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David Sherfinski

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David Sherfinski covered politics for The Washington Times.

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House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La., right, with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, following a House GOP caucus meeting. Scalise acknowledged that he once addressed a gathering of white supremacists. Scalise served in the Louisiana Legislature when he appeared at a 2002 convention of the European-American Unity and Rights Organization. Now he is the third-highest ranked House Republican in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

John Boehner: Steve Scalise has my ‘full confidence’

House Speaker John A. Boehner is standing by one of his top lieutenants after reports surfaced that Rep. Steve Scalise, the House Majority Whip, spoke at an event in 2002 hosted by a group associated with former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke.

December 30, 2014
Rep. Michael Grimm speaks to the media outside Federal court in Brooklyn after pleading guilty to a federal tax evasion charge rather than go to trial, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014, in New York. Grimm had been set to go to trial in February on charges of evading taxes by hiding more than $1 million in sales and wages while running a Manhattan health-food restaurant. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Rep. Michael Grimm to resign seat

After initially resisting pressure to resign following a guilty plea to a felony tax evasion charge last week, Rep. Michael Grimm, New York Republican, is stepping down from his seat in Congress effective Jan. 5.

December 30, 2014
New recruits bow their heads for a moment of silence for deceased officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu during a New York Police Academy graduation ceremony, Monday Dec. 29, 2014, at Madison Square Garden in New York. Nearly 1000 officers were sworn in as tensions between city hall and the NYPD continued following the Dec. 20 shooting deaths of officers Ramos and Liu. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Police deaths soar 24% in 2014 with ambush attacks leading cause

Law enforcement fatalities in the United States rose 24 percent in 2014 to 126 and ambush-style attacks were the No. 1 cause of felonious officer deaths for the fifth straight year, according to preliminary data from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

December 30, 2014
The headquarters of Goldman Sachs in New York City is a looming presence. The investment bank announced Tuesday that it earned $1.05 billion for common shareholders in the second quarter, more than double its profits compared with the same period a year ago. But the amount was well below what analysts were expecting. (Associated Press)

Goldman Sachs oversight under fire again following new report

A committee that included top U.S. banking regulators overturned the finding from a senior bank examiner that investment banking giant Goldman Sachs lacked adequate internal controls to prevent potential conflicts of interest, a watchdog group reported Monday.

December 29, 2014
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence rolled out his own expansion plan in May, saying it would be funded through cigarette-tax revenue and an assessment on hospitals that takes effect in 2017.

Mike Pence meets with Netanyahu in Israel

Appearing alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said support for Israel in the United States "has never been stronger."

December 29, 2014
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio pauses while holding what may be his last news conference of the 113th Congress, though critical legislation is still pending, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

113th Congress narrowly avoids ‘least productive’ status: report

Thanks in part to a spurt of relative productivity during Capitol Hill lawmakers' recent lame-duck session, the 113th Congress narrowly beat out the 112th in terms of legislation passed to avoid a potential label of "least productive" in modern history.

December 29, 2014
Police officers salute as the hearse of New York city police officer Rafael Ramos drives along his funeral procession route in the Glendale section of Queens, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014, in New York. Ramos and his partner, officer Wenjian Liu, were killed Dec. 20 as they sat in their patrol car on a Brooklyn street. The shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, later killed himself. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

‘Scared’ NYPD officers turning blind eye to minor crimes

In the wake of the murders of two police officers in New York, some NYPD cops are letting minor crimes slide and a two-car response directive from the police union is hindering response times, according to the New York Post.

December 29, 2014
Ramon Maldonado, of Phoenix, smiles as he holds up his new temporary Arizona driver's license after passing the required tests as he leaves the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division office, Monday, Dec. 22, 2014, in Phoenix. Monday marked the first day that about 20,000 immigrants in the country illegally who have received protection from deportation could apply for Arizona licenses. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Obama on immigration: ‘Nativist trend’ in parts of the Republican Party

President Obama says his recent executive actions granting millions of illegal immigrants temporary amnesty could spur Republicans to work together with Democrats on the issue, but if they solidify what he called a "nativist trend" in parts of the Republican Party, there probably won't be much progress.

December 29, 2014
President Barack Obama waves to the traveling press as he plays golf with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014, at Marine Corps Base Hawaii's Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course in Kaneohe, Hawaii during the Obama family vacation. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama: ‘I can always do better in every aspect of my job’

President Obama says that he might have to use the veto pen a bit more with a Congress soon to be controlled entirely by the GOP, but that Republicans are also going to be in a position where they have to show they can govern responsibly.

December 29, 2014