David Sherfinski

Ted Cruz: If elected, I should send note to reporters ‘who’ve checked themselves into therapy’

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas joked at a recent town hall event that the first thing he should do if elected president is reach out to the media with his condolences.

June 9, 2015

Chris Christie vows marijuana crackdown if elected president

If he is elected president, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is pledging to go after legal marijuana in places such as Colorado and Washington state that have legalized it for recreational use.

June 8, 2015

Hillary Clinton 49 percent, Bernie Sanders 41 percent in Wisconsin Dems straw poll

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton might be the undisputed frontrunner for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, but Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont was nipping at her heels in a presidential preference straw poll among Wisconsin Democrats taken over the weekend.

June 8, 2015

Rand Paul: Some of Lindsey Graham’s statements don’t ‘rise beyond middle school kind of rhetoric’

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky says he'll support whoever ends up being the 2016 GOP presidential nominee, but that some of the remarks from frequent sparring partner Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina don't "rise beyond middle school kind of rhetoric."

June 8, 2015

Scott Walker hits back at Obama: ‘Guy who called ISIS the JV squad’

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker hit back at President Obama's suggestion a few months ago that the governor "bone up" on foreign policy in part of a recent back-and-forth between the two leaders.

June 8, 2015

Dick Cheney: ‘Frankly I don’t know’ what makes Obama tick

Former Vice President Dick Cheney says that he's tried for some time to understand President Obama but that he hasn't been able to figure him out yet.

June 8, 2015

Dan Pfeiffer, former Obama adviser: GOP efforts to restrict voting are ‘repulsive’

A former top adviser to President Obama applauded former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for calling out specific Republicans on the issue of voting rights Thursday and called GOP efforts to restrict the vote "repulsive."

June 5, 2015

John Kasich blasts Hillary Clinton on voting ‘demagoguery’

Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Friday took former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to task for comments she made Thursday on voting rights, and also blasted legal action against his state's voting laws her campaign lawyer has joined.

June 5, 2015

Rick Santorum: Rules for first GOP debate ‘arbitrary, irrational’

Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania is slamming the format for the first Republican presidential debate to be held in August, in which the top 10 candidates in recent public polling will be allowed on stage.

June 5, 2015

John Kasich: I thought Jeb Bush ‘was just going to suck all the air out of the room’

Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who is weighing a 2016 run for president on the Republican side, hinted that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's early moves ahead of his own possible White House run aren't what he thought they would be.

June 5, 2015

Edward Snowden hails ‘historic victory’ on surveillance

Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, who revealed the agency's phone snooping program in 2013, says the end of the mass surveillance of phone calls under the Patriot Act is "a historic victory for the rights of every citizen."

June 5, 2015

Rick Perry hits back at Hillary Clinton over voter ID

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Friday hit back at former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who criticized Mr. Perry and several other of her potential 2016 GOP rivals on Thursday over the issue of voting rights.

June 5, 2015

Ted Cruz: Campaign and super PAC have raised more than $40 million

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said this week there is now more than $40 million raised between his presidential campaign and a group of super PACs supporting his candidacy.

June 5, 2015

Marco Rubio: Hillary Clinton, Dems will struggle to convince Americans they’re about the future

Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida said former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Democrats are going to struggle to convince Americans they're part of a movement about the future, as he continues to fine-tune his pitch for a "new generation of leadership" in the country.

June 4, 2015

NSA surveillance prevented terrorist attacks, most voters say: poll

Nearly two-thirds of U.S. voters say the National Security Agency's bulk data collection program has thwarted terrorist attacks in the United States, but a majority also think it's likely that the program has violated Americans' civil liberties.

June 4, 2015

Lincoln Chafee: Time for U.S. to ‘join the international community’ on metric system

Former Rhode Island Gov. and U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee, who announced Wednesday he is running for president in 2016 on the Democratic side, says it's time for the United States to join the international community in adopting the metric system.

June 4, 2015

Six in 10 voters say Clintons were likely selling influence to foundation donors

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has been forced to push back on reports involving the Clinton Foundation's acceptance of financial donations from foreign governments while she was serving as the nation's top diplomat.

June 4, 2015

Jeb Bush, Scott Walker tied atop 2016 GOP field

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker are sitting atop a new survey on the 2016 Republican presidential contest, with retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson close behind.

June 4, 2015

Rick Perry, making comeback bid, is running for president in 2016

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is running for president in 2016.

June 4, 2015

Jeb Bush to announce presidential decision on June 15

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is announcing his 2016 decision on June 15 in Miami.

June 4, 2015