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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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A screen grab from a security camera video released the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows a gunman walking up to sheriff's deputies and opening fire without warning or provocation in Compton, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. Officials say two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies were shot in their patrol car at a Metro rail station in what appeared to be an ambush. The sheriff's department said the male and female deputies were shot in the head and had multiple gunshot wounds and were undergoing surgery. Deputies were searching for a suspect. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP)

Los Angeles deputies ambush, shooting sparks manhunt, outrage

A massive manhunt was underway Sunday for the gunman who ambushed two Los Angeles sheriff's deputies, shooting them at point-blank range as they sat in their patrol car in the wake of anti-police protests. Published September 13, 2020

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, asks a question during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on police use of force and community relations on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Washington. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Ted Cruz turns down Supreme Court job offer from Trump

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, said Sunday he was honored to be included on President Trump's shortlist of potential Supreme Court nominees, but that serving as a justice is "not the desire of my heart." Published September 13, 2020

A sheet of new $1 bills with the signatures of U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is seen, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington. The Mnuchin-Carranza notes, which are a new series of 2017, 50-subject $1 notes, will be sent to the Federal Reserve to issue into circulation. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

ActBlue donations: Half from unemployed givers, analysis finds

Nearly half of 2019 donations to ActBlue, the Democratic Party's biggest fundraising platform, were made by people who listed themselves as unemployed, raising red flags about whether the online processor is being used for foreign or otherwise illegal contributions. Published September 13, 2020