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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

A sign reads "Welcome to CHOP," Sunday, June 14, 2020, inside what has been named the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone in Seattle. Protesters calling for police reform and other demands have taken over several blocks near downtown Seattle after officers withdrew from a police station in the area following violent confrontations. The CHOP name is a change from CHAZ (Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone) that was used earlier in the week. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Seattle ‘Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone’ draws Donald Trump crackdown threat

President Trump says his administration is ready to crack down on leftists who have barricaded a six-block section of Seattle's Capitol Hill, warning that radicals will be encouraged to spread their lawless tactics to other U.S. cities if Democratic leaders don't stand up to them. Published June 15, 2020

Jeannie Lockwood pauses on a hill during the Green River Drift cattle drive, in Cora, Wyoming. The Green River Drift is one of the country's oldest and longest running cattle drives. (Ryan Jones/Jackson Hole News&Guide via AP)

Green River Drift cattle drive threatened by grizzly bear lawsuit

The growing grizzly population represents only one of the challenges on the annual 58-mile trek, which begins Saturday and runs from the high-desert mesas to the Bridger-Teton National Forest, but this year the ranchers face a fresh threat: efforts by environmentalists to prevent the removal or killing of grizzlies that prey on cattle. Published June 11, 2020

American troops approach Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944 - D-Day. (U.S. Army photo/file)

Mara Liasson, journalists compares Antifa to D-Day troops

The 76th anniversary of D-Day prompted journalists and others to compare the Allied soldiers who stormed the Normandy beaches to defeat Nazi Germany to the black-masked anti-cop anarchists accused of wreaking havoc on U.S. cities. Published June 8, 2020

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2019 file photo, then Democratic presidential candidate former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum in Des Moines, Iowa. Now a candidate for the U.S. Senate, Hickenlooper defended his record Friday, June 5, 2020 at a state ethics hearing about travel on private jets he took as Colorado governor, one day after the ethics panel found him in contempt for failing to appear. Hickenlooper rejected claims he violated Colorado law by accepting trips and insisted they either involved personal business or happened while he was touting Colorado's economy to potential investors during his 2011-2019 term. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Hickenlooper violated ethics law by accepting free flights, dinners

The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission ruled Friday that former Gov. John Hickenlooper violated the state's gift ban by accepting free private flights and dinners, a day after he was held in contempt for defying a subpoena to testify. Published June 5, 2020

Civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton delivers the eulogy at a memorial service for George Floyd at North Central University, Thursday, June 4, 2020, in Minneapolis. Floyd died on May 25 as a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into his neck, ignoring his cries and bystander shouts until he eventually stopped moving. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

George Floyd memorial service draws politicians, celebrities

Politicians and celebrities who never met George Floyd -- and family members who knew him best -- gathered Thursday at a memorial service in Minneapolis that was less about his life than his death, which was retold as a parable for the history of black Americans. Published June 4, 2020