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David Sherfinski covered politics for The Washington Times. 

Articles by David Sherfinski

**FILE** Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, during a news conference with conservative Congressional Republicans at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Club for Growth gives Ted Cruz, Mike Lee perfect marks

The four congressmen with perfect ratings from the conservative group for 2013 are Republican Reps. Matt Salmon, Trent Franks and David Schweikert of Arizona and Tom McClintock of California. Published February 24, 2014

Former Congressman Ron Paul gestures during a rally for Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli in Richmond, Va., Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Cuccinelli faces Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Tuesday's election. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Ron Paul: U.S. should let Ukraine solve its own problems

Former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul says the U.S. should keep its hands off of the quickly developing situation in Ukraine, arguing that Americans understand "that our interventionist foreign policy is only creating more enemies overseas." Published February 24, 2014

FILE - This Oct. 15, 2013, file photo shows the Supreme Court in Washington the day the court's justices said they would be reviewing whether or not the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped its authority in developing rules aimed at cutting emissions of six heat-trapping gases from factories and power plants. Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, the Court will hear arguments on the unanimous federal appeals court ruling that upheld the government's unprecedented regulations aimed at reducing the gases blamed for global warming. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Supreme Court declines to hear gun cases

The Supreme Court denied requests Monday to hear three gun-related cases, leaving in place an ambiguity about how far the Second Amendment goes in protecting gun rights outside the home that experts say the high court will have to resolve in the near future. Published February 24, 2014

Four Senate Democrats, including Virginia's Tim Kaine (right) and Mark Warner (left), have asked the Biden administration's Education Department to investigate the handling of sexual-abuse complaints at Lynchburg's Liberty University. (Associated Press)

Mark Warner: Tea party, ‘Beliebers’ ‘both about equally informed’

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner asked a radio host earlier this month where he could sign a White House petition to deport Canadian pop star Justin Bieber — and now says that devoted fans of the troubled 19-year-old are about as informed as members of the tea party. Published February 24, 2014

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, New York Democrat, told gun-control advocates at a recent event on Capitol Hill that "it's going to be a long battle." Democrats in Congress are now playing small ball on gun control.

Anti-gun forces shift to ‘small-ball’ efforts

Democrats in Congress, following the lead of President Obama, are now playing small ball on gun control after their post-Newtown hopes of significant legislation were dashed. Published February 20, 2014

** FILE ** In this photo taken on Thursday, June 27, 2013, Richard Taylor manager of at Firing-Line gun store in Aurora, Colo., shows some of the pistols that he won't be able to sell after June 30, 2013, because their magazines hold more than 15 rounds. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Supreme Court asked to decide on 3 gun cases

The Supreme Court on Friday will consider whether to wade into a growing legal brawl over the scope of the Second Amendment and how far the Constitution goes in protecting Americans' self-defense rights outside of their homes, with the justices deciding whether to take up three pending gun cases. Published February 19, 2014

The Homeland Security Department's inspector general is investigating the program and the former director of USCIS, Alejandro Mayorkas, whom President Obama has since promoted to be deputy secretary of Homeland Security.

Issues of corruption, fraud in investor-visa program date back two decades

An investor-visa program Congress wants to permanently extend was rife with fraud and corruption from its start more than two decades ago, with hundreds of millions of dollars improperly diverted as government officials lamented a persistent lack of oversight and an inability to investigate or prosecute the perpetrators. Published February 18, 2014

Richard Loving, who was white, and his wife Mildred, who was black, were banished from Virginia in 1958 because state law prohibited interracial marriage. The Supreme Court, in Loving v. Virginia, declared that law to be unconstitutional. Last week, U.S. District Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen invoked the case in her ruling against Virginia's same-sex marriage ban. The Lovings are buried in Caroline County, Va. (associated press)

Va. gay marriage ruling prompts little reaction from Cuccinelli

A federal judge's opinion striking down Virginia's constitutional amendment banning gay marriage has generated emotional, visceral reactions from people on both sides of the issue. But one voice that has been uncharacteristically silent in the wake of the landmark ruling is that of former Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II. Published February 16, 2014

** FILE ** In this Dec. 15, 2012, file photo, shop owner Tamara Doherty paces outside her store just down the road from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Moms group: 44 school shootings since Newtown tragedy

Gun-control advocates said Wednesday there have been at least 44 school shootings in the 14 months since the Newtown, Conn., massacre, including 13 since the beginning of 2014, as the activists demanded Congress return to the thorny issue. Published February 12, 2014