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Articles by Valerie Richardson

Fired acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates is hailed as a hero by Democrats for refusing to enforce President Trump’s order on refugees. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Sally Yates obeyed Obama after immigration amnesty overturned

Former acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates was cheered Tuesday by Democrats thrilled with her refusal to enforce President Trump's executive order on refugees, but she wasn't always as picky when it came to White House directives.

January 31, 2017
Protesters gathered in cities like New York at the weekend to protest President Trump's executive order temporarily banning travelers from several majority Muslim countries in the Middle East. (Associated Press)

Protestors call attention to their causes in Trump’s first week

Tens of thousands of protesters converged on airports, parks and state capitols across the country Sunday to decry President Trump's temporary refugee ban, the largest anti-Trump mass protest since the previous weekend, when hundreds of thousands gathered for the Women's March on Washington.

January 29, 2017
President Trump's son Barron is the first boy since John F. Kennedy Jr. to reside in the White House. (Associated Press)

Barron Trump mockers apologize after social media blowback

A slew of Inauguration Day tweets targeting President Trump's youngest child, Barron Trump, misfired spectacularly as Republicans and Democrats alike scrambled to the 10-year-old boy's defense, prompting apologies Monday along with reminders that presidential children, even in the age of no-holds-barred social media, are viewed as off-limits.

January 23, 2017

Inauguration protests threatening to backfire on the Democrats

From blocking bridges and roads to shutting down Metro, disruptive protests attempting to undermine the legitimacy of President-elect Donald Trump before his first day in office could have the opposite effect — making the new president look statesmanlike by comparison, Republican observers say.

January 19, 2017
The sun sets over the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C., on Wednesday, January 18, 2017. (Charlie Kaijo/The Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Inauguration protests threaten to backfire on Democrats

From blocking bridges and roads to shutting down Metro, disruptive protests attempting to undermine the legitimacy of President-elect Donald Trump before his first day in office could have the opposite effect -- making the new president look statesmanlike by comparison, Republican observers say.

January 19, 2017
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Democrat and a fierce critic of Donald Trump, has been interrogating some of his Cabinet nominees on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump opponents’ role permanent

Is the political left getting ahead of itself in bashing and trashing the Trump White House? Or are Democrats and left-wing groups gearing up for perpetual protest -- a never-ending onslaught of dissent and criticism aimed at delegitimizing the Trump presidency, discrediting the Trump administration and demonizing all things Trump?

January 19, 2017