David Sherfinski

Marco Rubio: People don’t trust feds to enforce immigration laws

Sen. Marco Rubio says a main lesson he took away from his work on comprehensive immigration reform in 2013 is that Americans lack trust in the federal government to enforce the immigration laws in the country.

November 12, 2015

Marco Rubio: Unrealistic to ‘round up and deport’ 11M people

Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida said Thursday that while some illegal immigrants will have to be deported, it's unrealistic to think it can happen for all of the approximately 11 million in the United States.

November 12, 2015

Fox Business Network breaks ratings record with GOP debate viewership

About 13.5 million people tuned into Tuesday's prime-time GOP presidential debate on Fox Business Network, delivering the news channel its highest-rated program since it launched in 2007 but falling short of the viewership numbers for the previous three prime-time Republican debates.

November 12, 2015

Hillary Clinton has 19-point lead over Bernie Sanders: poll

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has a 19-point lead over Democratic presidential rival Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont, according to a poll released Thursday.

November 12, 2015

Ted Cruz: We will ‘give up’ immigration issue if 2016 GOP nominee has embraced amnesty

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas says that Republicans will give up immigration as an issue in 2016 if they nominate a presidential candidate who has embraced "amnesty."

November 12, 2015

Marco Rubio: Belief that Hispanic community is pro-illegal immigration not true

Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, a 2016 Republican presidential candidate, said Wednesday the belief that the Hispanic community in the United States supports illegal immigration is "just not true."

November 11, 2015

Donald Trump: Mitt Romney ‘choked like a dog’ in 2012

Billionaire businessman and 2016 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Wednesday that 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney "choked like a dog" and that the former Massachusetts governor failed to energize the Republican base in the last presidential cycle.

November 11, 2015

Donald Trump: ‘Not for me to say’ whether Ben Carson is qualified to be president

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Wednesday it's not for him to say whether retired neurosurgeon and 2016 GOP rival Ben Carson is qualified to be president but that he'd let Mr. Carson operate on a friend of his or run one of his companies.

November 11, 2015

Chris Christie: Money rolling in from people who want me on main debate stage

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says that getting bumped from the main stage at Tuesday's GOP presidential debate in Milwaukee has resulted in campaign donations flowing in from people upset with the development.

November 10, 2015

Donald Trump targets China: ‘A Trump administration will turn us into winners again’

Billionaire businessman and 2016 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump writes in a new piece that the Obama administration's "negligence" is hurting America and that he'll go after China immediately upon being sworn into office.

November 10, 2015

Marco Rubio video shows past praise from Jeb Bush: ‘I’m a huge Marco fan’

Ahead of Tuesday evening's GOP presidential debate, Sen. Marco Rubio's campaign released an online video that includes past words of praise from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, one of Mr. Rubio's 2016 rivals.

November 10, 2015

Marco Rubio: I aimed for conservative immigration bill in Democratic-controlled Senate

Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida said he tried to produce the most conservative immigration bill that was possible in a Democratic-controlled Senate, and he thought a GOP-controlled House would make it even better, but that a lack of trust in the federal government helped doom the 2013 push on the issue.

November 10, 2015

Tim Kaine downplays veep talk: I actually love being in the Senate

Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, whose name has been floated as a possible ticket-mate for former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton, downplayed such talk Tuesday and said he's focused on his current job.

November 10, 2015

Donald Trump: Only election in history where you’re better off if you stab somebody

Billionaire businessman and 2016 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday asked what we're coming to when a candidate is trying to prove a past history of violence.

November 10, 2015

Ben Carson catches up to Donald Trump in South Carolina: poll

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has caught up to billionaire businessman Donald Trump in South Carolina and has picked up 13 points of support since August, according to a Monmouth University poll on the 2016 GOP presidential field in the state released Monday.

November 9, 2015

Ben Carson, Donald Trump pacing 2016 GOP field: poll

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and billionaire businessman Donald Trump are essentially tied atop the 2016 GOP field in a new poll that also found Mr. Carson to be the strongest general election candidate for Republicans and someone GOP voters are more inclined to like the more they hear about him.

November 9, 2015

Ben Carson: I’ve encountered ‘many people’ who had the same West Point offer that I did

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson said Monday he can't recall all of the specifics surrounding a past offer to attend West Point, but that he has come across others who received the same one he did.

November 9, 2015

Huckabee, Christie have little sympathy for Ben Carson amid heightened scrutiny

Two of retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson's 2016 GOP presidential rivals said Monday that Mr. Carson shouldn't exactly be surprised about the heightened media scrutiny amid recent questions surrounding his violent history when he was younger.

November 9, 2015

Mike Huckabee on bump from main GOP debate stage: ‘Rules are rules’

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Monday he's not exactly pleased with getting bumped from the main stage of Tuesday's Republican presidential debate but that "rules are rules."

November 9, 2015

Chris Christie on debate: ‘We’re not whiners and moaners and complainers’

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, though he's been relegated to the undercard GOP presidential debate Tuesday in Milwaukee, still plans to make an impression.

November 9, 2015