David Sherfinski

Newt Gingrich’s contributor agreement with Fox suspended amid VP speculation

Fox News has suspended its contributor agreement with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich amid speculation that presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump could tap Mr. Gingrich as his running mate.

July 12, 2016

Donald Trump leads Hillary Clinton by 2 points in Iowa: poll

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump leads likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton by 2 points in Iowa, according to a Monmouth University poll released Tuesday.

July 12, 2016

Donald Trump: I’ll ‘try’ to abide by Reagan’s 11th Commandment

With about a week to go until the Republican National Convention in Ohio, presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump says he'll "try" to abide by former President Reagan's "11th Commandment" about not attacking fellow Republicans.

July 12, 2016

Paul Ryan says he’s studying up on procedural issues ahead of GOP convention

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan says he's been studying up on procedural issues ahead of next week's Republican convention in Cleveland, where in his capacity as speaker he'll be chairing the proceedings.

July 12, 2016

Bob Goodlatte, House Judiciary Committee chairman: Email issue ‘will dog’ Hillary Clinton

Rep. Bob Goodlatte, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, on Tuesday said the controversy over Hillary Clinton's private email set-up should and will continue to dog the likely Democratic presidential nominee.

July 12, 2016

Paul Manafort: Donald Trump has said he’ll decide on V.P. pick by end of the week

Donald Trump's campaign chairman said on Tuesday that he thinks Mr. Trump understands he wants his vice presidential pick to be known before next week's GOP convention in Cleveland.

July 12, 2016

Ben Sasse: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton ‘not honest, ‘do not embody the best of America’

GOP Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska says one of the upcoming party conventions could still offer a "surprise" and nominate a candidate "our kids and grandkids won't be ashamed of," writing that neither Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton "embody the best of America."

July 12, 2016

Clinton campaign: House GOP’s push to investigate possible perjury is ‘pure partisan overreach’

A spokesman for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign said on Tuesday that House Republicans are overreaching with a new request to investigate Mrs. Clinton for possible perjury charges.

July 12, 2016

Jeb Bush: I can’t vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, ‘and it breaks my heart’

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush -- who along with a few other 2016 GOP presidential candidates still refuses to support Donald Trump -- said he still can't vote for either Mr. Trump or likely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

July 12, 2016

Michael Flynn, possible Trump V.P. candidate: Abortion a ‘legal issue’

Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who has been mentioned as a possible vice presidential pick for Donald Trump, said on Tuesday that the debate over abortion comes down to a "legal issue," and that if people want to see the law changed they need to think about getting the right Supreme Court justices on the bench.

July 12, 2016

Hillary Clinton narrowly leads Donald Trump in Nevada: Poll

Likely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton holds a 4-point lead over presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump in the battleground state of Nevada, according to a Monmouth University poll released Monday.

July 11, 2016

Evan Bayh to run for Senate in Indiana, boosts Democrats’ chances

Democratic leaders pulled off a major coup Monday in Indiana's Senate race, getting former Sen. Evan Bayh to jump into the race and easing former Rep. Baron Hill out.

July 11, 2016

Kris Kobach: ‘99.9 percent’ sure Donald Trump’s border wall will be in GOP platform

As delegates get down to business on crafting the Republican platform this week, Kansas Secretary of State Kris W. Kobach says he's nearly a 100 percent sure the platform will include Donald Trump's U.S.-Mexico border wall.

July 11, 2016

Rudy Giuliani: ‘I believe I saved a lot more black lives than Black Lives Matter’

Former New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani said Monday he thinks he's saved a lot more black lives than the Black Lives Matter movement has.

July 11, 2016

Most Americans disapprove of the FBI decision in the Hillary Clinton email case: poll

Most Americans disapprove of the FBI's recommendation not to charge likely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton over the private email server she used as secretary of state, and a majority also said the issue makes them worried about what she'd do if elected, according to a poll released Monday.

July 11, 2016

Bernie Sanders to join Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire on Tuesday

Sen. Bernard Sanders will campaign with presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Tuesday in New Hampshire, both candidates' campaigns announced Monday.

July 11, 2016

Bernie Sanders’ supporters outpace candidate in jump to Hillary Clinton

Sen. Bernard Sanders is in talks to endorse Hillary Clinton, but his supporters have been warming to her for some time, according to new polling that shows 85 percent of Sanders voters are prepared to back his erstwhile primary opponent.

July 10, 2016

Hillary Clinton: White people have to listen to ‘legitimate cries’ from blacks

Likely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Friday said white people have to start listening to "legitimate cries" coming from the black community, pointing out that she has said repeatedly on the campaign trail there needs to be more "love and kindness."

July 8, 2016

Dave ‘Mudcat’ Saunders, Democratic strategist, voting for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton

Democratic strategist Dave "Mudcat" Saunders, who's helped guide politicians such as Sen. Mark Warner and former Sen. Jim Webb to victory in Virginia, says he's voting for presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump over likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

July 8, 2016

Loretta Lynch after Dallas attack: Don’t let violence be ‘a new normal’

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Friday called on Americans to reject "the easy impulses of bitterness and rancor" after the shooting deaths of five law enforcement officers in Dallas on Thursday and the high-profile deaths of two black men at the hands of police officers in Louisiana and Minnesota earlier in the week.

July 8, 2016