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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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Harrison Ford arrives at the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Harrison Ford: ‘Stop giving power’ to climate skeptics

A thunderous Harrison Ford told a crowd Thursday to "stop giving power to people who don't believe in science" in an apparent rebuke to voters who support candidates leery of catastrophic climate-change scenarios. Published September 13, 2018

FILE- In this Dec. 5, 2017, file photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., waits to speak during a meeting of the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. As Warren edges toward a possible challenge of President Donald Trump in 2020, she's been rather awkwardly revisiting something that's caused her headaches and ridicule _ her past claims of Native American heritage. Political analysts _ and some voters _ say Warren needs to distance herself from the family narrative that has inspired the president to repeatedly scorn her as "Pocahontas." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Shiva Ayyadurai’s father, Vellayappa Ayyadurai, occupies Elizabeth Warren’s office in debate protest

The father of independent Massachusetts Senate candidate Shiva Ayyadurai held a sit-in Wednesday at the district office of Sen. Elizabeth Warren to protest his son's exclusion from candidate debates. Vellayappa Ayyadurai, 85, said in a video posted on Twitter that he would remain in her office at the JFK Federal Building in Boston "until Sen. Elizabeth Warren allows my son to speak in the senatorial debate." Published September 12, 2018

In this Aug. 29, 2018, file photo, Jany Leveille, from left, with her attorney Kelly Golightley, and Siraj Ibn Wahhaj with attorney Tom Clark listen to the prosecutor during a hearing on a motion to dismiss in the Taos County Courthouse. Federal prosecutors say the FBI has arrested five former residents, including Leveille and Wahhaj, of a ramshackle compound in northern New Mexico on firearms and conspiracy charges as local prosecutors dropped charges in the death of a 3-year-old boy at the property. Taos County District Attorney Donald Gallegos said Friday, Aug. 31, his office will now seek grand jury indictments involving the death. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, Pool, File)

New Mexico compound clan held in custody until trial

A federal grand jury in Albuquerque has indicted the five Wahhaj defendants on firearms and conspiracy charges stemming from their alleged plot to train children as school shooters at a remote New Mexico compound. Published September 12, 2018

In this Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, file photo, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a town hall style gathering in Woburn, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Elizabeth Warren unloads on Trump administration over stalled Indian casino project

Sen. Elizabeth Warren slammed the Trump administration after it threw a $1 billion casino project into doubt by ruling the federal government could not take land into trust for a Massachusetts tribe, an issue she has championed as she fights criticism over her disputed claims of Cherokee ancestry. Published September 10, 2018

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Kenny Stills (left) and wide receiver Albert Wilson knelt during the national anthem before their game against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. The NFL reportedly has given up on requiring players to stand this year. (Associated Press)

Colin Kaepernick cheers as NFL players kneel

There was plenty of hard-hitting, taunting and questionable play-calling on the first Sunday of the NFL regular season, and that doesn't even include what happened on the field. Published September 9, 2018

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Kenny Stills (10) and Miami Dolphins wide receiver Albert Wilson (15) kneel during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

NFL gives up on requiring players to stand for anthem

Despite its vows to resolve the protest controversy, the NFL has reportedly thrown in the towel on implementing changes to its field policy on the national anthem for the 2018 regular season. Published September 9, 2018

FILE - This Aug. 10, 2018, file photo shows a ramshackle compound in the desert area of Amalia, N.M. Five former residents of the compound in northern New Mexico where a 3-year-old boy's body was found last month are scheduled to appear in federal court on firearms-related charges. A hearing Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018 focuses on allegations against Jany Leveille of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition linked to her unlawful immigration status and conspiracy accusations against the four other defendants. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff, File)

Donald Gallegos, Taos DA, let terror suspects to go free

The New Mexico compound leaders suspected of running a terrorist training camp are back in custody, but the district attorney whose bungling allowed them to go free is facing calls for his resignation. Published September 6, 2018