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David Sherfinski

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David Sherfinski covered politics for The Washington Times.

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A Yemeni soldier inspects a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Security forces close access roads, put up extra blast walls and beef up patrols near some of the 21 U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world that Washington ordered closed for the weekend over a "significant threat'' of an al Qaeda attack. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Congressional leaders agree on drastic response to al Qaeda terrorist threat

Key Democratic and Republican members of Congress said Sunday that the terrorism threat reportedly triggered by an intercepted message between senior al Qaeda operatives is the most serious threat in years, with some warning that the threat is an indication the terrorist group responsible for the 9/11 attacks still poses a significant danger to the U.S.

August 4, 2013
**FILE** House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (left), Virginia Republican (Associated Press)

Eric Cantor: House will address immigration ‘according to our terms’

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says the House of Representatives will vote on a series of immigration bills in the fall, but wouldn't commit to a vote on a measure similar to what the Senate has passed that provides a pathway to citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the country.

August 4, 2013
**FILE** Terry McAuliffe (The Washington Times)

SEC investigating company co-founded by Terry McAuliffe

The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the green car company founded by Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe over concerns that it allegedly guaranteed returns for its investors.

August 2, 2013
**FILE** Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, goes to the floor for a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 31, 2013. (Associated Press)

McCain: Immigration crucial to GOP 2016 hopes

Sen. John McCain appears cautiously optimistic that the House of Representatives will ultimately pass some kind of immigration reform — and says that the GOP is doomed in the 2016 presidential contest if the effort fails.

August 2, 2013
** FILE ** House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks to reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 7, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress exempts itself from Obamacare, can keep subsidized plans

Members of Congress and their staffs won't face potentially massive hikes in their health care premiums next year as many had feared because of a clause in President Obama's health care overhaul — causing at least one Republican senator to ask, literally, "What the flip?"

August 2, 2013
** FILE ** B. Todd Jones, President Obama's nominee for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, June 11, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination. (Associated Press)

Senate approves Jones as permanent ATF director

After the intense lobbying of one senator and an hourslong wait for another to fly in from North Dakota, the U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to confirm B. Todd Jones as permanent director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, fulfilling a major priority for President Obama in his response to the Connecticut school shootings.

July 31, 2013
Former Texas Rep. Ron Paul (Associated Press) **FILE**

Ron Paul: House leadership voted for ‘police state’

Former Rep. Ron Paul says that even had an amendment to defund some of the surveillance programs of the National Security Agency (NSA) had passed last week in the U.S. House of Representatives, it would have been a "significant symbolic victory," but possibly little more than that.

July 29, 2013