David Sherfinski

Gun rights supporters’ passion thwarts push for stricter laws despite broad support

Second Amendment supporters are more passionate voters than gun control proponents, according to new polling that goes a long way toward explaining why mass shootings have done little to advance the cause of those who say stiffer laws are needed.

October 20, 2015

Donald Trump: ‘I’ve never said’ we made a mistake going into Afghanistan

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump insisted Tuesday he never said going into Afghanistan after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks was a mistake and that it was the 2003 invasion of Iraq that was wrong-headed.

October 20, 2015

Donald Trump in South Carolina: Obama thinking about taking your guns away

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Tuesday defended remarks he made a day earlier, when he said President Obama is considering an executive order designed to take guns away from people.

October 20, 2015

Donald Trump, Ben Carson setting pace for 2016 GOP field: poll

Businessman Donald Trump leads retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson by 5 points in a new poll on the 2016 GOP presidential field, with the rest of the contenders well back.

October 20, 2015

Donald Trump hits high mark in NBC/WSJ polling, leads Ben Carson by 3 points

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has a 3-point lead on his nearest 2016 GOP rival, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, according to a new poll that showed support for both men tick up since September.

October 20, 2015

Hillary Clinton increases lead over Bernie Sanders in post-debate poll

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has tightened her grip on the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination in the wake of last week's debate, according to poll numbers released Tuesday that also showed nearly four in 10 Democratic voters think Vice President Joseph R. Biden should not enter the race.

October 20, 2015

Hillary Clinton up big over Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden in national post-debate poll

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a sizable lead in the race for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, according to a national poll conducted in the wake of last Tuesday's Democratic debate in Las Vegas.

October 19, 2015

Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton in N.H. in post-debate poll

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont leads former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in the early state of New Hampshire, according to a poll on the 2016 Democratic presidential field taken after Tuesday's debate.

October 19, 2015

Donald Trump: ‘Saturday Night Live’ ratings will be ‘through the roof’ when I host

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump predicted Monday that there will be a ratings bonanza for "Saturday Night Live" when he hosts the program next month, saying the show's organizers are too smart to give in to a budding movement to get him off the air.

October 19, 2015

Donald Trump: ‘I’m not blaming anybody’ for 9/11 attacks

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump continued to insist Monday he isn't blaming former President George W. Bush for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, but said the contention that the United States was completely safe during Mr. Bush's presidency is inaccurate.

October 19, 2015

Joe Biden loses ground to Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders after first Democratic debate

Enthusiasm for Vice President Joseph R. Biden to jump into the 2016 Democratic presidential race didn't grow after last week's debate, according to a poll released Monday that showed former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton with a solid lead and most debate-watchers wanting Mr. Biden to sit it out.

October 19, 2015

Donald Trump: World Trade Center came down during George W. Bush’s ‘reign’

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said in an interview this week that regardless of what President George W. Bush might have done in the aftermath of 9/11, the World Trade Center "came down during his reign."

October 16, 2015

Donald Trump: If elected, I ‘may’ let global leaders call me first

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says there's a good chance he'd let some world leaders reach out to him if he's elected, rather than the other way around.

October 16, 2015

Donald Trump: ‘It’s a horror show going on with campaign finance’

Businessman Donald Trump said the campaign finance system in the U.S. is a "horror show" and that many of his opponents in the 2016 presidential race are likely violating laws that prevent them from coordinating with super PACs.

October 16, 2015

Martin O’Malley raises $1.3 million in third quarter, well behind Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley raised $1.3 million in the third quarter of the year and finished September with about $806,000 on hand -- putting him well back of Democratic presidential rivals former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Bernard Sanders in the money race.

October 16, 2015

Donald Trump: Janet Yellen keeping interest rates low for political reasons

Real estate mogul and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Janet Yellen, who chairs the Federal Reserve, is keeping interest rates low for political reasons and that the Obama administration doesn't want to risk triggering a possible recession before the president leaves office.

October 16, 2015

Donald Trump: I’d have Secret Service protection if I were a Democrat

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says his team has been talking to government officials about getting him Secret Service protection, and that he'd have it if he belonged to a different political party.

October 16, 2015

Rand Paul: We’re in 2016 race for the long haul

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said Thursday that he's in the 2016 presidential race for the long haul, downplaying reports on his third-quarter fundraising total of $2.5 million.

October 15, 2015

John Kasich pledges to balance the federal budget in eight years as president

Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Thursday laid out part of his agenda if elected to the White House, saying he plans to balance the federal budget in eight years, cut taxes while boosting military spending and return power from the federal government to the states in areas like education.

October 15, 2015

Donald Trump adviser: Big portion of Democratic debate viewership ‘really due to Mr. Trump’

Michael Cohen, executive vice president of the Trump Organization and special counsel to Donald J. Trump, said Thursday that Mr. Trump actually accounted for a big portion of the approximately 15 million people who tuned into Tuesday's Democratic presidential debate.

October 15, 2015