David Sherfinski

Obama: Many leaders ‘aren’t even pretending to be in charge’ amid coronavirus pandemic

Former President Barack Obama on Saturday said the coronavirus pandemic has revealed some leaders to be empty suits and that a lot of the people in positions of power aren't even pretending to be in charge anymore.

May 16, 2020

Justin Amash opts out of running for Libertarian Party presidential nomination

Rep. Justin Amash on Saturday said he will not mount a run for president this year on the Libertarian Party ticket after he had spent the last few weeks weighing whether to make a play for the party's 2020 nomination.

May 16, 2020

Mike Pence to travel to Florida next week

Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to travel to Florida next week, his office said Saturday, after Mr. Pence had stepped back a bit since a staffer tested positive for the coronavirus.

May 16, 2020

Trump hits McConnell on response to ‘Russian collusion hoax’

President Trump on Saturday suggested that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell needs to be more aggressive about punishing Democrats who had pushed the Russia collusion line and that the GOP could lose in November without an adequate response.

May 16, 2020

DeWine asks McConnell challenger McGrath to remove him from attack ad

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Saturday asked the campaign of Democrat Amy McGrath, who is challenging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in Kentucky this year, to remove him from a McGrath ad that attacks Mr. McConnell on the coronavirus response.

May 16, 2020

Peter Navarro talks up ‘compensatory damages’ for China’s misleading on coronavirus

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said there needs to be a broader discussion on hitting China for "compensatory damages" because of how the country has handled the coronavirus pandemic.

May 16, 2020

Trump fires Steve Linick, State Department inspector general

President Trump on Friday announced he is firing the State Department's inspector general -- the latest of several people tasked with conducting oversight on various government agencies to be pushed out by Mr. Trump in recent weeks. A key House Democrat is calling it an "unlawful act of retaliation" in response to Mr. Linick opening an investigation of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

May 16, 2020

Lindsey Graham welcomes both Barack Obama, Donald Trump to testify on spying on campaign

President Trump's call for former President Barack Obama to answer questions about spying on his 2016 campaign was taken up Thursday by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, who welcomed both presidents to testify.

May 14, 2020

Trump: Obama likely ‘directed’ U.S. intelligence to spy on me

President Trump said that President Obama "probably" directed U.S. intelligence agencies to spy on him toward the tail end of Mr. Obama's administration.

May 14, 2020

Donald Trump: Republicans would get sick at the thought of committing voter fraud

President Trump said a primary beef with House Democrats' new $3 trillion coronavirus rescue package lies in the bill's expanded vote-by-mail provisions and that Republicans would become ill at the mere thought of committing voter fraud.

May 14, 2020

Donald Trump: We assume we’ll have a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year

President Trump said in a new interview that his administration is operating on the assumption that there will be a vaccine for the new coronavirus available by the end of the year, reiterating an ambitious timeline that various private companies are rushing to try to meet.

May 14, 2020

Gov. Phil Murphy: Partial reopening of construction, retail in N.J. to take effect on Monday

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday said he is signing an executive order that will allow some construction and retail businesses to reopen in a limited fashion starting on Monday, saying the state has made enough progress in the fight against the coronavirus to move to the next phase.

May 13, 2020

Nancy Pelosi: $3 trillion package is ‘not any wish list that is not related’ to coronavirus

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday called Democrats' new $3 trillion coronavirus rescue package an "American wish list" and said the bill is directly related to swiftly combating issues tied to COVID-19.

May 13, 2020

Paul Manafort released from prison amid coronavirus crisis

Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, was released from prison to home confinement early Wednesday amid health concerns tied to the coronavirus, according to multiple reports.

May 13, 2020

Republicans flip on coronavirus economic and public health concerns: Poll

For the first time since late March, most Republicans said they're more concerned about COVID-19's impact on the economy versus public health, according to polling released Wednesday.

May 13, 2020

Eric Garcetti, L.A. mayor: ‘We’re not moving beyond COVID-19, we’re learning to live with it’

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Wednesday said "we're not moving beyond COVID-19" but "learning to live with it" a day after a top county health official said local stay-at-home orders could remain in place for another three months.

May 13, 2020

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez named co-chair of Biden-Sanders climate task force

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of the House's most influential liberal voices, has been tapped to co-chair a "unity task force" on climate change as part of a partnership between presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden and Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont.

May 13, 2020

Democrats unveil $3 trillion-plus coronavirus spending package

House Democrats on Tuesday went all-in with a new coronavirus spending bill that topped $3 trillion and checked off virtually every box on the party's liberal wish list, all but guaranteeing it has no chance of ever becoming law.

May 12, 2020

Larry Kudlow: We’re coming down ‘home stretch’ of current phase of coronavirus response

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow says the U.S. is poised for a "big reopening" economically and that the country is approaching the "home stretch" of the current phase of the battle against the coronavirus outbreak.

May 12, 2020

Joe Biden: Focus on Michael Flynn a ‘diversion’ from Trump’s coronavirus response

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden on Tuesday said the renewed interest in Michael Flynn, President Trump's former national security adviser, is meant to be a diversion from the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

May 12, 2020