David Sherfinski

Kamala Harris dodges on whether Amy Coney Barrett is qualified for the Supreme Court

Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala D. Harris took a pass when given multiple opportunities to say whether she believes Judge Amy Coney Barrett is qualified to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.

October 26, 2020

Marijuana ballot measures could tip competitive races toward Democrats

Pro-pot activists are convinced that marijuana ballot measures will help juice voter turnout this year and potentially push Democrats over the top in key states such as Arizona and Montana — a political calculus President Trump has fretted about.

October 25, 2020

Obama tells south Florida not to fall for ‘okey-doke:’ ‘Joe Biden is not a socialist’

Former President Barack Obama told Floridians on Saturday not to fall for the "okey-doke" from Republicans who say that Joseph R. Biden is a secret communist or socialist.

October 24, 2020

Joe Biden: I ‘guarantee’ Trump will accept election results; no one’s going to stick with him

Joseph R. Biden predicted that President Trump will ultimately accept the results of November's election, saying he doesn't have the support of the military to engineer some sort of "coup" if he had thoughts about doing so.

October 24, 2020

Kamala Harris knocks Trump multiple times for questioning Obama’s birthplace

Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala D. Harris knocked President Trump multiple times on Friday for questioning whether former President Barack Obama was born in the United States.

October 23, 2020

Trump, Biden eye single Electoral College votes in Nebraska, Maine

President Trump is set to travel to deep-red Nebraska next week as part of a Midwestern swing as the Biden campaign deploys Doug Emhoff, the husband of Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala D. Harris, to northeast Maine this weekend.

October 23, 2020

Joe Biden: Trump has ‘quit on America’ in fight against COVID

Joseph R. Biden said Friday that President Trump has "quit" the fight against COVID-19 and vowed to hit the ground running after the election to chart a new course.

October 23, 2020

Trump on Hunter Biden ‘laptop from hell:’ ‘Here we go again with Russia’

President Trump was incredulous Thursday when Joseph R. Biden suggested that newly breaking details about his son Hunter Biden's business dealings that were apparently gleaned from a damaged laptop amounted to a Russian disinformation campaign.

October 22, 2020

Joe Biden says Trump thinks he’s running against somebody else

Joseph R. Biden said Thursday that President Trump is "very confused" and thinks he's running against one of Mr. Biden's more liberal 2020 Democratic rivals.

October 22, 2020

Hunter Biden, Joe Biden like ‘vacuum cleaner’ sucking up money, Donald Trump says

President Trump said Joseph R. Biden's family members are like a "vacuum cleaner" sucking up money with high-flying overseas business dealings.

October 22, 2020

Trump says he could beat Biden fundraising totals

President Trump said Thursday that he could match and easily surpass Joseph R. Biden's record-breaking fundraising totals in the 2020 race if he really wanted to do so.

October 22, 2020

Conservatives rail against Joe Biden’s court commission proposal

Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden drew almost immediate fire from both the right and the left on Thursday after he suggested in a new interview that if elected he would move to set up a blue-ribbon commission to take a look at overhauling the U.S. court system.

October 22, 2020

Joe Biden plans to set up blue-ribbon commission on court changes

Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden drew immediate fire from both the right and the left Thursday after he said that, if elected president, he would set up a blue-ribbon commission on overhauling the court system.

October 22, 2020

Kamala Harris praises John McCain for thumbs down on health care bill

Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala D. Harris praised the late Sen. John McCain of Arizona for helping sink a GOP health care bill in 2017 at a campaign stop in North Carolina on Wednesday.

October 21, 2020

Democrats’ lead with early voting, but trend could shift after in-person ballots are counted

More than 42 million Americans have already voted in the 2020 elections — close to one-third of the total turnout in 2016 — as virtually all states have expanded early, absentee or vote-by-mail options because of the coronavirus pandemic.

October 21, 2020

Joe Biden leads Donald Trump by 7 points in Pennsylvania: Poll

Joseph R. Biden has a 7-point lead over President Trump in battleground Pennsylvania, according to a USA Today/Suffolk University poll released on Wednesday.

October 21, 2020

Most voters say Senate should confirm Amy Coney Barrett: Poll

A majority of voters said they want the U.S. Senate to confirm Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump's pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, according to polling released Wednesday.

October 21, 2020

Joe Biden downplays, dismisses reports on Hunter Biden’s business dealings

Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden keeps deflecting or downplaying reports about his son Hunter Biden's high-flying business dealings and alleged influence-peddling — the type of questionable financial arrangements they have explained away since at least the 2008 presidential campaign.

October 20, 2020

Donald Trump, Joe Biden neck and neck in North Carolina: Poll

Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden holds a scant 1-point lead over President Trump in battleground North Carolina, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll released on Tuesday.

October 20, 2020

Joe Biden leads Donald Trump by 9 points nationally: Poll

Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden has a 9-point lead over President Trump among likely voters, according to a national New York Times/Siena College poll released on Tuesday.

October 20, 2020