinton and President Obama.

July 29, 2016

Donald Trump: Hillary Clinton should ‘absolutely’ not be allowed to get security briefings

Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton should "absolutely" not be allowed to get the security briefings typically afforded to major-party presidential nominees.

July 29, 2016

Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 9 points in Pennsylvania: poll

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 9 points in Pennsylvania, according to a survey taken during the first three days of the Democratic National Convention this week in Philadelphia.

July 29, 2016

Democrats renew push for gun bans at DNC, convinced mass shootings have changed politics

Fifteen years after they concluded that gun control was a losing issue for them, Democrats say it's time for a rethink, convinced that a spate of mass shootings has changed the politics and left Americans clamoring for action.

July 28, 2016

Michael Steele: Obama became Democrats’ Reagan in many ways

Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said Thursday that President Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday propelled Mr. Obama to become the Democrats' Ronald Reagan in many ways.

July 28, 2016

Donald Trump pledges to give $1 million if he hits end-of-month fundraising goal

GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump is pledging to put an additional million dollars into his campaign if supporters help him reach his end-of-month fundraising goal.

July 28, 2016

Hillary Clinton campaign: Donald Trump’s Russia hacking comments ‘unbecoming of a president’

Hillary Clinton's campaign manager labeled as "unacceptable" the comments from Donald Trump that he hoped Russia might have the deleted emails Mrs. Clinton and her team unilaterally chose to purge from her private server.

July 28, 2016

Tim Kaine zings Donald Trump for saying he did a terrible job in ‘New Jersey’

Sen. Tim Kaine on Thursday mocked Donald Trump for criticizing Mr. Kaine's record in the state of New Jersey on Wednesday, joking that people should give a break to someone so ill-informed and so new to politics.

July 28, 2016

Tim Kaine: ‘I’m a progressive in the South’

Sen. Tim Kaine on Thursday described himself as a "progressive in the South" after being played a clip from a 2005 campaign ad in which he says he's against same-sex marriage and is "conservative" on issues like "the sanctity of life."

July 28, 2016

Tim Kaine: Bernie Sanders’ supporters understand that Donald Trump is ‘a threat’

Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, the Democrats' 2016 vice presidential nominee, said the party is more unified than it was at this point eight years ago and that supporters of Sen. Bernard Sanders understand that GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump is "a threat to everything they care about."

July 28, 2016

Donald Trump: I was being sarcastic with Russia hacking comments

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says he was being sarcastic when he said Wednesday that he hoped Russia was able to find Hillary Clinton's deleted emails.

July 28, 2016

Bill Weld: Libertarian Party ‘the only free trade ticket in the race’

Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld, the Libertarian Party's vice presidential nominee, says for proponents of free trade, there's only one game in town this year.

July 27, 2016

Rudy Giuliani: Hackers could release Hillary Clinton emails before election or extort, threaten her

Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani on Wednesday predicted that hackers could release incriminating emails from Hillary Clinton before the November election, or extort or threaten Mrs. Clinton if they decide to hang onto them.

July 27, 2016

Terry McAuliffe: Hillary Clinton ‘will not change’ on Trans-Pacific Partnership

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said on Wednesday that Hillary Clinton's position on the Trans-Pacific Partnership "will not change," a day after he predicted Mrs. Clinton would shift on the trade pact after the election.

July 27, 2016

Joe Biden: Donald Trump knows ‘nothing’ about foreign policy

Vice President Joseph R. Biden said on Wednesday that Donald Trump knows "nothing" about foreign policy and that he's playing into the hands of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

July 27, 2016

Paul Manafort dismisses notion that Donald Trump has financial ties to Russia

Donald Trump's campaign chairman said on Wednesday the Republican presidential nominee has no financial relationships with Russian oligarchs and that more attention should be paid to the security issues surrounding Hillary Clinton's private email server.

July 27, 2016