David Sherfinski

Valerie Jarrett, Obama senior adviser, on Paris: ‘We certainly got the substance right’

Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to President Obama, said Thursday that although they wished they could have sent someone to Paris sooner in the wake of a string of terrorist attacks, they got the "substance" right.

January 15, 2015

Rudy Giuliani: Mitt Romney should have been more aggressive on Benghazi

Former New York City mayor and erstwhile presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani said 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney should have been more aggressive on making the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack on a U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, an issue during the campaign.

January 15, 2015

Obama, David Cameron: ‘Once more, Britain and America stand together’

Ahead of a scheduled visit by British Prime Minister David Cameron to the White House Thursday, Mr. Cameron and President Obama penned an op-ed reaffirming longstanding ties between the two countries amid recent global tumult.

January 15, 2015

Americans narrowly prefer GOP to Obama on influence over nation’s direction: Gallup poll

More Americans want Republicans in Congress to have greater influence over the direction the country takes in the next year than President Obama, but the gap has shrunk considerably since immediately after the 2014 midterms.

January 15, 2015

Gun control group: Foiled Boehner plot ‘wake-up call’ for background checks

A leading gun control advocacy group said Wednesday that it hopes a foiled plot by an Ohio bartender who authorities say threatened to murder Speaker John A. Boehner is a "wake-up call" for congressional Republicans to approve legislation tightening gun-purchase background checks.

January 14, 2015

Benghazi committee meets with State, DOJ behind closed doors

Members of the House Select Committee tasked with investigating the 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, has met recently behind closed doors with the State and Justice departments but still plans to hold public hearings, the committee's chairman said Wednesday.

January 14, 2015

Obama approval rating ticks up to 46 percent

President Obama's approval rating has ticked up to 46 percent, rising 7 points since October and is now at the level it was a year ago, according to a poll for CBS News.

January 14, 2015

Rand Paul in New Hampshire Wednesday with full slate of meetings

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, is in New Hampshire Wednesday with a full slate of events in store in the early presidential primary state.

January 14, 2015

Chris Christie to set up leadership PAC ahead of possible White House bid

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's allies are the process of setting up a leadership PAC ahead of a possible presidential run by Mr. Christie in 2016, according to reports.

January 14, 2015

Rick Santorum heads to Iowa later this month for five-day trip: report

Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, who narrowly won the 2012 Iowa caucuses, is headed back to the Hawkeye state for a five-day trip later this month as he eyes another possible run at the White House, the Des Moines Register reported.

January 14, 2015

Reince Priebus: Bill Clinton’s activities ‘fair game’ if Hillary Clinton runs

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus says former President Bill Clinton's activities are "fair game" for former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to answer if she runs for president in 2016.

January 14, 2015

New Congress has approval rating of 16 percent: poll

With essentially no track record to go on, Americans are giving the new 114th Congress a 16 percent job approval rating — the same as it was last month.

January 14, 2015

Mitt Romney leads GOP pack in Iowa, poll shows

Former Massachusetts Gov. and 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney leads a pack of possible 2016 GOP presidential contenders in a new poll of 404 registered Republican voters in Iowa, home of the first-in-the-nation caucuses.

January 14, 2015

Rep. Randy Weber apologizes for Obama-Hitler tweet

A Texas congressman is apologizing for a tweet in which he tied President Obama's failing to go to France for Sunday's unity rally to Adolf Hitler.

January 13, 2015

Matt Salmon: Not willing to trade freedom for ‘false security’

With cybersecurity and privacy issues resurfacing this week, Rep. Matt Salmon, Arizona Republican, cautioned against "big government types" trying to use events like the recent Sony breach as an excuse to "usurp" more authority.

January 13, 2015

Jimmy Carter defends Obama on lack of U.S. presence in Paris

Former President Jimmy Carter says he doesn't think there's any need for criticism over the lack of a higher-profile presence from the Obama administration at Sunday's march in Paris.

January 13, 2015

Mike Lee: Family ‘first and most important institution of our society’

Sen. Mike Lee said Tuesday that the institution of the family is paramount in society, calling on conservatives and Republicans in the new Congress for an agenda with an eye on American working families.

January 13, 2015

Activists pining for Elizabeth Warren in 2016 set to kick off New Hampshire effort Saturday

Activists trying to recruit Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Democrat, to run for president in 2016 are scheduled to kick off an organizational effort in the early presidential primary state of New Hampshire on Saturday.

January 13, 2015

U.S. voters say Islam encourages violence more than most religions: poll

A new poll shows that most likely voters in the United States believe Islam, as practiced today, encourages violence more than most other religions and nearly two-thirds now think there is a global conflict in the world today between Western civilization and Islam.

January 13, 2015

Ted Cruz: Republicans lose when they nominate candidates in ‘mushy middle’

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, reiterated Tuesday that he believes the GOP has a track record of failure when the party nominates a presidential candidate from the "mushy middle."

January 13, 2015