David Sherfinski

Donald Trump: About time that China gets involved with the North Korea problem

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said Wednesday that China needs to start getting involved in "the North Korea problem," amid claims from North Korea that it has conducted a hydrogen bomb test.

January 6, 2016

Donald Trump: Ted Cruz’s Canadian birthplace could be ‘very precarious’ for GOP

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump still can't avoid getting himself into a "birther" controversy. Inserting a new wrinkle into the race, Mr. Trump suggested Wednesday that Sen. Ted Cruz actively quash any forthcoming legal challenges over being born in Canada and his eligibility to serve as president.

January 6, 2016

Donald Trump: ‘I was very unhappy with the Bush years’

GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump says he's running for president to make America great again -- and that things weren't entirely great during the George W. Bush administration.

January 6, 2016

Donald Trump: I’m not going to question anybody’s faith

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says his line about not too many evangelicals coming out of Cuba is said with a smile and that he's not going to question anyone's faith.

January 6, 2016

Marco Rubio ad: Obama’s plan after San Bernardino is to ‘take away our guns’

Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida released a new television ad Tuesday saying that President Obama's plan after the San Bernardino attack is to "take away our guns" as the 2016 GOP presidential contender lists a host of overseas issues facing the U.S. and says America needs a president "who will keep us safe."

January 5, 2016

Donald Trump scheduled to speak at Liberty University this month

GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump is scheduled to be the guest at Liberty University's first convocation of the year on Jan. 18, according to the university.

January 5, 2016

Donald Trump: Footage in TV ad meant to show what a ‘dumping ground’ will look like

GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump waved off the fact that footage in his first television ad shows images from Morocco as a narrator talks about his building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, saying it's meant to depict a "dumping ground" and what the United States is going to look like.

January 5, 2016

Donald Trump: An injured Tom Brady is still better than anybody else

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump declared Monday that an injured Tom Brady is still better than any alternative and singled out a man wearing a Trump-Brady shirt at a rally in Lowell, Massachusetts.

January 5, 2016

Jeb Bush: I’m the only one taking on ‘bully’ Donald Trump

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Tuesday he's the only one taking on GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump and that everyone else is "in the witness protection program."

January 5, 2016

Carly Fiorina likens Donald Trump to the ‘Kim Kardashian of politics’

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO and 2016 GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina on Tuesday likened Republican front-runner Donald Trump to reality TV star Kim Kardashian.

January 5, 2016

Expanded gun background checks wouldn’t stop recent gunmen, study finds

Expanding gun background checks to include all sales — the crux of President Obama's new executive gun control push — would not have stopped the firearms from reaching the hands of recent mass shooters, according to studies and experts who have looked at the issue.

January 4, 2016

Bill Clinton: We need ‘politics that are inclusive enough to actually get something done’

Former President Bill Clinton said Monday that America is a welcoming place and called for politics "inclusive enough to actually get something done" in his first solo appearance this year stumping for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

January 4, 2016

Rick Santorum ad shows Ted Cruz reading ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ on Senate floor

Former Sen. Rick Santorum's presidential campaign released its first television ad Monday -- an ad that includes footage of Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas reading "Green Eggs and Ham" on the Senate floor and a clip of Mr. Cruz reading to his daughters.

January 4, 2016

Donald Trump: Bill Clinton ‘one of the great women abusers of all time’; Hillary ‘an enabler’

As former President Bill Clinton prepares to campaign for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire Monday, GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump called him "one of the great women abusers of all time" and said Mrs. Clinton was an "enabler" of his behavior.

January 4, 2016

Donald Trump: ‘Pretty soon, you won’t be able to get guns’

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Monday slammed President Obama's plans for executive action on gun control, saying that pretty soon, people won't be able to get guns and that the president is more interested in golfing than forging consensus on the issue.

January 4, 2016

Americans name government as top problem facing U.S. in 2015: Gallup

Americans named government as the top problem facing the country in 2015, choosing that issue over the economy, unemployment, immigration, and other issues, according to survey results released Monday.

January 4, 2016

Donald Trump will ‘cut the head off ISIS and take their oil,’ first TV ad says

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump released his first television ad of the campaign Monday -- a 30-second spot that says he'll "quickly cut the head off" the Islamic State terrorist group and take their oil and touts his proposal to temporarily bar Muslims from entering the United States.

January 4, 2016

Obama’s gun control push undercut by fall in prosecutions

The administration has overseen a striking drop in prosecutions of gun crimes, winning only about 6,000 convictions in 2015 -- down more than 15 percent from five years ago, and giving added weight to claims by gun rights groups that President Obama has failed to enforce the laws already on the books.

December 31, 2015

Ben Carson loses top staffers from presidential campaign

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson's communications director and campaign manager have resigned from his presidential campaign, marking a chaotic end of the year for Mr. Carson and his efforts to win the 2016 GOP presidential nomination and the White House.

December 31, 2015

Ted Cruz spox: ‘A little confused’ by Donald Trump’s evangelicals from Cuba comment

A spokesman for the presidential campaign of Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said he's a little confused by GOP front-runner Donald Trump's remarks to an Iowa crowd this week that "not too many evangelicals come out of Cuba."

December 31, 2015