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David Sherfinski

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David Sherfinski covered politics for The Washington Times.

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President Joe Biden speaks with members of the press on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, March 21, 2021, after stepping off Marine One. Biden is returning to Washington after spending the weekend at Camp David. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Joe Biden to visit Mexico border ‘at some point’

President Biden said Sunday that he plans to travel to the United States' southern border "at some point" and that his administration can do more to hammer home to migrants that they should stay in their home countries.

March 21, 2021
President Joe Biden sits next to a bowl of Irish shamrocks, left, as he speaks during a virtual meeting with Ireland's Prime Minister Micheal Martin on St. Patrick's Day, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, March 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Ohio sues Biden administration over tax language in relief package

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday to try to block language in President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package that puts restrictions on states' ability to cut taxes if they accept federal funding.

March 17, 2021
This Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, file photo shows part of a 1040 federal tax form printed from the Internal Revenue Service website, in Zelienople, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

IRS pushing tax filing deadline to May 17, House Dems announce

The IRS is pushing the federal tax-filing deadline from April 15 to May 17 as the agency deals with disruptions during the coronavirus pandemic and the prospect of implementing key parts of President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.

March 17, 2021
Security personnel inspect the site of a bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 15, 2021. A bomb targeting a minibus in Afghanistan's capital exploded Monday wounding at least 15 civilians, police said, amid a surge in attacks in Kabul. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Joe Biden says May 1 deadline to pull U.S. troops from Afghanistan is ‘tough’

President Biden on Wednesday offered perhaps the clearest signal to date that U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan past a tentative May 1 deadline and blamed his predecessor for crafting what he described as a shoddy deal with the Taliban that so far has failed to produce a path to a lasting political settlement.

March 17, 2021
President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 relief package in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday, March 15, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Joe Biden says he supports changes to filibuster

President Biden said Tuesday he would support changing the Senate's filibuster rules to require a senator to hold the floor in order to block legislation from moving forward.

March 16, 2021
In this Dec. 13, 2017 file photo, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks during a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington. Yellen, the first woman to head the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury Department, says women seeking to pursue careers in economics face a number of obstacles from the way beginning economics courses are taught to overly aggressive questioning questions in college seminars. “There is a cultural problem in the profession and we need to change the culture,” Yellen said Monday, March 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

State AGs threaten action over relief package restrictions on tax cuts

Twenty-one Republican state attorneys general demanded answers from the Biden administration on Tuesday about language in the president's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package that limits states' ability to use the $350 billion in state and local aid to cut taxes.

March 16, 2021
President Joe Biden walks to speak to members of the press on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 16, 2021, before boarding Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Biden is en route to Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Joe Biden to migrants: ‘Don’t come’

President Biden on Tuesday told migrants thinking about entering the United States to stay in their home countries as Mr. Biden and his administration struggle to deal with a surge on the southern border.

March 16, 2021