David Sherfinski

Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 6 points: poll

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leads likely GOP nominee Donald Trump by 6 points, according to a national poll released this week.

June 16, 2016

Donald Trump joins Democrats in post-Orlando gun control push

Brushing aside warnings that they'll tip off terrorists to secret investigations, Democrats pressed ahead Wednesday with plans for new gun controls after the Orlando shooting, and even enlisted an unlikely potential ally -- Donald Trump, who said he's open to a discussion about banning firearm sales to those on the government's no-fly list.

June 15, 2016

Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump in Wisconsin: poll

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leads presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump by 7 points in Wisconsin, according to a poll of registered voters in the state released Wednesday.

June 15, 2016

Donald Trump: I’m meeting with the NRA about blocking terror suspects from buying guns

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday said he plans to meet with the National Rifle Association to discuss the issue of banning terror suspects from buying guns.

June 15, 2016

David Jolly walks out of classified briefing on Orlando after gun-control question

Rep. David Jolly, Florida Republican, said Wednesday he walked out of a classified briefing on the Orlando terrorist attack once a question-and-answer portion turned to the issue of gun control.

June 15, 2016

Jason Chaffetz: Obama more fired up talking about GOP than about Islamic State

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Utah Republican, said President Obama gets more fired up talking about Republicans than he does when he's talking about combating the Islamic State terrorist group.

June 15, 2016

Lisa Monaco, W.H. counterterrorism adviser: Islamic State a ‘brutal terrorist group’

President Obama's homeland security and counterterrorism adviser on Wednesday described the Islamic State as a "brutal terrorist group" that Mr. Obama is determined to destroy.

June 15, 2016

Americans disapprove of Trump’s response to Orlando attack, split on Clinton’s: poll

A majority of Americans disapprove of presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's response to the terrorist attack in Orlando, compared to more positive reviews for President Obama's response and a split for presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's, according to a poll released Wednesday.

June 15, 2016

Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton viewed as unfavorable by majority of Americans: poll

About seven in 10 Americans have an unfavorable view of presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, with presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton hitting a new high with a 55 percent unfavorable rating, according to a poll released Wednesday.

June 15, 2016

Bernie Sanders: We have to replace current DNC leadership

As Democrats look to unify ahead of the general election, Sen. Bernard Sanders on Tuesday called for replacing the current leadership at the Democratic National Committee and for a "fundamental transformation" of the party itself.

June 14, 2016

DNC computers hacked by Russian government

Russian government hackers broke into the Democratic National Committee database and managed to gain access to opposition research files on presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, the DNC confirmed Tuesday.

June 14, 2016

Mike Thompson: Votes are there to pass gun background check, no-fly list legislation

A Democratic congressman and leading gun-control advocate said on Tuesday that bills to tighten gun-purchase background checks and ban suspected terrorists from acquiring firearms would pass the House if Republican leaders brought them to the floor.

June 14, 2016

Chris Stewart on Orlando attack: ‘Shocked’ if there weren’t others involved

A member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence said he'd be "shocked" if there weren't others involved in some way with the deadly terrorist attack in Orlando over the weekend, saying radicalization doesn't happen overnight.

June 14, 2016

Ted Yoho on Orlando attack: ‘President Obama owns this’

A Florida congressman is ripping into President Obama in the wake of the deadly terrorist attack in Orlando over the weekend, saying Mr. Obama has failed to call out radical Islamic terrorism for what it is.

June 14, 2016

Jeh Johnson: No credible threats of more attacks in U.S. ‘at this stage’

Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that there are no credible threats of more attacks to come in the United States at this point in the wake of the grisly terrorist attack in Orlando over the weekend and a separate attack in France.

June 14, 2016

Obama to visit Orlando Thursday as city mourns victims of terrorist attack at gay club

President Obama will travel to Orlando on Thursday in the wake of the deadly terrorist attack at a nightclub there earlier this week.

June 14, 2016

Democratic senators: Terror watch list ban could have blocked Orlando shooter from buying guns

Democratic senators said Monday the FBI could have prevented the gunman who killed 49 people over the weekend in a grisly terrorist attack in Orlando from buying guns if senators had passed legislation last year to ban people on terror watch lists from acquiring guns.

June 13, 2016

Donald Trump: More guns could have mitigated Orlando attack

Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday said more guns could have mitigated the deadly terrorist attack in Orlando early Sunday and that he does not favor banning so-called assault weapons.

June 13, 2016

Hillary Clinton calls for reinstituting assault weapons ban after Orlando attack

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Monday called for reinstituting a ban on so-called assault weapons in the wake of the deadly terrorist attack in Orlando.

June 13, 2016

Donald Trump calls for strength, stepped-up intelligence after Orlando attack

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday said he doesn't want congratulations for being right about terrorism issues, but that he'd like to see the government to get tough in the wake of the deadly terrorist attack in Orlando early Sunday.

June 13, 2016