David Sherfinski

Sen. Rand Paul: Make Palestinian aid contingent on recognition of Israel

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, is introducing a measure this week that would cut off all future U.S. aid to Palestine if the country does not recognize Israel's right to exist as a sovereign nation.

April 28, 2014

Sen. Mike Lee: Most House Republicans want ‘step-by-step’ immigration reform

Sen. Mike Lee said Monday that most House Republicans do in fact want some form of immigration reform passed — just not the all-encompassing legislation approved by the Senate last year.

April 28, 2014

Sarah Palin stands firm on ‘waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists’ line

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin isn't backing off the remark she made at the National Rifle Association's annual meeting this weekend that if she were in charge, people "would know that waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists."

April 28, 2014

NRA set to battle Bloomberg’s gun control lobby to secure support from women

Organizers behind Everytown for Gun Safety, the new advocacy group backed by former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, say one of their top priorities is to turn guns into a women's issue, akin to abortion or health care, and mobilize mothers ahead of the midterm elections in November.

April 27, 2014

Sarah Palin: ‘Waterboarding is how we’d baptize terrorists’ in her administration

Sarah Palin fired up a crowd of thousands inside Lucas Oil Stadium Saturday night to kick off the National Rifle Association's "Stand and Fight Rally," saying Americans' constitutional rights as envisioned by the founding fathers are under attack and policies like gun-free zones constitute "stupid on steroids."

April 26, 2014

Graham: ‘God has already done a universal background check on us’

Rev. Franklin Graham, the keynote speaker at Sunday's prayer breakfast at the NRA's annual meeting, responded to calls for him to express his previously stated support for universal background checks on gun purchases by deferring to a higher power.

April 26, 2014

Tom Ridge quits Bloomberg’s gun control group

Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge has resigned from Michael I. Bloomberg's new gun control group, delivering a setback for the former New York City Mayor soon after he announced that he plans to spend $50 million on efforts associated with the group and this year's midterm elections.

April 26, 2014

NRA President Jim Porter: We’re going to flex our muscle in November

National Rifle Association President Jim Porter said Saturday that flipping the U.S. Senate to Republican control is paramount for the group and that the group's power in numbers will "flex that muscle" in November's midterm elections.

April 26, 2014

Rick Santorum: I buy ammo, not flowers, for special occasions

Santorum said at an event at the National Rifle Association's annual meetings that his wife, Karen, actually owns more guns than he does.

April 25, 2014

Jindal lashes out at Obama, Holder, Bloomberg at NRA forum

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal closed out the NRA lobbying arm's leadership forum at Lucas Oil Stadium Friday with a no-holds-barred fusillade on people such as former New York City Mayor Michael I. Bloomberg and Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who he says want to fundamentally alter the ideological foundation of the country.

April 25, 2014

Vinatieri ‘brags’ about QB rating in speech at NRA convention

Indianapolis Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri proudly declared his support for the Second Amendment Friday at the NRA's annual meetings, saying firearms have been a big part of his life for as long as he can remember.

April 25, 2014

Rubio offers strong defense of gun rights

INDIANAPOLIS — Sen. Marco Rubio on Friday praised the National Rifle Association for defending the Second Amendment rights of individuals and families across the nation that the Florida Republican said are under attack from the Obama administration.

April 25, 2014

Indiana Gov. Pence: Cure to country’s ills won’t come from D.C.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said the cure for the country's ills are more likely to come from state capitals than Washington, D.C., delivering an uncompromising defense of states' rights in his speech Friday at the NRA lobbying arm's leadership forum.

April 25, 2014

NRA’s LaPierre: Media engages in ‘intentional corruption of the truth’

National Rifle Association executive vice president and CEO Wayne LaPierre helped kick off the NRA lobbying arm's leadership forum Friday by delivering a scathing indictment of the national news media and D.C. politicians the media cover.

April 25, 2014

Bloomberg anti-gun group debuts new ad on first day of NRA meetings

The newly formed gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety released a new ad Friday featuring survivors of mass shootings like Virginia Tech in 2007 and Aurora, Colo., in 2012.

April 25, 2014

NRA’s LaPierre: Country ‘slipping away,’ gun owners ‘willing to fight’ for control

National Rifle Association executive vice president and CEO Wayne LaPierre said Friday that the country is on edge like he's never seen it before, and that it's up to attendees at the group's annual meeting and like-minded individuals to fight for its future.

April 25, 2014

Bobby Jindal slams Michael Bloomberg’s ‘God’ comment

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal slammed former New York City Mayor Michael I. Bloomberg on Friday for recent comments suggesting Mr. Bloomberg's advocacy efforts on issues such as gun control have earned him a place in heaven "if there is a God."

April 25, 2014

NRA gears up to mark a year of victories at convention in Indianapolis

The nation's most powerful gun rights group is gathering in this heartland city this weekend in an upbeat mood, with NRA members and attendees at the group's annual meetings emboldened by a slew of policy victories and ready to press for more.

April 24, 2014

Va. GOP candidate financials reveal credit card debt, delays

Personal financial disclosures for the GOP candidates looking to secure a Northern Virginia congressional seat in this weekend's firehouse primary have revealed more in some cases and less in others, with one candidate claiming tens of thousands of dollars in credit card debt and no indication that others have even turned in the required paperwork.

April 24, 2014

Supreme Court pushes consideration of N.J. gun case to April 25

The U.S. Supreme Court has apparently deferred on weighing a gun-related case challenging New Jersey's mandate that citizens must show a "justifiable need" to carry a gun in public for protection.

April 21, 2014