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David Sherfinski

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David Sherfinski covered politics for The Washington Times.

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gestures as she speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Nancy Pelosi: Congress worked together when Bush was president

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that while Republicans oppose President Obama at every turn, there were "many things" the two parties accomplished working together during the administration of President George W. Bush.

July 22, 2014
** FILE ** Sen. Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican. (Associated Press)

Mitch McConnell: Detain children ‘humanely,’ send them home

Senate Minority Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, said the United States needs to demonstrate that it can secure the southern border before tackling comprehensive immigration reform, and part of that entails detaining unaccompanied minors and sending them back home.

July 21, 2014
Sorrow: Ukrainian emergency workers carry a victim's body in a bag at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, located near the village of Hrabove. (Associated Press)

John Kerry: Growing evidence Russia-armed rebels that shot down plane

Pro-Russia separatists seized control of recovered bodies from the downed Malaysian airliner Sunday in eastern Ukraine as U.S. and international officials urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to rein in the rebels so investigators could have unimpeded access to the crash site.

July 20, 2014
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a cabinet meeting at the defense ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, July 18, 2014. Israeli troops pushed deeper into Gaza on Friday to destroy rocket launching sites and tunnels, firing volleys of tank shells and clashing with Palestinian fighters in a high-stakes ground offensive meant to weaken the enclave's Hamas rulers.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty, Pool)

Obama, Netanyahu talk by phone over Gaza war

President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Sunday by phone for the second time in three days about the ongoing conflict in Gaza, the White House said.

July 20, 2014
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul, Texas Republican (Associated Press) **FILE**

McCaul: Putin responsible for downed flight

The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee says Russian President Vladimir Putin bears direct responsibility for the downing of the passenger jet over eastern Ukraine last week.

July 20, 2014
In this Saturday, July 12, 2014 photo, Palestinian medics wheel an injured man on a stretcher into the Shifa hospital after an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City. In the heart of Gaza City, as its citizen again find themselves under fire from Israeli airstrikes and artillery, the wounded and their wailing families stream into Shifa Hospital without end. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Kerry: Hamas must agree to cease-fire

Amid new reports of casualties in the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Hamas needs to immediately agree to a cease-fire as Israeli ground troops continue a three-day offensive.

July 20, 2014
Pat Larracas of Los Angeles walks through the third level of Airforce One Pavilion at the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum in Simi Valley, Calif. (Garrett Cheen/Special to The Washington Times)

Feinstein to Putin: ‘Man up’

U.S.-Russian relations have now officially devolved to Cold War-era levels, said Senate Intelligence chairwoman as she urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to "man up" on the downed Malaysia Airlines passenger jet.

July 20, 2014
**FILE** Lyft passenger Christina Shatzen gets into a car driven by Nancy Tcheou in San Francisco on Jan. 4, 2013. Fed up with traditional taxis, city dwellers are tapping their smartphones to hitch rides from strangers using mobile apps that allow riders and drivers to find each other. Internet-enabled ridesharing services such as Lyft, Uber and Sidecar are expanding rapidly in San Francisco, New York and other U.S. cities, billing themselves as a high-tech, low-cost alternative to cabs. (Associated Press)

Northern Virginia cab companies ask judge to halt Uber, Lyft operations

A group of eight taxicab and limousine companies operating in Northern Virginia have asked a judge to order ride-sharing app companies Uber and Lyft stop operating in the state, alleging that they have not secured the necessary permitting and have ignored a cease and desist order from the state Department of Motor Vehicles.

July 18, 2014