Valerie Richardson

Poll known for accuracy finds Clinton, Trump locked in dead heat

An independent daily tracking survey billed as nation's most accurate shows Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton knotted in a dead heat even as other polls show her leading the presidential race.

October 24, 2016

Project Veritas videos could land Hillary Clinton campaign, Democrats in hot water

Paying agitators to bait Trump supporters may be sleazy, but it's unlikely to result in legal trouble for the Democratic operatives caught in the Project Veritas Action sting. What may land Democrats in hot water are a number of less-noticed conversations on the explosive undercover videos released last week.

October 23, 2016

‘Selfie ballot’ phenomenon gets warning from election officials

As early voting begins, election officials are ramping up warnings against the increasingly popular practice of posting selfies with filled-in ballots on Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat.

October 23, 2016

North Dakota pipeline protesters’ drone shot after buzzing police helicopter

A drone operated by activists during Sunday's North Dakota pipeline protest was shot at by officers after the aircraft flew near a law-enforcement helicopter, leaving passengers "in fear of their lives."

October 23, 2016

Sheriff warns of North Dakota pipeline protesters’ criminal pasts as more arrests made

More demonstrators were arrested Saturday for infiltrating the Dakota Access pipeline construction site as law enforcement warned about a coterie of activists with lengthy criminal records inside the protest camps.

October 22, 2016

States tangle with voters as illegal ‘ballot selfies’ surge on social media

As early voting begins, election officials are ramping up their warnings against the increasingly popular practice of posting selfies with filled-in ballots on Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat.

October 21, 2016

Clinton operative said she tried to keep staged anti-Trump protests ‘safe’

A Hillary Clinton campaign consultant insisted Thursday that she made safety a priority when organizing anti-Trump protests, including a demonstration that forced the closure of an Arizona highway in March.

October 20, 2016

Hillary Clinton: ‘I know nothing’ about Democratic dirty tricks exposed in videos

Democrat Hillary Clinton pleaded ignorance Wednesday when asked about undercover videos linking her campaign to Democratic dirty tricks before shutting down a press confab shortly after the final presidential debate.

October 20, 2016

Democratic operative plotted to have women bullied by men at Trump rally

The White House moved Wednesday to distance itself from a Democratic dirty-tricks scandal amid Republican calls for an investigation and newly released footage revealing that a Hillary Clinton campaign consultant schemed to have women bullied at a Donald Trump rally.

October 19, 2016

Ted Cruz calls for criminal probe into visits by ‘voter fraud operative’ to Obama White House

Sen. Ted Cruz called for a "serious criminal investigation" into multiple visits to the White House by Democratic consultant Robert Creamer after undercover videos showed he was involved in hiring protesters to disrupt Donald Trump events.

October 19, 2016

Former Greenpeace leader defies environmentalists by defending fracking

A former Greenpeace leader butted heads Tuesday with the anti-fracking movement by insisting that hydraulic fracturing is needed to help fight global warming.

October 19, 2016

North Dakotans seek federal aid after livestock butchered near pipeline protest

The North Dakota congressional delegation called Tuesday on the Obama administration to kick in funding for law enforcement following attacks on livestock near the Dakota Access pipeline protest camp.

October 19, 2016

Undercover video shows Democrats saying they hire agitators to disrupt Donald Trump events

Two top Democratic strategists have exited the presidential campaign after explosive undercover videos showed them discussing voter fraud and their roles in planting paid agitators at campaign events for Republican candidate Donald Trump.

October 18, 2016

Firebombed Orange County GOP office accustomed to scorn

The firebomb that gutted the Orange County GOP headquarters Sunday represented a first for local Republicans, but not the graffiti calling them "Nazi Republicans."

October 17, 2016

Darryl Glenn, Casper Stockham buck Colorado ‘Republicans are racist’ claims

The "Republicans are racist" narrative pushed by Democrats has been a tough sell this year in Colorado, maybe because there are too many black Republican candidates.

October 17, 2016

Exxon moves to block N.Y., Mass. climate-change subpoenas as Democratic probe stumbles

Six months after picking a legal fight with Exxon Mobil Corp. over global warming, Democratic attorneys general now find themselves on the hot seat.

October 17, 2016

N.C. GOP office firebombed, vandals warn ‘Nazi Republicans, leave town or else’

A North Carolina Republican Party office suffered major damage after being firebombed late Saturday or early Sunday in what a party official described as a "hate crime," and which presidential nominee Donald Trump promptly blamed on rival Hillary Clinton.

October 16, 2016

Leonardo DiCaprio urged to quit U.N. post amid Malaysian corruption probe

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio is being urged by environmentalists to step down from his U.N. climate change position over his connection to a Malaysian money-laundering scandal under investigation by the Justice Department.

October 16, 2016

Bob Dylan’s Nobel prize sets off literature debate

The Nobel Committee for Literature touched off a furious debate Thursday by awarding its prize to Bob Dylan, the first time in its 115-year history that the prestigious award has gone to a songwriter.

October 13, 2016

Obama backs activists as Dakota Access pipeline protest spirals out of control

The Obama administration has come under fire for aligning itself with activists fighting a North Dakota pipeline project even as the protest at the 2-month-old encampment spirals out of control.

October 12, 2016