Valerie Richardson

Donald Trump poised to make history at presidential inauguration

Even before he takes to the podium and places his hand on the Bible, President-elect Donald Trump is poised to make U.S. inauguration history Friday on any number of fronts.

January 19, 2017

Girl Scouts will keep promise to march in inaugural parade despite calls to boycott

The Girl Scouts are sticking by their commitment to march in the inaugural parade Friday despite mounting opposition from Trump foes.

January 19, 2017

Inauguration protests threaten to backfire on Democrats

From blocking bridges and roads to shutting down Metro, disruptive protests attempting to undermine the legitimacy of President-elect Donald Trump before his first day in office could have the opposite effect -- making the new president look statesmanlike by comparison, Republican observers say.

January 19, 2017

Donald Trump opponents’ role permanent

Is the political left getting ahead of itself in bashing and trashing the Trump White House? Or are Democrats and left-wing groups gearing up for perpetual protest -- a never-ending onslaught of dissent and criticism aimed at delegitimizing the Trump presidency, discrediting the Trump administration and demonizing all things Trump?

January 19, 2017

Obama’s EPA refuses to pay claims from Gold King Mine spill

The Obama administration exits with an ugly environmental blot on its record after failing to hold itself financially accountable for the Gold King Mine spill, but Republicans are hoping President-elect Donald Trump will clean up the mess.

January 19, 2017

Donald Trump inauguration boycott grows to third of Democratic caucus

At this rate, there could be more Hollywood celebrities than House Democrats attending Friday's inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.

January 18, 2017

Donald Trump inauguration protests expected to break records

Democrats, left-wing activists and people who just don't like Donald Trump are planning to descend on Friday's inauguration ceremony and related events by the thousands in an effort to start the 45th president's term off on the wrong foot.

January 17, 2017

Hoax ads in two dozen cities offered protesters up to $2,500 to agitate at Trump inaugural

The polished Demand Protest website, the Backpage.com ads recruiting paid protesters for the Trump inauguration: Apparently it was all a hoax.

January 17, 2017

Video shows anti-Trump activists plotting to set off stink bombs, sprinklers at inaugural fetes

Anti-Trump protesters are plotting to derail an inaugural ball by setting off stink bombs and the sprinkler system in order to force the evacuation of celebrants, according to an undercover video released Monday.

January 16, 2017

Democrats hunker down for ‘permanent opposition’ to Donald Trump presidency

For those stunned to see Tuesday's Senate confirmation hearing disrupted by shouts, chants and protesters dressed as Ku Klux Klan members: Get used to it.

January 12, 2017

Eric Holder hire to fight Donald Trump violates state constitution, California Republican says

A California GOP lawmaker is challenging the hiring of former U.S. Attorney Eric Holder to fight the Trump administration, saying it may violate the California Constitution.

January 12, 2017

Dakota Access pipeline protesters stay as temperatures dip

For hundreds of environmental activists, fighting to put the Dakota Access pipeline project on ice was only the beginning.

January 11, 2017

Polar bear conservation group blasts Obama admin’s climate-change alarmism

The Obama administration warned Monday that polar bears may disappear unless something is done about climate change, despite recent research indicating that the bears are actually thriving.

January 9, 2017

Anti-Israel vote makes Democrats break from Obama

With President Obama on his way out of office, the Democratic Party's chilly relationship with Israel is showing signs of a thaw.

January 8, 2017

EPA says water quality back to normal after EPA-caused Gold King Mine spill

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that water quality in Colorado and New Mexico rivers has returned to normal since the massive Gold King Mine spill unleashed by an EPA-led crew.

January 6, 2017

Tensions rise over crime, garbage between Standing Rock Sioux and Dakota Access pipeline protesters

North Dakota's Standing Rock Sioux won a key victory last month in its battle against the Dakota Access pipeline, after thousands of activists descended on the area to protest the project. Now the tribe is paying the price.

January 5, 2017

Bipartisan Senate resolution avoids blaming Obama in call for repeal of U.N.’s anti-Israel vote

A bipartisan Senate coalition moved Wednesday to reject the U.N.'s anti-Israel vote with a resolution that tiptoes around the touchy subject of President Obama's refusal to exercise the U.S. veto.

January 5, 2017

Tom Steyer, liberal billionaire, loses big gamble on Democrats, tops political donors

In terms of bang for the buck, there was no bigger loser in the November elections than liberal billionaire Tom Steyer, who beat his own individual federal spending record but failed to break .500 when it came to backing candidates.

January 4, 2017

Democrats absent from House GOP resolution denouncing U.N.’s anti-Israel vote

A House resolution condemning President Obama's refusal to veto an anti-Israel U.N. measure was introduced Tuesday with the support of 51 Republican cosponsors but no Democrats.

January 3, 2017

Republicans to kick off congressional session with resolutions ripping U.N. anti-Israel vote

Wasting no time, House and Senate Republicans are poised to mark the first day of the 115th Congress with resolutions condemning the U.N. Security Council's latest anti-Israel vote.

January 2, 2017