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David Sherfinski

David Sherfinski covered politics for The Washington Times. 

Articles by David Sherfinski

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (Associated Press) **FILE**

Mike Huckabee on Rand Paul: ‘He truly believes this’

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Monday he's not going to "impugn" the motives of Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky in Mr. Paul's fight against the Patriot Act, but reiterated his call for presidential candidates to give up their taxpayer-funded jobs once they jump into the race. Published June 1, 2015

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, right, takes the wheel with former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, center, and former Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich during a fundraiser for the Belknap County Republican Committee aboard the motor vessel Mount Washington on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, Friday, May 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Scott Walker expands early lead in Iowa: poll

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is continuing his strong early showing in Iowa, leading other candidates and potential candidates in the 2016 GOP field with 17 percent of the vote in a new poll. Published June 1, 2015

National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks in Portland, Ore., on May 18, 2015, about the organization's concerns over the Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty that President Obama is pushing. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO chief, warns Hillary Clinton on trade deal

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton needs to take a position on a proposed trade deal with Pacific Rim nations, warning that the wrong stance could cost her the organizing power of the labor group and saying his group might not endorse a candidate at all in the 2016 presidential election. Published May 29, 2015

President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn of the White House from Marine One, Thursday, May 28, 2015, in Washington, as he arrives from Miami where the he visited the National Hurricane Center and the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity to pay his respects to the Cuban-American diaspora that worship there. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Homeland Security granted work visas despite injunction

The administration is fighting feverishly to try to keep a federal judge from riding herd on its deportation amnesty, saying in papers filed late Wednesday that while Homeland Security goofed in breaking a court injunction, it was an "isolated" incident and vowing it won't happen again. Published May 28, 2015

Rep. Peter T. King, New York Republican, said that his hearings on homegrown Muslim terrorism in 2011 have been vindicated in the ensuing years after many American Muslims have traveled overseas to join the Islamic State organization's ongoing campaign of terror. (associated press)

Rand Paul ‘totally unqualified’ to be president: Peter King

Rep. Peter King of New York on Thursday became the latest Republican to level criticism at Sen. Rand Paul over Mr. Paul's recent comments attributing the rise of the Islamic State to GOP hawks, labeling Mr. Paul an "isolationist" who "belongs back in the 1930s," "does not belong in the Republican party," and is "totally unqualified to be commander in chief." Published May 28, 2015

The Supreme Court (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Cecilia Munoz: Immigration case could end up before Supreme Court

A top White House official acknowledged Thursday that the legal battle over President Obama's executive actions on immigration could ultimately end up before the U.S. Supreme Court and said winning on the merits of the president's actions is how the administration plans to provide certainty going forward for those affected by the program. Published May 28, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., discusses the recently released tax reform plan, Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

GOP’s top five 2016 presidential hopefuls tied: poll

Five candidates or possible candidates are tied at 10 percent atop a wide-open 2016 GOP presidential field in a new poll released Thursday: former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. Published May 28, 2015

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 19, 2015 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to small business owners at the Bike Tech cycling shop in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The last time Clinton was in South Carolina, it was 2008 and she was on her way to losing the state's presidential primary to then-Sen. Barack Obama by close to 30 points. She'll be back on Wednesday, May 27, 2015, again to campaign for president. This time around, several of the state's African-American leaders predict, she'll find a far different reception. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Hillary Clinton: Appeals court ‘wrong’ on immigration

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton took to social media Wednesday to blast a federal appellate court's declining on Tuesday to lift an injunction against President Obama's executive actions on immigration. Published May 27, 2015

Justice won’t appeal amnesty injunction to Supreme Court

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott predicted Wednesday that the U.S. Supreme Court would ultimately reject a potential Obama administration appeal on the president's immigration executive actions and that Mr. Obama's actions are unlikely to actually go into effect before the president leaves office. Published May 27, 2015