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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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In this Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, file photo, Leana Wen, of Boston, left, who is doing her medical residency in emergency medicine at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, speaks with Josh Kosowsky, clinical director of emergency medicine, right, in the emergency department at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston. Wen chose emergency medicine because the hours are more flexible than those of primary care physicians. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) ** FILE **

Planned Parenthood funding squeezed by Title X abortion reforms

Republicans have a long way to go in their bid to defund Planned Parenthood, but the Trump administration has leveraged a federal family-planning grant program to put the squeeze on the reproductive health care and abortion giant. Published April 2, 2019

Caravans of Central Americans and Cubans making their way through Mexico are worsening the crisis at the U.S. border, and people at ports of entry will feel the strain. (Associated Press)

U.S.-Mexico border ‘illegal immigration superhighway’

Anyone crossing the U.S.-Mexico border could end up stuck in longer lines as officers are pulled from the land ports of entry and deployed to help the Border Patrol transport, feed and see to the medical needs of the tens of thousands of people streaming illegally into the U.S. each week. Published March 31, 2019

In this Jan. 31, 2019, file photo, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with American manufacturers in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Mick Mulvaney defends Trump Central America aid cuts

Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney defended Sunday the administration's move to cut off aid to a trio of Central America countries, saying they need to "do more" to stop the migrant caravans sending thousands to the U.S. border. Published March 31, 2019

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Biden Courage Awards Tuesday, March 26, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Joe Biden addresses Lucy Flores’ accusations of unwanted touching

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden said Sunday that he never intended to act inappropriately after former Nevada legislator Lucy Flores accused him of touching, smelling her hair, and kissing the back of her head at a 2014 campaign rally. Published March 31, 2019

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Biden Courage Awards Tuesday, March 26, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Lucy Flores accusations threaten Joe Biden 2020 bid

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden sought over the weekend to defend himself after being accused of inappropriately touching, smelling and kissing a Nevada Democratic candidate during her 2014 campaign for lieutenant governor. Published March 31, 2019

In this Jan. 28, 2015, file photo, Jeanine Pirro attends the HBO Documentary Series premiere of "The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst" in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

Jeanine Pirro returns to Fox News after Ilhan Omar flap

Jeanine Pirro's show, "Justice with Judge Jeanine," aired for the first time since March 9, when Ms. Pirro touched off an uproar by questioning whether Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar's Muslim faith was compatible with the U.S. Constitution, prompting a rebuke from the network. Published March 31, 2019

In this Feb. 26, 2018, file photo, District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine, attends a news conference near the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Karl Racine restarts ‘Exxon knew’ climate-fraud probe

For three years, former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's dream of holding ExxonMobil accountable for "climate fraud" has been stuck in neutral, but now the District of Columbia is preparing to step on the gas. Published March 28, 2019

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2019 file photo, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx speaks at a news conference in Chicago. Foxx on Wednesday, March 27, 2019, defended the decision by her staff to drop charges that "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett staged a racist, anti-gay attack in January. Foxx recused herself before Smollett was charged last month because she had discussed the case with a Smollett family member. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Kim Foxx says Jussie Smollett treated same as anyone else

Television star Jussie Smollett may be a celebrity who rubs elbows with the Obamas, but prosecutors treated him the same as anyone else when they dropped all 16 felony charges against him, according to Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx. Published March 27, 2019