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David Sherfinski

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David Sherfinski covered politics for The Washington Times.

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** FILE ** This May 9, 2012, file photo shows Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y., speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Rep. Grimm apologizes for threat to break reporter ‘in half’

Rep. Michael Grimm apologized Wednesday for threatening a television reporter a day earlier, but watchdog groups are still calling for the House ethics committee to investigate the New York Republican, arguing his behavior violated the chamber rules.

January 29, 2014
** FILE ** In this Sept 12, 2013, file photo, Vice President gestures while speaking in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Joe Biden is ‘OK’ without White House run

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. demurred Wednesday morning on whether he's going to run for president in 2016, but said that if he doesn't, "we'll all be OK."

January 29, 2014
Virginia Senate Republican Leader Thomas K. Norment Jr. of James City County, said Democrats should have a better reason to change the rules than simply to undo what Republicans did in 2012. “I can tell you that from my perspective today ... the institution of the Senate of Virginia should be embarrassed today,” he said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Virginia Democrats re-take control of state Senate

Virginia Democrats asserted control of the evenly divided state Senate on Tuesday and organized as a majority, tipping the balance of power away from Republicans and casting a toxic pall over Capitol Square after the GOP vociferously registered its complaints.

January 28, 2014
"Our view of the law is that it — if somebody is here without sufficient documentation, that is not reason for deportation," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, said in an interview with Telemundo, a Spanish-language network. "If somebody has broken the law, committed a felony or something, that's a different story." (associated press)

Nancy Pelosi: ‘We did not treat President Bush this way’

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, said Tuesday that a large segment of the GOP is "anti-government, anti-science, and anti-Obama" and that while Democrats opposed much of President George W. Bush's agenda, Republican obstruction to President Obama is "something quite stunning."

January 28, 2014
** FILE ** President Barack Obama has lunch with members of the congressional leadership in the Oval Office Private Dining Room, May 16, 2012. The president served hoagies from Taylor Gourmet, which he purchased after a small business roundtable earlier in the day. Seated, clockwise from the president, are: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and House Speaker John Boehner.(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Americans say the state of our union is weak

Americans hold a deeply pessimistic view of the country in a new poll released ahead of President Obama's State of the Union Address, with more than six in 10 saying the country is headed in the wrong direction and 70 percent dissatisfied with the economy.

January 28, 2014
** FILE ** This Jan. 16, 2014, file photo shows first lady Michelle Obama in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Immigration protester, GM CEO to sit with Michelle Obama Tuesday night

A 23-year-old who was one of the "core fasters" in a recent demonstration on the Mall to lobby for comprehensive immigration reform and the CEO of General Motors will be among those seated with first lady Michelle Obama Tuesday night at President Obama's State of the Union Address.

January 28, 2014
** FILE ** This Sept. 3, 2013, file photo, shows Rep. Henry "Trey" Radel, R-Fla., on Capitol Hill in Washington. The chairman of the Republican Party of Florida on Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, called for Radel to step down following his recent cocaine conviction. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP Rep. Trey Radel, caught in cocaine sting, resigns Florida seat

Rep. Trey Radel, the freshman Florida Republican who was caught trying to purchase cocaine in a sting operation in Washington, D.C. in October, resigned from Congress Monday, setting up another special election to fill a vacancy in the GOP-controlled House.

January 27, 2014