Valerie Richardson
Articles by Valerie Richardson
U.N.’s anti-Israel vote fuels Republican calls to defund world body
The resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank could be the most expensive vote ever taken at the United Nations. Published December 27, 2016
Obama’s refusal to veto anti-Israel U.N. vote ranked most anti-Semitic incident of 2016
President Obama's refusal to veto an anti-Israel U.N. resolution was ranked Tuesday as the most anti-Semitic incident of 2016 by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Published December 27, 2016
Outraged critics assume RNC meant Trump, not Jesus, in Christmas reference to ‘new King’
Describing Jesus as "King" is as old as Christianity itself, but the implication was lost on media mavens who accused the Republican National Committee of referring to Donald Trump. Published December 26, 2016
Falwell: Trump Supreme Court picks helped him surpass Bush, Romney with white evangelicals
Nobody would describe President-elect Donald Trump as more devout than former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney or former President George W. Bush, but the casino-building billionaire outperformed previous GOP presidential candidates with white evangelical voters. Published December 26, 2016
Newt Gingrich: Donald Trump will abolish 70 percent of Obama’s executive orders within days
Newt Gingrich predicted Sunday that President-elect Donald Trump will devastate President Obama's legacy by immediately rescinding up to 70 percent of the Democrat's executive orders. Published December 25, 2016
Netanyahu slams Obama over U.N. vote: ‘Friends don’t take friends to the Security Council’
Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday took a parting shot at the Obama administration for refusing to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements. Published December 25, 2016
Professor who harassed Ivanka Trump on airplane hit with bad book reviews on Amazon
A JetBlue passenger who was kicked off a flight last week for harassing Ivanka Trump has inspired a backlash from Trump fans who now are giving his book bad reviews on Amazon. Published December 25, 2016
Trump spokesman does about-face, turns down White House job
Trump senior adviser Jason Miller has changed his mind about working at the White House, announcing that he will pass on the job of communications director. Published December 25, 2016
North Dakota town with growing population challenges Weather Channel’s climate change report
For a burg that's supposedly disappearing as a result of climate change, the town of Minot, North Dakota, is expanding rather briskly. Published December 25, 2016
Sarah Root’s family set for ‘empty’ Christmas despite Donald Trump’s help
There was a time when Scott Root and Michelle Wilson-Root looked forward to Christmas, but not this year. Their 21-year-old daughter, Sarah Root, was killed Jan. 31 by Eswin Mejia, an illegal immigrant from Honduras accused of plowing into the back of her vehicle as he street-raced while drunk in Omaha, Nebraska. He skipped bail. Nearly a year later, he remains a fugitive. Published December 22, 2016
Dakota Access pipeline: Judge tell protesters trying to wiggle out of lawyer bills to ‘get a job’
A North Dakota judge had a message for Dakota Access pipeline protesters seeking to avoid paying their public defenders: Get a job. Published December 21, 2016
Colin Powell places third in presidential race at Electoral College
Colin Powell didn't campaign or raise any money, but he outperformed every presidential candidate not named Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton at the 2016 Electoral College. Published December 21, 2016
Donald Trump wins Electoral College as Hillary Clinton suffers more defections
The Electoral College officially voted Monday to select Donald Trump as the 45th president as noisy anti-Trump protests across the country fizzled, and Democrats ended up with an even worse black eye in the results. Published December 19, 2016
Anti-Trump forces press Electoral College voters to upend election results
State officials braced for an anything-can-happen vote Monday of the Electoral College as Democratic and progressive operatives took their historic campaign to upend President-elect Donald Trump down to the wire. Published December 18, 2016
Tarantula fans fret over endangered listing
Tarantula collectors have no fear when it comes to their favorite large, hairy pets, but U.S. breeders are scared to death of a Fish and Wildlife Service proposal that would list the species as endangered. Published December 18, 2016
John Kasich emerges as choice for rogue Electoral College movement
Despite his protestations, Ohio Gov. John Kasich has emerged as the top choice of rogue electors seeking to throw the presidency to someone other than Republican Donald Trump. Published December 18, 2016
Liberal Hollywood stars reach out to Republican electors to stop them from voting for Trump
A bevy of liberal Hollywood stars have put aside their differences with Republicans in an eleventh-hour plea to GOP electors to convince them not to cast their ballots for Donald Trump at the Monday vote of the Electoral College. Published December 17, 2016
Anti-Trump Washington state electors plan to appeal after judge rejects bid to defy popular vote
Two "faithless electors" from Washington state plan to file an appeal after a judge rejected their effort to unbind their ballots from the popular vote as part of a long-shot campaign to upend President-elect Donald Trump. Published December 15, 2016
Yasmin Seweid made up story about being harassed by Trump supporters, New York police say
A Muslim teen who said she was harassed over her religion on a New York City subway by Trump supporters was arrested Wednesday for fabricating the account. Published December 14, 2016
Harvard professor advising electors behind scenes says 20-plus Republicans may vote against Trump
State officials scrambled Wednesday to uphold the Electoral College process as a Harvard Law School professor insisted that he was closing in on enough Republican defectors to upend President-elect Donald Trump. Published December 14, 2016
