Deb Riechmann, Author at Valley News

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2019, file photo, a White House-released memorandum of President Donald Trump's July 25, 2019, telephone conversation with Ukraine's newly elected president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, released Sept. 25, 2019. There were dozens of ears listening to President Donald Trump’s 30-minute phone call with the leader of Ukraine that is at the center of a House impeachment inquiry, and as many eyes that saw what he said.(AP Photo/Wayne Partlow, File)

Anatomy of the phone call now imperiling Trump’s presidency

by Deb Riechmann Associated PressOctober 12, 2019

WASHINGTON — There were dozens of ears listening to President Donald Trump’s 30-minute phone call with the leader of Ukraine that is at the center of a House impeachment inquiry, and as many eyes that saw what he said.White House staffers, working in…

President Donald Trump and Robert O'Brien, just named as the new national security adviser, speak to the media at Los Angeles International Airport, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump picks top national security aide

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, Deb Riechmann Associated Press, and Darlene Superville Associated PressSeptember 18, 2019

President Donald Trump talks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, in Washington, as he prepares to leave Washington for his annual August holiday at his New Jersey golf club. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says he wants background checks, also reassures NRA

by Zeke Miller Associated Press, and Deb Riechmann Associated PressAugust 9, 2019

FILE - This undated file photo provided Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, by Russian Defense Ministry official web site shows a Russian Iskander-K missile launched during a military exercise at a training ground at the Luzhsky Range, near St. Petersburg, Russia. A landmark arms control treaty that President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed three decades ago is dead. The U.S. and Russia both walked away from the deal on Friday, Aug. 2, 2019. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP/File)

U.S.-Russia arms control treaty dies; U.S. to test new weapon

by Robert Burns Associated Press, and Deb Riechmann Associated PressAugust 2, 2019

In this Wednesday, July 24, 2019 photo, Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, questions former special counsel Robert Mueller as he testifies to the House Intelligence Committee about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump announced Sunday, July 28 that he will nominate Rep. Ratcliffe to replace Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, who is leaving his job next month. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Doubts emerge about Trump pick for intelligence chief

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press, and Deb Riechmann Associated PressJuly 29, 2019

FILE - In this May 28, 2019, file photo, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban group's top political leader, third from left, arrives with other members of the Taliban delegation for talks in Moscow, Russia. America began bombing Afghanistan after 9/11 to root out al-Qaida fighters, who were being harbored by the Taliban. Nearly 19 years later, the Trump administration’s negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad says he’s satisfied with the militant group’s pledge to keep terror groups from using Afghanistan as a launch pad for attacks against the West.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Taliban says country won’t be a terrorist hotbed

by Deb Riechmann Associated Press, and Kathy Gannon Associated PressJuly 27, 2019

President Donald Trump listens to a reporter's question after signing an executive order to increase sanctions on Iran, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, June 24, 2019, in Washington. Trump is accompanied by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, left, and Vice President Mike Pence. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump signs sanctions order

by Deb Riechmann Associated Press, and Kevin Freking Associated PressJune 24, 2019

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Washington. Trump declared Thursday that "Iran made a very big mistake" in shooting down a U.S. drone but suggested it was an accident rather than a strategic error. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump calls off Iranian strikes, citing likely deaths

by Deb Riechmann Associated Press, and Lolita c. Baldor Associated PressJune 21, 2019

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 3, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump discusses ‘Russian Hoax’ in call with Putin

by Jill Colvin Associated Press, and Deb Riechmann Associated PressMay 3, 2019

FILE - In this April 15, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn as he arrives at the White House in Washington. Trump on Tuesday vetoed a bill passed by Congress to end U.S. military assistance in Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Trump vetoes measure to end U.S. involvement in Yemen war

by Deb Riechmann Associated PressApril 16, 2019