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Valerie Richardson

Valerie Richardson covers politics and the West from Denver. She can be reached at vrichardson@washingtontimes.com.

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A male walrus pokes his tongue out at his trainer during a practice at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium-amusement park complex in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

Netflix series challenged on claim that climate change causes cliff-diving walruses

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
This undated photo provided by The Pulitzer Prizes shows author Eliza Griswold, who won the Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction with "Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America." (The Pulitzer Prizes via AP)

Pulitzer Prize administrator defends process after prize goes to board member’s wife

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
In this Oct. 4, 2018, file photo, the U.S. Supreme Court is seen at sunset in Washington. The Supreme Court will decide whether the main federal civil rights law that prohibits employment discrimination applies to LGBT people. The justices say Monday they will hear cases involving people who claim they were fired because of their sexual orientation. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Supreme Court grants review in LGBTQ employment discrimination cases

By Alex Swoyer and Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Pete Buttigieghas made history as the first gay candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination to register serious poll numbers. (Associated Press/File)

Buttigieg buzz: Mayor Pete surges in polls while riding rainbow wave

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., listens during a House Oversight and Reform Committee meeting, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. House Democrats are rounding the first 100 days of their new majority taking stock of their accomplishments, noting the stumbles and marking their place as a frontline of resistance to President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rashida Tlaib’s Passover greeting falls flat

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
In this Feb. 22, 2019, file photo, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx speaks at a news conference, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Resignations of two top Chicago prosecutors feeds post-Smollett turmoil

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
This combination of undated photos released by the Jefferson County, Colo., Sheriff's Office on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 shows Sol Pais. On Tuesday authorities said they are looking pais, suspected of making threats on Columbine High School, just days before the 20th anniversary of a mass shooting that killed 13 people. (Jefferson County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Miami teen’s Columbine infatuation ends with her suicide after massive manhunt

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
This combination of undated photos released by the Jefferson County, Colo., Sheriff's Office on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 shows Sol Pais. On Tuesday authorities said they are looking pais, suspected of making threats on Columbine High School, just days before the 20th anniversary of a mass shooting that killed 13 people. (Jefferson County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Sol Pais sought: Mass school closures prompted by manhunt for woman obsessed with Columbine

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
In this Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, file photo, anti-abortion activists protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, during the March for Life in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

With Roe on the ropes, abortion divide grows between blue, red states

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, left, speaks as Rep. Tom Sullivan, D-Aurora, looks on before Polis signs a bill to allow Colorado to become the 15th state in the union to adopt a "red flag" gun law allowing firearms to be taken from people who pose a danger during a ceremony Friday, April 12, 2019, in the State Capitol in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado governor adds fuel to recall fire by signing controversial red-flag gun bill

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Actor Dean Cain shown here in the role of detective James Woods, part of the cast "Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer," an independent dramatic film. (Image courtesy of Gosnellmovie.com/Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney)

‘Gosnell’ star Dean Cain accuses media of lying about abortion film before White House screening

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Steve and Bridget Tennes, shown with five of their six children, are fighting the East Lansing city council's effort to bar them from a farmers' market based on their policy against hosting same-sex weddings on their farm in Charlotte, Michigan. (Provided courtesy of Alliance Defending Freedom)

Catholic farm family fights to stay out of gay-wedding business with help from Colorado baker

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo a sign directs voters to the Denver Elections Division drop off location in front of the City/County Building in Denver. Colorado's Democrat-controlled Legislature is rushing a bill to have the state join others in casting its electoral votes for the winner of the national popular vote. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

National Popular Vote catches fire in blue states as Democrats seek to upend Electoral College

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
In this Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, file image made from video provided by the Survival Media Agency, Nick Sandmann, wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, center left, stands in front of Native American elder Nathan Phillips. (Survival Media Agency via AP)

Washington Post denies ‘anti-Trump bias’ in bid to dismiss Covington Catholic lawsuit

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
House Financial Services Committee chairwoman Maxine Waters, D-Calif., listens during a hearing with leaders of major banks, Wednesday, April 10, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Oops: Maxine Waters grills banks on student loan crisis even though feds took over in 2010

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
In this Jan. 10, 2018 file photo, Cliven Bundy talks to reporters outside Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Headquarters in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Sun via AP, File) **FILE**

‘Simply delusional’: Nevada state judge dismisses Cliven Bundy’s federal lands claim

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., points to guests in the balcony as he takes his seat on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, before President Donald Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Rep. Bobby Rush faces backlash for calling police union ‘sworn enemy of black people’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during the National Action Network Convention in New York, Friday, April 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

GOP lawmaker seeks to force House vote on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif, ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, joined at left by Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, speaks to an aide as the Democrat-controlled panel pushed ahead with their oversight of the Trump administration at a hearing to examine how the Russian government works to undermine its adversaries, especially the U.S., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 28, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nunes sues McClatchy newspaper chain for $150M alleging defamation, conspiracy

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Colorado Gov.-elect Jared Polis jokes with members of the statehouse and Senate before his inauguration at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. (AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via AP)

Recall redux: Jared Polis, Colorado Democrats hit with voter revolt over leftist agenda

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

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