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David Sherfinski

dsherfinski@washingtontimes.com

David Sherfinski covered politics for The Washington Times.

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House Homeland Security Chairman Rep. Mike McCaul. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Mike McCaul: Istanbul ‘most likely’ an ISIS attack

Rep. Michael McCaul, who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee, on Wednesday said the Islamic State terror group is "most likely" responsible for the deadly suicide bombing attacks in Turkey on Tuesday.

June 29, 2016
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during a campaign stop at the Central Impact Shooting Range, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, in Boone, Iowa. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) ** FILE **

Rick Santorum: Donald Trump ‘spoke for the American worker’

Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania says it would be wise not to underestimate presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and that Mr. Trump is tapping into the concerns of working class voters who feel like they've been left behind.

June 29, 2016
Businessman Donald Trump, the GOP front-runner, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Democratic front-runner. (Associated Press photographs) ** FILE **

Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump now running neck-and-neck: poll

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are running essentially neck-and-neck, according to a national poll of registered voters released Wednesday that showed a majority holding negative views of both likely major-party presidential nominees.

June 29, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a rally Tuesday, June 7, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/John Locher) ** FILE **

Bernie Sanders, Gary Johnson bash Trump at Hispanic leaders event

Both Sen. Bernard Sanders and Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson teed off Thursday on Donald Trump at a gathering of Hispanic political leaders in Washington, D.C., as organizers lamented the absences of both Mr. Trump and likely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton from the conference.

June 23, 2016
People demonstrate against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Burlingame, Calif., Friday, April 29, 2016, before the California Republican Party Convention. (AP Photo/Michael Blood)

Partisanship and political animosity at historic highs: Poll

Partisanship and political animosity are at historic highs, according to a Pew Research Center poll released Wednesday that showed majorities of both Democrats and Republicans expressing deeply negative views of the other party.

June 22, 2016
In this March 14, 2016, photo, then-Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, speaks during a campaign rally at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Fla. Rubio suggests he is reconsidering his plans to leave the Senate at the end of this year, and may run for re-election instead. Rubio tells reporters that he will let everyone know about any change of status next week after spending some time with his family. The filing deadline for the Florida Senate race is June 24. (Associated Press)

Marco Rubio to run for re-election to Senate

Sen. Marco Rubio will run for re-election, reversing his earlier choice not to do so as he was mounting a 2016 presidential bid in a move Republicans hope will boost the prospects of holding onto their majority in the U.S. Senate.

June 22, 2016
Tourists take a selfie backdropped by the Houses of Parliament in London, Wednesday, June 22, 2016. Britain votes whether to stay in the European Union in a referendum on Thursday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Donald Trump on Brexit: ‘My inclination would be to get out’

Ahead of Thursday's referendum, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday said his "inclination" would be for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, though he admitted he hasn't focused on the issue that much and said people should make up their own minds.

June 22, 2016