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Valerie Richardson covers politics and the West from Denver. She can be reached at [email protected].

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Co-presidents of the 2019 Women's March Linda Sarsour, left, and Tamika Mallory, center, march along with others demonstrators on Pennsylvania Av. during the Women's March in Washington on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. The Women's March returned to Washington on Saturday and found itself coping with an ideological split and an abbreviated route due to the government shutdown. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Women’s March leaders defend Rep. Ilhan Omar amid anti-Semitism uproar: ‘There’s racism at play’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Abortion opponents hold signs and listen to speakers as they hold a rally on the steps of the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Vermont doubles down on ‘no-limits’ abortion amid late-term backlash

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, gestures as he speaks, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, at Barnard College in New York, where he called for codifying abortion rights into New York State law. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ** FILE **

Most pro-choice adults oppose late-term abortion, denying newborns care: Poll

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who won her bid for a seat in the House of Representatives in New York's 14th Congressional District, at the Kennedy School's Institute of Politics at Harvard University, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Republicans waste no time with ads tying House Democrats to Green New Deal

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
In this Friday, Jan. 18, 2019 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)

Covington Catholic teen’s lawyer accuses Jeff Bezos of ‘double standard’ over coverage

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who won her bid for a seat in the House of Representatives in New York's 14th Congressional District, at the Kennedy School's Institute of Politics at Harvard University, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Democrats struggle to defend much-mocked Green New Deal

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Abortion opponents hold signs and listen to speakers as they hold a rally on the steps of the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

House Democrats reject GOP push to fast-track bill protecting newborns who survive abortions

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who won her bid for a seat in the House of Representatives in New York's 14th Congressional District, at the Kennedy School's Institute of Politics at Harvard University, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez draws laughs, divides Democrats with Green New Deal

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., arrives to hear President Donald Trump deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez highlights offshore drilling rig on congressional website

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
A screenshot taken on Thursday Feb. 7, 2019, from an online fashion outlet showing a Gucci turtleneck black wool balaclava sweater for sale, that they recently pulled from its online and physical stores. Gucci has apologized for the wool sweater that resembled a "blackface" and said the item had been removed from its online and physical stores, the latest case of an Italian fashion house having to apologize for cultural or racial insensitivity. (AP Photo)

Gucci apologizes, removes $890 ‘blackface sweater’ decried as racist

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
In this Jan. 19, 2019, file photo, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, (D-New York) waves to the crowd after speaking at Women's Unity Rally in Lower Manhattan in New York. Democrats including Ocasio-Cortez of New York and veteran Sen. Ed Markey of Mass. are calling for a Green New Deal intended to transform the U.S. economy to combat climate change and create jobs in renewable energy. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File) **FILE**

Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal resolution calls for broad economic, social-justice overhaul

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
A worker cleans inside the hotel before the arrival of U.S. actor and film director, Ben Stiller, and U.S. actor Robert Downey in front of a giant banner promoting their new film, ''Tropic Thunder," at the 56th San Sebastian Film Festival in San Sebastian, northern Spain, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008. The San Sebastian Film Festival, the oldest and most prestigious in the Spanish speaking World, opens with a strong focus on European and U.S. movies. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) ** FILE **

Hollywood faces spotlight for perpetuating blackface as political scandal spreads

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
In this April 11, 2015, photo, rancher Cliven Bundy speaks at an event in Bunkerville, Nev. Bundy has long resisted federal control of public land, culminating in an armed standoff in 2014 on U.S. Bureau of Land Management acreage in Nevada. Some Western lawmakers are arguing that BLM headquarters should be moved from Washington, D.C., to the West, where most public lands are. (AP Photo/John Locher) **FILE**

DOJ files appeal to reverse stinging loss to Bundy clan in Nevada standoff

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Former U.S vice president and climate activist Al Gore makes a speech on acting for climate to participants in a U.N. climate summit that is to work out ways of keeping global warming in check, in Katowice, Poland, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Al Gore faults president for failing to plug green energy in State of the Union

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
In this Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, image made from video provided by the Survival Media Agency, a teenager wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, center left, stands in front of an elderly Native American singing and playing a drum in Washington. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington in Kentucky is looking into this and other videos that show youths, possibly from the diocese's all-male Covington Catholic High School, mocking Native Americans at a rally in Washington. (Survival Media Agency via AP)

Covington Catholic teen threatens to sue 54 news outlets, lawmakers and celebrities

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

David Malpass, Trump’s expected pick to head World Bank, draws resistance

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
"We have laws against infanticide in this country," said Sen. Patty Murray, Washington Democrat. "This is a gross misinterpretation of the actual language of the bill that is being asked to be considered and therefore I object." (Associated Press)

Senate Democrats block GOP anti-infanticide bill spurred by Ralph Northam comments

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Bitter cold creates icy conditions on the Saint Joseph River, near Howard Park, on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in South Bend, Ind. (Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP)

University of Alabama scientists: ‘No evidence’ climate change causes extreme cold

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
In this Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, file photo, Former NFL football player Anquan Boldin, left, Philadelphia Eagles Malcolm Jenkins, center, and San Francisco 49ers Eric Reid, right, speak to the media outside the league's headquarters after meetings in New York. San Francisco 49ers linebacker Eric Reid says he left The Players Coalition because founder Malcolm Jenkins excluded Colin Kaepernick from meetings, and asked players if they would stop protesting the anthem if the NFL made a charitable donation to causes they support. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Anti-ICE, anti-cop group wins NFL-funded grant from Players Coalition

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Del. Kathy Tran, D-Fairfax, applauds a speech on the floor of the House during session at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Tran's abortion bill is erupting into a fierce partisan clash as video of a legislative hearing goes viral. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Rand Paul strategist offers to run free campaign against Virginia Delegate Kathy Tran

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

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