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David Sherfinski

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David Sherfinski covered politics for The Washington Times.

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California gestures after passing the gavel House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, who was re-elected as House Speaker of the 113th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 3, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Pelosi: Boehner resignation ‘seismic,’ sign of House GOP ‘disarray’

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called the resignation announcement "a stark indication of the disarray" of House Republicans and a demonstration of their "obsession with shutting down government at the expense of women's health and a sign of the failure of the House Republicans to be willing to engage in dialogue for the good of the American people and for us to move forward."

September 25, 2015
Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vermont independent and Democratic presidential candidate, gestures during a speech at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., on Sept. 14, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton by 16 points in New Hampshire: poll

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont has opened up a 16-point lead on former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in the early presidential state of New Hampshire, with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. in third, according to a CNN/WMUR poll released this week on the contest for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination.

September 25, 2015
Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump, greets supporters after speaking at an event sponsored by the Greater Charleston Business Alliance and the South Carolina African American Chamber of Commerce at the Charleston Area Convention Center in North Charleston, S.C., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Mic Smith) ** FILE **

Donald Trump maintains lead in post-debate Fox poll

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has maintained his lead on the 2016 GOP field in a Fox News poll taken after the Sept. 16 GOP debate in California and released this week.

September 24, 2015
This photo taken Jan. 15, 2015, shows Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus speaking at the Republican National Committee meetings in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi) ** FILE **

Reince Priebus claims Republican inroads with Hispanics

Despite the stiff rhetoric on immigration coming from presidential candidates, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Wednesday his party has made inroads with Hispanics after a post-2012 election "autopsy" said the GOP needed to take a softer line on immigration.

September 23, 2015
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a Bible as he speaks during the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition's annual fall dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, on Sept. 19, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Donald Trump: ‘God is the ultimate’

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says there's nobody and no thing like God and that he considers taking communion "asking for forgiveness in my own way."

September 23, 2015
Republican presidential candidate, businesswoman Carly Fiorina addresses the 2016 Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, in Mackinac Island, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Carly Fiorina: I won’t make personal attacks against Hillary Clinton

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO and 2016 GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina says that while Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton's record is fair game, she's not going to be making personal comments about the former secretary of state.

September 23, 2015
Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a White House Champions of Change Law Enforcement and Youth meeting in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington on Sept. 21, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Joe Biden within 8 points of Hillary Clinton: poll

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., though not yet a candidate, is within 8 points of former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in the race for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, with Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont close behind, according to a national poll released Wednesday.

September 23, 2015
Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump speaks during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Donald Trump leading Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina in Iowa: poll

Businessman Donald Trump has retained his position at the top of the 2016 Republican field in the early state of Iowa, with retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and businesswoman Carly Fiorina in second and third, respectively, in a poll conducted in the wake of last week's GOP presidential debate in California.

September 22, 2015