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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 Aug. 10, 2017, file photo, a man watches a television screen showing U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during a news program at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea. North Korea said Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, it will make the United States pay a heavy price if a proposal Washington is backing to impose the toughest sanctions ever on Pyongyang is approved by the U.N. Security Council this week. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Kim Jong-un dubbed ‘Rocket Man’ in Trump twitter

President Trump took a jab Sunday at North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, dubbing him "Rocket Man" after the rogue nation fired a missile over Japanese airspace Friday, the second such launch in the last month. Published September 17, 2017

Milo Yiannopoulos speaks during a Feb. 21, 2017, news conference in New York. (Associated Press)

Milo Yiannopoulos event misses Berkeley deadlines

A major free-speech forum featuring by Milo Yiannopoulos at the University of California Berkeley appeared to be in trouble after the school said Saturday that student organizers have missed a series of critical deadlines. Published September 17, 2017

A protest sign is tacked to a pole before a speaking engagement by Ben Shapiro on the campus of the University of California Berkeley in Berkeley, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Several streets around the University of California, Berkeley, were closed off Thursday with concrete and plastic barriers ahead of an evening appearance by the conservative commentator - the latest polarizing event to raise concerns of violence on the famously liberal campus. (AP Photo/Josh Edelson)

Ben Shapiro Berkeley speech goes ahead despite antifa protests, arrests

Police made nine arrests, a large crowd of protesters rallied, and a nearby building was occupied, but otherwise Ben Shapiro's speech Thursday night at the University of California Berkeley went off without the mayhem that has plagued recent conservative events. Published September 15, 2017

Signs have been posted at the University of California, Berkeley, campus calling for a protest Thursday against right-wing speaker Ben Shapiro. The university will seal off large parts of its campus with a closed perimeter and a "very large" visible police presence. (Associated Press)

Antifa protest of Ben Shapiro looms at Berkeley

Conservative pundit Ben Shapiro is likely to escape unscathed from antifa protesters planning to wreak havoc during his speech Thursday at the University of California, Berkeley, but the left may not be so lucky. Published September 13, 2017

A house in Florida, slid into the Atlantic Ocean on Monday while Irma, downgraded to a tropical storm, was menacing Georgia and canceling flights at the world's busiest airport in Atlanta. (Gary Lloyd McCullough/The Florida Times-Union via AP)

Climate change activists want punishment for skeptics

Calls to punish global warming skepticism as a criminal offense have surged in the aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, but it hasn't discouraged climate scientists like Judith Curry. Published September 11, 2017

In this Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, photo, a wildfire burns through residential areas near the mouth of Weber Canyon near Ogden, Utah. (Benjamin Zack/Standard-Examiner via AP)

Wildfires in the West revive push to thin federal forests

Westerners are sick of it: the smoke, the evacuations, the moon turned burnt orange by soot, all driven by catastrophic wildfires by now so predictable that they practically have their own season. Published September 7, 2017

In the messy aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, the Red Cross is facing opposition from left-wing organizations that want donors to redirect their dollars to help those affected. (Associated Press)

Red Cross donations discouraged by left-wing activists

Activists are discouraging Hurricane Harvey donors from giving to the American Red Cross and urging them instead to contribute to left-wing causes, some of which are advocacy groups engaged in little if any emergency relief work. Published August 31, 2017