David Sherfinski

Mike Huckabee: ‘I assure you, a beheading is much worse than a sunburn’

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says that Christian and Jewish people cannot count on support from President Obama and that the president wouldn't be able to distinguish the good guys from the bad even in a movie starring John Wayne.

February 9, 2015

Hillary Clinton lapping 2016 Democratic field in New Hampshire

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has a sizable lead over possible Democratic rivals in the early primary state of New Hampshire in a new poll, as she takes steps toward a possible 2016 run for president.

February 9, 2015

Chris Christie in Iowa for local GOP event

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is scheduled to be back in Iowa Monday as the first headline speaker of the Dallas County GOP's Spring Speaker Series.

February 9, 2015

Jeb Bush has narrow lead in New Hampshire poll

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is leading a host of potential 2016 GOP hopefuls in New Hampshire in a new poll taken immediately after 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney announced he would not be running again in 2016.

February 9, 2015

Trey Gowdy: Benghazi committee to interview State personnel, senior Obama officials

The chairman of the House Select Committee tasked with investigating the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack on a U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, said Friday he plans to begin interviews with State Department personnel as early as next week and released a list of 20 names of people, including top current and former Obama administration officials, he also plans to interview.

February 6, 2015

Rand Paul to Ohio Feb. 17 for local GOP dinner

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, is headed to Iowa this weekend for an "Audit the Fed" rally Friday evening followed by several events on Saturday — and he's headed back to the Midwest later this month.

February 6, 2015

Democrats: Benghazi select committee operating outside normal budget rules

The five Democrats who sit on the House Select Committee charged with investigating the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack on a U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, say the committee is being funded outside normal budget rules of the House and are asking for the panel to be included in public hearings on upcoming budget requests.

February 6, 2015

Jeb Bush leads wide-open GOP field in New Hampshire in new Granite State poll

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush leads a wide-open Republican field of prospective 2016 presidential candidates in the first-in-the-nation primary state of New Hampshire, according to a new WMUR Granite State poll from the University of New Hampshire survey center.

February 6, 2015

Virginia resolution to enjoin constitutional convention fizzles

Acknowledging he didn't have the votes, the Virginia state House sponsor of a resolution seeking to enjoin Virginia in an effort to call a convention of states to amend the U.S. Constitution and rein in federal power struck his own bill Thursday.

February 5, 2015

Senators introduce new ‘sportsmen’s‘ bill to increase hunting, fishing access

Senators on Thursday introduced the 2015 version of a "sportsmen's" bill intended to open more land up for hunting and fishing and would also pave the way for people to carry guns on certain land managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and transport bows and crossbows on National Park Service lands.

February 5, 2015

Ted Cruz to join other presidential hopefuls at Iowa ‘Ag Summit’ next month

Organizers said Thursday that Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, will attend the first-ever "Iowa Agriculture Summit" next month, along with other potential 2016 presidential candidates who will return to the Hawkeye State, home of the first-in-the-nation caucuses.

February 5, 2015

Duncan Hunter: King Abdullah sounds ‘like President Bush post-9/11’

Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican, said Thursday that Jordanian King Abdullah's response to the burning death of a Jordanian pilot at the hands of the Islamic State terrorist group called to mind the post-9/11 attitude of former President George W. Bush.

February 5, 2015

Ted Cruz scheduled to head back to New Hampshire next month

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, is scheduled to headline a Republican party dinner in the early presidential primary state of New Hampshire next month, the Houston Chronicle reported.

February 5, 2015

Lindsey Graham: Obama about to make ‘the mistake of a lifetime’ with Iran

Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, said President Obama's handling of negotiations over Iran's nuclear program runs the risk of creating an arms race in the region, saying the president is "about to unleash hell" on the Middle East.

February 5, 2015

Rick Perry, Bobby Jindal scheduled to headline Thursday events in D.C.

Two prospective 2016 Republican presidential contenders are scheduled to speak at events Thursday in Washington, D.C., hosted by the American Principles Project.

February 5, 2015

Rand Paul: ‘I’m not sure I’m different than the president’ on vaccines

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, said he thinks everyone should be encouraged to get vaccines and that he's not sure he's any different than President Obama on the matter.

February 5, 2015

Scott Walker grabs lead in N.H. in new poll

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker leads a host of potential 2016 GOP presidential contenders in a new poll in the early presidential state of New Hampshire out Wednesday.

February 4, 2015

John McCain: ‘ISIS is winning. We’re neither degrading nor destroying ISIS’

Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, said he hopes a video released by the Islamic State purporting to show the burning execution of a Jordanian pilot will galvanize the fight against the terrorist group, but he acknowledged that the group is winning right now.

February 4, 2015

Ben Carson on Islamic State: ‘We should be leading’

Retired neurosurgeon and potential 2016 presidential candidate Ben Carson said Wednesday that the United States should step up support and lead in the fight against the Islamic State terrorist group.

February 4, 2015

Angus King on Islamic State: This is ‘Genghis Khan type of stuff’

Sen. Angus King, Maine Independent, said the burning execution of a Jordanian pilot by the Islamic State terrorist group could be a galvanizing moment for the region, and that the group's behavior calls to mind Mongol leader Genghis Khan.

February 4, 2015