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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.

Articles by Valerie Richardson

Sen. Susan M. Collins, Maine Republican (right), who is known for her bipartisanship, chatted with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Democrat on the Senate subway. She says she wants a Supreme Court nominee who would “respect precedent.” (Associated Press/File)

Susan Collins resists pressure on Supreme Court nominee vote

It's looking like a long, hot summer for Sen. Susan M. Collins, the famously moderate Maine Republican who represents the Democratic Party's best hope for a defection on President Trump's pivotal Supreme Court nomination. Published July 1, 2018

In this Feb. 14, 2018, photo, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., speaks to Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Summit, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. Duckworth doesn't blend in, and that's the way she likes it. The decorated Iraqi War veteran who lost both legs when her helicopter was shot down is an Asian-American woman in the mostly-white, mostly-male and very fusty Senate. And now, with a baby due in April, the Illinois Democrat will be the first senator to give birth while in office. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Tammy Duckworth says abolishing ICE wouldn’t change anything

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Illinois Democrat, broke Sunday with other Democrats and progressives calling for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, arguing that any replacement would still reflect the priorities of President Trump. Published July 1, 2018

The Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia, asked White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave Friday because of her association with President Trump. (Associated Press/File)

Sarah Sanders’ Red Hen experience part of rising leftist hostility

The refusal of a Virginia restaurant owner to serve White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the latest incident in the escalating public hostility directed at President Trump and his aides, raising concerns among some conservatives about the potential for partisan-inspired violence. Published June 24, 2018

In a Thursday, June 22, 2018 photo, father and daughter are provided transport to the airport from the Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center, in McAllen, Texas. The families were processed and released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and then taken to the center, where they were provided with clean clothes, a shower and meal before embarking to their final destinations. (Amanda Voisard/Austin American-Statesman via AP)/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

immigrant family separation won’t change voters choice, poll

Most Americans disapprove strongly of separating parents who cross the southern border illegally from their children, but they also say the issue won't sway their vote one way or the other in the midterm elections. Published June 24, 2018