David Sherfinski

Trump, Clinton nix campaign events in light of Dallas shootings

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton both have canceled plans to campaign on Friday in light of the shooting deaths of five law enforcement officers in Dallas on Thursday.

July 8, 2016

Texas AG: Dallas shootings closest to feeling after JFK assassination in decades

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday said the shootings in Dallas Thursday, in which five police officers were killed and seven others injured, leaves the city with a surreal feeling that's the closest in decades to what it experienced after the assassination of former President Kennedy in 1963.

July 8, 2016

Ted Cruz says he accepted Donald Trump’s request to speak at GOP convention

Sen. Ted Cruz said Thursday that he accepted Donald Trump's request to speak at the Republican National Convention later this month in Cleveland, but that the subject of a possible endorsement did not come up at a meeting earlier in the day in Washington, D.C.

July 7, 2016

Gary Johnson will lose ‘no sleep’ over spoiler label: ‘What’s to spoil?’

Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson on Thursday said he wouldn't be in the race for the White House with no opportunity to actually win -- but he's also fine if people want to label him a "spoiler" candidate.

July 7, 2016

Paul Ryan says he’s comfortable with Donald Trump handling classified info

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan on Thursday said he's comfortable with presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump having access to classified information, as Mr. Ryan calls for Hillary Clinton to be denied such access in light of FBI Director James B. Comey's comments earlier this week about her email set-up.

July 7, 2016

House Republicans report positive meeting with Donald Trump

Donald Trump built bridges to House Republicans on Thursday in a closed-door meeting that Speaker Paul D. Ryan described as "great" -- but the billionaire businessman ran into trouble with Senate Republicans by exchanging pointed words with some of his critics who have refused to endorse him.

July 7, 2016

RNC seeks additional Hillary Clinton emails

The Republican National Committee said Thursday it's filing an open-records request seeking Hillary Clinton's work-related emails the FBI discovered in its investigation of her private email setup.

July 7, 2016

Marco Rubio won’t attend Republican convention

Sen. Marco Rubio will not be attending the Republican convention later this month in Cleveland and instead will be focusing on his re-election campaign in Florida.

July 7, 2016

Jason Chaffetz: ‘I do believe’ Hillary Clinton ‘broke the law’

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said he believes Hillary Clinton "broke the law" through her private email setup, although he praised FBI Director James B. Comey ahead of Mr. Comey's trip to Capitol Hill on Thursday.

July 7, 2016

Donald Trump defends controversial star tweet, cites the movie ‘Frozen’

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said a social media post that critics condemned as anti-Semitic should not have been taken down, employing the Disney movie "Frozen" to make his point on the matter.

July 7, 2016

Donald Trump weighs running mate choices

Donald Trump is road-testing potential running mates this week, and the tryouts already have resulted in at least one name cut from the short list.

July 6, 2016

Donald Trump says he’s looking at ‘about 10’ people for vice presidential nominee

Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday said he's looking at "about 10" contenders to be his vice presidential nominee, including "two generals."

July 6, 2016

Pro-Clinton super PAC broke law by taking too long to return illegal donations: watchdogs

A pro-Hillary Clinton political action committee broke federal law by waiting too long to return $200,000 in donations to a company that was barred from giving the money because it had business before the federal government, campaign finance watchdogs charged in a complaint to the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday.

July 6, 2016

Scott Walker on Trump, Clinton: ‘He is better than she is’

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is reaffirming his pledge to support the eventual Republican presidential nominee, saying this week that the 2016 election is now a choice between presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and likely GOP nominee Donald Trump.

July 6, 2016

Jason Chaffetz: James Comey invited to testify Thursday before oversight committee

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, said Wednesday that FBI Director James B. Comey has been invited to testify to the committee Thursday about Hillary Clinton's email case.

July 6, 2016

Rudy Giuliani: I was ‘very disappointed’ in FBI Director James Comey

Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani on Wednesday said he was "very disappointed" in FBI Director James B. Comey after Mr. Comey declined to recommend charges against Hillary Clinton in the matter surrounding her private email set-up.

July 6, 2016

Tom Cotton: Hillary Clinton shouldn’t receive classified info before election

Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas on Wednesday said he agrees that Hillary Clinton should not have access to classified information during the presidential campaign.

July 6, 2016

Bob Goodlatte: FBI’s Clinton announcement ‘doesn’t smell right’

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said the way FBI Director James B. Comey framed the decision not to recommend that likely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton face charges over her private email set-up "doesn't smell right."

July 6, 2016

Howard Dean: Republicans already overplaying their hand after Clinton email decision

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean on Wednesday said Republicans have already started overplaying their hand in the wake of the FBI's announcement that it would not recommend Hillary Clinton face criminal charges over her private email set-up, calling the prospect of lawmakers grilling FBI Director James B. Comey on Capitol Hill "stupid."

July 6, 2016

Gun background checks miss 7% of buyers with domestic violence records

The federal background check system missed 7 percent of gun purchases that should have been denied over the past decade based on the buyer's domestic violence record or a court protective order, the government's chief watchdog said Tuesday.

July 5, 2016