David Sherfinski

Commission on Presidential Debates to mute microphones under new rules

President Trump and Joseph R. Biden will be muted as the other candidate delivers an opening statement for each of the six 15-minute segments at Thursday's debate in Nashville, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced Monday.

October 19, 2020

Kamala Harris: Joe Biden win needed to secure pre-existing condition protections

Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala D. Harris said Monday that the presidential election is directly tied to whether or not people will continue to enjoy insurance protections for pre-existing conditions under Obamacare.

October 19, 2020

Roy Cooper to Joe Biden: It’s ‘frustrating,’ but we’ll get Cal Cunningham across the finish line

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper told Joseph R. Biden over the weekend that Democrats will manage to drag the scandal-plagued Cal Cunningham across the finish line in Mr. Cunningham's bid to unseat GOP Sen. Thom Tillis.

October 19, 2020

Kamala Harris: Trump is trying to ‘destroy our democracy’

Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala D. Harris said Monday that President Trump and her political opponents are trying to destroy democracy.

October 19, 2020

Kamala Harris returning to in-person campaign trail Monday

Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala D. Harris is set to return to the in-person campaign trail on Monday with a pair of stops in Florida.

October 19, 2020

Cal Cunningham campaign for Senate in North Carolina not harmed by scandal

Democrat Cal Cunningham's apparent sexual dalliances and cringe-inducing romantic texts have reduced the North Carolina Democrat to a national punchline in the final stretch of the country's most expensive Senate race.

October 18, 2020

Joe Biden: Trump has ‘gone around the bend’ with coronavirus claims

Joseph R. Biden said Friday that President Trump has gone "around the bend" with his claims that the coronavirus crisis is improving.

October 16, 2020

Harry Reid says nuking filibuster rules in 2013 helped Democrats pass Obamacare

Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Friday he doesn't regret overhauling the chamber's filibuster rules in 2013 for certain judgeships and executive nominations.

October 16, 2020

Democrats increasingly embrace voting in person

Democratic voters are increasingly warming to casting their ballots in person rather than by mail, according to Morning Consult polling released this week.

October 16, 2020

Chris Christie: ‘I let my guard down’ at the White House after being careful for seven months

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who spent a week in the intensive care unit to get treated for the coronavirus, expressed regret on Friday for letting his guard down on the White House grounds recently.

October 16, 2020

Joe Biden suggests he’ll reveal court-packing position before election

Joseph R. Biden said Thursday that he might tip his hand before the election on whether he would support adding seats to the U.S. Supreme Court.

October 15, 2020

Joe Biden: Mistake to support crime bill

Joseph R. Biden said Thursday that it was a mistake to support a crime bill he helped craft that many have blamed for the over-incarceration of people of color in subsequent decades.

October 15, 2020

Donald Trump, Joe Biden fire shots from afar in dueling town halls

President Trump and Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden faced off in dueling town-hall events on Thursday night instead of debating on the same stage, with the Democrat quickly attacking the president's handling of the coronavirus crisis and Mr. Trump defending his actions.

October 15, 2020