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David Sherfinski

David Sherfinski covered politics for The Washington Times. 

Articles by David Sherfinski

A Dallas police officer covers his face as he stands with others outside the emergency room at Baylor University Medical Center, Friday, July 8, 2016, in Dallas. Snipers opened fire on police officers in the heart of Dallas on Thursday night, killing some of the officers. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Texas AG: Dallas shootings closest to feeling after JFK assassination in decades

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday said the shootings in Dallas Thursday, in which five police officers were killed and seven others injured, leaves the city with a surreal feeling that's the closest in decades to what it experienced after the assassination of former President Kennedy in 1963. Published July 8, 2016

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **

Paul Ryan says he’s comfortable with Donald Trump handling classified info

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan on Thursday said he's comfortable with presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump having access to classified information, as Mr. Ryan calls for Hillary Clinton to be denied such access in light of FBI Director James B. Comey's comments earlier this week about her email set-up. Published July 7, 2016

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump departs a meeting with Republican House members at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, Thursday, July 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

House Republicans report positive meeting with Donald Trump

Donald Trump built bridges to House Republicans on Thursday in a closed-door meeting that Speaker Paul D. Ryan described as "great" -- but the billionaire businessman ran into trouble with Senate Republicans by exchanging pointed words with some of his critics who have refused to endorse him. Published July 7, 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., Wednesday, July 6, 2016.  (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

RNC seeks additional Hillary Clinton emails

The Republican National Committee said Thursday it's filing an open-records request seeking Hillary Clinton's work-related emails the FBI discovered in its investigation of her private email setup. Published July 7, 2016

Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, heads to the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 29, 2016, as a rescue package for debt-stricken Puerto Rico survived a critical procedural test vote, just two days before the island is expected to default on a $2 billion debt payment. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Marco Rubio won’t attend Republican convention

Sen. Marco Rubio will not be attending the Republican convention later this month in Cleveland and instead will be focusing on his re-election campaign in Florida. Published July 7, 2016

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Chaffetz is the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Jason Chaffetz: ‘I do believe’ Hillary Clinton ‘broke the law’

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said he believes Hillary Clinton "broke the law" through her private email setup, although he praised FBI Director James B. Comey ahead of Mr. Comey's trip to Capitol Hill on Thursday. Published July 7, 2016

Sen. Bob Corker, Tennessee Republican, withdrew himself from consideration on Wednesday to be Donald Trump's vice presidential running mate after sharing the stage the night before with Mr. Trump at a rally in the swing state of North Carolina. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump weighs running mate choices

Donald Trump is road-testing potential running mates this week, and the tryouts already have resulted in at least one name cut from the short list. Published July 6, 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes a question on the House Benghazi investigation from a member of the media while visiting Galvanize in Denver, Tuesday, June 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Pro-Clinton super PAC broke law by taking too long to return illegal donations: watchdogs

A pro-Hillary Clinton political action committee broke federal law by waiting too long to return $200,000 in donations to a company that was barred from giving the money because it had business before the federal government, campaign finance watchdogs charged in a complaint to the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday. Published July 6, 2016

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks at a news conference in Madison on Sept. 21, 2015. (Associated Press)

Scott Walker on Trump, Clinton: ‘He is better than she is’

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is reaffirming his pledge to support the eventual Republican presidential nominee, saying this week that the 2016 election is now a choice between presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and likely GOP nominee Donald Trump. Published July 6, 2016

Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean (Associated Press) **FILE**

Howard Dean: Republicans already overplaying their hand after Clinton email decision

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean on Wednesday said Republicans have already started overplaying their hand in the wake of the FBI's announcement that it would not recommend Hillary Clinton face criminal charges over her private email set-up, calling the prospect of lawmakers grilling FBI Director James B. Comey on Capitol Hill "stupid." Published July 6, 2016