Valerie Richardson

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

December 14, 2016

Gun-control ‘propaganda’ film ‘Miss Sloane’ goes down as historic box-office bomb

Second Amendment fans are grinning as they watch the Hollywood gun-control film "Miss Sloane" bomb in historic fashion at the box office.

December 14, 2016

Abortion foes await next Congress to score series of victories

For six years, Rep. Diane Black has fought a losing battle against Planned Parenthood and its pro-choice allies in Congress, but the Tennessee Republican says that dynamic is about to shift.

December 13, 2016

Hamilton Electors’ ‘faithless’ are replaceable, Colorado judge rules

If Democratic electors in Colorado refuse to vote for Hillary Clinton, then they can be replaced by others who will follow the law, a judge ruled Tuesday.

December 13, 2016

Judge rejects Democratic electors’ bid to unbind votes as anti-Trump ‘political stunt’

Two Colorado Democratic electors have lost their bid to break with the popular vote after a federal judge threw out their motion, calling it a "political stunt."

December 13, 2016

Al Gore set to release sequel to ‘An Inconvenient Truth’

Former Vice President Al Gore plans to unveil in January a sequel to "An Inconvenient Truth," his widely lauded but hotly disputed 2006 climate-change documentary.

December 13, 2016

Sheriffs: Obama should be ‘ashamed’ for abandoning North Dakota as pipeline protests rage

In a blistering letter to Mr. Obama released Monday, a dozen law-enforcement officials accused the administration of fanning the flames of the Dakota Access pipeline protest and then refusing to help local law enforcement stuck with trying to maintain order.

December 12, 2016

Nancy Pelosi’s daughter leads electors demanding intel briefing on Russia’s ties to Donald Trump

The accusations of Russian interference in the November presidential election have provided a last-minute lifeline for the long-shot effort to head off Donald Trump at the Electoral College.

December 12, 2016

Donald Trump promises to resolve Dakota Access pipeline impasse ‘very quickly’ after taking office

President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday he planned to resolve the Dakota Access oil pipeline standoff "very quickly" after taking office if necessary as the action moves from the camps to the courtroom.

December 12, 2016

Reince Priebus rewarded with chief of staff post after guiding GOP through ‘revolution’

It wasn't long ago that Reince Priebus looked like a quarterback on the verge of being sacked.

December 11, 2016

Hillary Clinton breaks President Obama’s 2012 spending record with $1.2 billion campaign

He may be a billionaire, but President-elect Donald Trump showed during the presidential race that he knows how to stretch a buck.

December 10, 2016

Dakota Access protesters tap into pipeline of cash with $11M haul on crowdfunding sites

Dakota Access activists have tapped into a pipeline of cash on crowdfunding websites, raising more than $11 million but also concerns about scammers who may be profiting off the high-profile protest.

December 9, 2016

Dakota Access pipeline: Veterans dump on Dakota Access protest

For veterans prepared to put their lives on the line to help the Standing Rock Sioux stop the Dakota Access pipeline, this week's protest didn't quite live up to the hype.

December 8, 2016

DDT ban — not global warming — to blame for U.S. mosquito eruption: Study

The U.S. mosquito population is on the rise, but don't blame climate change. Blame the ban on the insecticide DDT.

December 8, 2016