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David Sherfinski

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David Sherfinski covered politics for The Washington Times.

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Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., chairman of the newly-formed Select Committee on Benghazi, walks down the steps of the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 30, 2014, after final votes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Benghazi select committee to hold open hearing next week

The House select committee on Benghazi will hold its first public hearing next week as family members and advocates took to the Hill Wednesday urging lawmakers and the public to keep pressing for more answers on the circumstances leading up to the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack and its aftermath.

September 10, 2014
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has backed off earlier pledges he would unilaterally expand Medicaid to uninsured Virginians, a plan scuttled by recent setbacks. (associated press)

Medicaid surrender reveals a constrained Terry McAuliffe in Virginia

The Terry McAuliffe who built his reputation as a partisan bulldog and Clinton ally would probably not recognize Gov. Terry McAuliffe, the Virginia chief executive who just this week took a pass on a divisive fight for a critical component of Obamacare.

September 9, 2014
**FILE** Republican 7th District congressional candidate Dave Brat gives a statement prior to a Rotary Club breakfast in Richmond, Va., on June 17, 2014. Brat defeated House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in last week's Republican primary. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

FreedomWorks endorses Brat in race for Cantor’s old seat

Republican Dave Brat secured his second endorsement in two days from a leading national conservative advocacy group, with FreedomWorks for America lauding him Wednesday as a "liberty candidate" in the race to replace former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor.

September 3, 2014
Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, second from left, arrives at federal court with his attorneys Danial Small, left, Henry Asbill second from right, and John Brownlee, right, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, in Richmond, Va., The defense in his corruption case is expected to rest today. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, are charged with accepting more than $165,000 in gifts and loans from former Star Scientific Inc. CEO Jonnie Williams in exchange for promoting his company's dietary supplements. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Lawyers in McDonnell case haggle over bribery definitions

Jurors in the federal corruption case against Bob McDonnell are being asked to consider whether the former Virginia governor took gifts and loans in exchange for performing "official acts," but late Thursday lawyers were still haggling over how that term should be defined.

August 28, 2014
Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, center, answers reporters' questions as he leaves the Federal Courthouse in Richmond with his daughter Rachel McDonnell, left, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. On the right is one of McDonnell's lawyers, Daniel Small. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen McDonnell, have been on trial under federal corruption charges. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, P. Kevin Morley)

Prosecution rests in McDonnell case

After calling its final rebuttal witness Thursday morning, the prosecution rested its case in the federal corruption trial of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen.

August 28, 2014
Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen arrive at the U.S. District Court in Richmond on Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, for his and his wife Maureen's bond hearing and arraignment on Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 on federal corruption charges. Federal prosecutors allege that the McDonnells accepted more than $165,000 worth of loans and gifts from Jonnie Williams, the former head of Star Scientific Inc. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Steve Earley) MAGS OUT

Tales of marital dysfunction key to Bob McDonnell defense strategy

The daughter of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell testified that her mother's depression went back as far as 20 years as her father grew increasingly absorbed in his political career — the latest in a series of uncomfortable disclosures that have laid bare the McDonnells' most intimate marital troubles as a defense against the federal corruption charges they face.

August 27, 2014
Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell gives his daughter, Cailin Young, a kiss as they with (from left) attorney Daniel Small, attorney Henry W. Asbill, son-in-law Chris Young and attorney John L. Brownlee wait to cross the street on the way to the federal courthouse in Richmond, Tuesday where his federal corruption trial continues into its fifth week. (Associated Press photographs)

Questions remain as Bob McDonnell cross examination ends

Prosecutors completed their questioning of Bob McDonnell on Tuesday, establishing during cross examination what has turned out to be a largely circumstantial case against the former Virginia governor accused of public corruption.

August 26, 2014
Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, second left, and his daughter Cailin, left, arrive at Federal Court with attorney Henry Asbill, right, in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. McDonnell is in his fifth day of testimony in his corruption trial. He and his wife, Maureen, are charged with accepting more than $165,000 in gifts and loans from former Star Scientific Inc. CEO Jonnie Williams in exchange for promoting his company's dietary supplements. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

McDonnell: No attempt to mask relations with Williams

Former Gov. Bob McDonnell on Tuesday flatly denied attempting to conceal or mask his relationship with wealthy businessman Jonnie R. Williams Sr., parrying a barrage of direct questions from the prosecution in his public corruption case.

August 26, 2014
Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell walks through a group of media representatives as he leaves the federal courthouse in Richmond, Virginia, Monday. (Associated Press)

McDonnell cross-examination marked by tense exchanges about family, finances

The prosecution kicked off its cross-examination of Bob McDonnell Monday with a barrage of questions about personal finances aimed at undercutting the former Virginia governor's account that he was unaware of gifts and loans from a wealthy businessman and that he provided nothing in exchange.

August 25, 2014