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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

India’s telecoms regulator has essentially banned a Facebook program that sought to connect with low-income residents by offering free access to a limited version of the social network and other internet services, as part of a ruling in favor of net neutrality. (Associated Press/File)

Net neutrality debate gets unlikely supporters — Russians

Liberal comedian John Oliver and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg received a boost this week in their fight to keep net neutrality as thousands of comments poured in to the Federal Communications Commission -- from Russia. Published July 13, 2017

This Wednesday, April 16, 2014 photo shows Jerry DeLemus, of Rochester, N.H., talks, about heading a group of self-described militia members who have been camping on rancher Cliven Bundy’s ranch near Bunkerville, Nev. Armed backers of embattled rancher Cliven Bundy are still living along a state highway in southern Nevada, almost three weeks after an armed standoff halted U.S. Bureau of Land Management plans to round up cattle he grazes on public land. The BLM says Bundy owes $1.1 million in grazing fees and penalties. (AP Photo/Ken Ritter)

Bundy supporters in 2014 Bunkerville standoff back on trial

The Bundy family's fight against the federal government has created headaches for at least one agency, the Justice Department, which returned to court Monday badly in need of a guilty verdict after a series of misfires in its pursuit of the Nevada ranching family. Published July 10, 2017

Visitors traverse the Great Hall as they enter the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York, Wednesday, May 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Federal arts funding wastes millions on wealthy nonprofits grants

President Trump has been accused of trying to cut off struggling artists by eliminating federal arts funding, but a study released Monday found that taxpayers are spending millions on grants for wealthy non-profits, some with assets of more than $1 billion. Published July 10, 2017

Workers tend to a well head during a hydraulic fracturing operation outside Rifle, in western Colorado on March 29, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Lamar Smith Randy Weber anti-fracking groups funding by Russia

Two key House Republicans have called on the Trump administration to investigate whether Russia is trying to undermine the U.S. energy industry by funding environmental activism as part of a "propaganda war against fossil fuels." Published July 9, 2017