David Sherfinski

Marco Rubio’s campaign reports raising $12 million

Sen. Marco Rubio's presidential campaign has raised $12 million since launching in April and finished June with $9.72 million cash on hand, his campaign said Monday.

July 13, 2015

Scott Walker: I’m running for president

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker announced Monday he is running for president in 2016.

July 13, 2015

Bob McDonnell’s convictions upheld by appeals court

A federal appeals panel has upheld the corruption convictions of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, who was sentenced to two years in prison earlier this year for accepting more than $170,000 in gifts and loans in exchange for helping promote the interests of a wealthy businessman.

July 10, 2015

Bernie Sanders: Hillary Clinton ‘getting beaten up all over the place’

Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vermont Independent, said Friday that some of the attacks on fellow 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton are "unjustified" and that he's focused on highlighting differences he has with Mrs. Clinton on policy issues.

July 10, 2015

Donald Trump: ‘I really don’t know’ if Obama was born in U.S.

Businessman and real estate mogul Donald Trump said this week he doesn't know if President Obama was born in the United States, but that he's moved past the issue.

July 10, 2015

Donald Trump won’t commit to supporting GOP nominee if it’s not him

Real estate mogul and 2016 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump says he isn't committed yet to supporting the eventual Republican nominee should he not emerge as the winner, but that his nomination would present the best opportunity to beat the Democrats and, potentially, former Secretary of State and Democratic frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton.

July 10, 2015

Donald Trump: Putin would return Edward Snowden if I’m president

Businessman and 2016 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump says if he's elected president, Russian President Vladimir Putin would turn over former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.

July 9, 2015

Donald Trump: ‘I’d bomb the hell out of the oil fields’

Real estate mogul and 2016 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would "bomb the hell" out of oil sites he says are controlled by the Islamic State terrorist group and then get oil companies to go in and rebuild them.

July 9, 2015

Hillary Clinton hails South Carolina vote to take down Confederate flag

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton released a statement on the South Carolina legislature's vote to remove the Confederate flag from statehouse grounds saying that removing the symbol "of our nation's racist past" is a step forward but that "unfinished business" remains on confronting inequalities in the country.

July 9, 2015

Kevin Maynard, veterans’ cemetery worker in Rhode Island, to plead guilty to stealing gravestones

A Rhode Island veterans' cemetery worker has agreed to plead guilty in federal court to stealing gravestones and other items from the Rhode Island Veteran's Memorial Cemetery in Exeter.

July 9, 2015

Jim Webb: Confederate battle flag ‘long been due’ to come down

Former Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia, who announced last week he is seeking the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, said Thursday the Confederate battle flag has "long been due" to come down, but once again urged people to keep in mind the broader context of the Civil War and the American South.

July 9, 2015

Ted Cruz: ‘It makes me sad’ to call for Supreme Court retention elections

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas says he's reluctant to call for judicial retention elections for the U.S. Supreme Court in the wake of recent decisions on Obamacare and gay marriage, but that he believes a majority of the justices are not honoring their oaths.

July 9, 2015

Alan Grayson to run for U.S. Senate in Florida

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, a Florida Democrat who once said that Republicans "want you to die quickly if you get sick," is running for U.S. Senate.

July 9, 2015

Donald Trump leads GOP field in North Carolina: poll

Real estate mogul Donald Trump leads the 2016 GOP field in a new survey on North Carolina.

July 9, 2015

Lindsey Graham: Obama administration ‘rewriting history’ on Iraq

Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina on Wednesday issued a blistering critique of the Obama administration's handling of the Middle East, accusing the administration of "rewriting history" in Iraq.

July 8, 2015

Donald Trump: ‘I’ll win the Latino vote’

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would "win the Latino vote" if nominated, despite being at odds with the community over negative comments he made about Mexico and illegal immigration.

July 8, 2015

Lindsey Graham rips Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump on immigration

Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina on Wednesday ripped Democrats and Republicans alike on the issue of immigration, saying he doesn't need a lecture on the issue from former secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton or real estate mogul Donald Trump.

July 8, 2015

John Boehner: Pope’s Sept. 24 address to be broadcast on West Front of Capitol

House Speaker John A. Boehner said Wednesday that Pope Francis' address to a joint meeting of Congress in September will be broadcast live to members of the public on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol and that the pope has expressed an interest in making a "brief appearance" on the West Front.

July 8, 2015

Marco Rubio: ‘Ruling oligarchs,’ not Cuban people, to benefit from Obama’s opening

Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida on Wednesday tore into the Obama administration's formally re-establishing diplomatic ties with Cuba, saying that the communist island country's "geriatric rulers" "deny their people access to the Internet" and are responsible for terrorizing and imprisoning dissidents.

July 8, 2015

Rick Perry hits Donald Trump for ‘disrespectful language’

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry hit fellow 2016 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump for "disrespectful language" he says Mr. Trump has used to describe Mexicans, saying the real estate mogul "knew exactly what he was doing" with the comments.

July 8, 2015