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Valerie Richardson

Valerie Richardson

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

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Philadelphia Federation of Teachers members and their supporters demonstrate outside Samuel Gompers Public School in Philadelphia, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. A mediator will decide if Philadelphia school teachers must return to their classrooms despite safety concerns as the district plans to resume in-person instruction later this month. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Democrats torn between teachers’ unions, parents

Democrats are caught in a political bind between frustrated parents who want to send their children back to school and teachers' unions resisting appeals for in-person learning over safety concerns, a tug-of-war that threatens to ensnare President Biden. Published February 8, 2021

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the nomination of Miguel Cardona to be education secretary on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Washington. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Rand Paul: Impeach Schumer

If the new impeachment standard is inflammatory speech, then Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer should be the next in line after former President Trump, as far as Sen. Rand Paul is concerned. Published February 7, 2021

In this file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., asks a question to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a Senate Foreign Relations committee hearing on the State Department's 2021 budget on Capitol Hill Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Senate Republicans seek to block Biden’s order allowing taxpayer funds for abortions overseas

Senate Republicans introduced Thursday legislation to ban taxpayer dollars from paying for abortions overseas, seeking to reverse President Biden's order reopening foreign-aid funding to organizations abroad that promote or perform abortions. Introduced by Sen. Jim Risch of Idaho, the bill is also sponsored by Sens. Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, and Todd Young. Published February 4, 2021

Susan Ortega, right, gathers signatures on a petition to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom at a "Let Them Play" rally calling for Newsom to allow the state's school children to participate in sports, held in Citrus Heights, Calif., Friday, Jan. 29., 2021. In his efforts to get California schoolchildren back in classrooms, Newsom has met with roadblocks from school superintendents and the the country's most powerful teacher's unions.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Gavin Newsom recall ‘coalition’ seeks to remove California governor

The coronavirus pandemic that blew up former President Donald Trump's reelection bid is threatening to wreck more political havoc, this time on once-untouchable Democratic governors in solidly blue states: New York's Andrew Cuomo and California's Gavin Newsom. Published February 2, 2021