David Sherfinski
Articles by David Sherfinski
Kellyanne Conway: ‘Go buy Ivanka’s stuff’; I’m giving a ‘free commercial’
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway's openly plugging Ivanka Trump's products on national television Thursday has earned her a strong rebuke from the House oversight committee chairman and complaints from outside groups that Ms. Conway violated federal ethics guidelines with the pitch. Published February 9, 2017
Donald Trump: John McCain ‘should not be talking about the success or failure of a mission’
President Trump on Thursday said Sen. John McCain "should not be talking about" what constitutes the success or failure of a military mission and that Mr. McCain "doesn't know how to win anymore" after the Arizona Republican said it would be wrong to call a recent mission in Yemen a success. Published February 9, 2017
Richard Blumenthal: Neil Gorsuch should condemn Donald Trump publicly
Sen. Richard Blumenthal on Thursday said he accurately depicted what Judge Neil Gorsuch told him privately about President Trump's recent attacks on a federal judge and called on Judge Gorsuch to make his criticisms public. Published February 9, 2017
Ben Sasse: Neil Gorsuch lamented ‘attack’ on ‘brothers or sisters of the robe’ to me
Sen. Ben Sasse, Nebraska Republican, said Thursday that Judge Neil Gorsuch relayed to him during a private meeting that he was dismayed about President Trump's recently attacking a judge who temporarily halted the president's immigration executive order. Published February 9, 2017
Donald Trump slams Richard Blumenthal after Neil Gorsuch meeting
President Trump slammed Sen. Richard Blumenthal on Thursday after Mr. Blumenthal relayed comments from Judge Neil Gorsuch, Mr. Trump's Supreme Court nominee, that the president's recent attacks on the judicial branch were demoralizing. Published February 9, 2017
Elizabeth Warren: Coretta Scott King, Ted Kennedy statements relevant to Jeff Sessions’ nomination
Sen. Elizabeth Warren defended herself on Wednesday, saying statements about Sen. Jeff Sessions that earned her a rebuke from Republicans Tuesday are relevant to whether Mr. Sessions should be the next attorney general. Published February 8, 2017
Dems rally behind Elizabeth Warren after GOP voted to cut her mic
Liberal groups rallied around Sen. Elizabeth Warren, vowing to redouble their resistance to Republicans, while her colleagues took up her cause, repeatedly reading on the floor the same words that got Ms. Warren into trouble in the first place -- words taken from a 1986 statement by Coretta Scott King, widow of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. Published February 8, 2017
Ted Cruz: ‘Angry’ Elizabeth Warren ‘lashing out at the American people’
Sen. Ted Cruz said Sen. Elizabeth Warren was "lashing out" at the American people Tuesday because she's angry about the November election. Published February 8, 2017
Richard Cordray, consumer watchdog chief: We’ll keep doing job to the best of our ability’
Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said Wednesday his team plans to soldier on in the wake of fresh calls for his firing and after an unfavorable court ruling last year. Published February 8, 2017
Jeff Flake on Elizabeth Warren: ‘We ought to have decorum on the Senate floor’
Sen. Jeff Flake on Wednesday said there should be "decorum" on the U.S. Senate floor, after Republicans voted Tuesday to rebuke Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren as she was protesting the nomination of fellow Sen. Jeff Sessions to be the next attorney general. Published February 8, 2017
Jim Himes: GOP’s rebuke of Elizabeth Warren served to energize ‘Democratic activist wing’
Rep. Jim Himes said Wednesday that Republicans' rebuke of Sen. Elizabeth Warren on the Senate floor Tuesday evening simply served to energize the "activist wing" of the Democratic party. Published February 8, 2017
Ronna McDaniel, RNC chair: Democrats ‘obstructing every possible thing the president puts forward’
Ronna McDaniel, the new chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, said Wednesday the party is already eyeing the 2018 Senate map as Democrats throw up roadblocks on Capitol Hill. Published February 8, 2017
Donald Trump: We can ‘never’ have the safety we’re entitled to if U.S. loses immigration case
President Trump said Wednesday that Americans can "never" have the safety and security they're entitled to if the administration loses the legal battle over his "extreme vetting" immigration executive order. Published February 8, 2017
Donald Trump travel ban: Most voters oppose immigration executive order: Poll
Most voters say they oppose President Trump's recent move to suspend travel from seven majority-Muslim nations, with more saying they do not support other aspects of Mr. Trump's "extreme vetting" executive order, according to a poll released this week. Published February 8, 2017
Democrats protest House vote to undo gun rule at Social Security hearing
Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee tried to use a Tuesday hearing on Social Security representative payees to lament a recent House vote to undo an Obama-era rule designed to get certain beneficiaries' information into the national gun-purchase background check system. Published February 7, 2017
Tom Cotton, David Perdue unveil legislation that would curb number of green cards issued
Two Republican senators introduced legislation Tuesday to cut legal immigration to the U.S. in half, saying the country needs to do a better job of selecting people based on what they can contribute to the U.S. Published February 7, 2017
Donald Trump on Barack Obama: ‘I don’t know if he’ll admit this, but he likes me’
President Trump says former President Barack Obama might not admit it, but the two men get along. Published February 7, 2017
White House expects immigration order to be upheld
Ahead of a scheduled court hearing later Tuesday, the White House expressed confidence that President Trump's immigration order halting travel from seven majority-Muslim nations will be upheld. Published February 7, 2017
Chris Murphy: ‘Unlikely’ that Dems will have votes to block Betsy DeVos nomination
Sen. Chris Murphy said Tuesday it's "unlikely" that Senate Democrats will muster enough votes to block the nomination of Betsy DeVos, President Trump's pick to be the next secretary of the Department of Education. Published February 7, 2017
Donald Trump: I don’t know Putin, have no deals in Russia, and ‘the haters are going crazy’
President Trump said Tuesday that "the haters are going crazy" even though he doesn't know Russian President Vladimir Putin and has no deals in Russia, while the Obama administration's nuclear deal with Iran happened with "no problem." Published February 7, 2017
