Elise Viebeck, Author at Valley News

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Biden Courage Awards Tuesday, March 26, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Second woman says Biden too handsy

by Felicia Sonmez The Washington Post, and Elise Viebeck The Washington PostApril 1, 2019

A former congressional aide to Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., says then-Vice President Joe Biden touched her inappropriately at a 2009 fundraiser, the second woman to make allegations against Biden in the past week.Biden has long been known for his intimate…

Senate OKs Bill to Make Lynching a Federal Hate Crime

by Elise Viebeck The Washington PostDecember 20, 2018

Second White House Official Departs Amid Abuse Allegations

by Elise Viebeck The Washington PostFebruary 9, 2018

A intelligence memo is photographed in Washington, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. After President Donald Trump declassified the memo, the Republican-led House Intelligence Committee released the memo based on classified information that alleges the FBI abused U.S. government surveillance powers in its investigation into Russian election interference.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Lawmakers: Memo Doesn’t Clear Trump

by Elise Viebeck The Washington Post, and Shane Harris The Washington PostFebruary 5, 2018

Franken’s Last Day in Senate to Be Jan. 2

by Elise Viebeck The Washington PostDecember 22, 2017

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., arrives with his wife Franni Bryson, left, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday morning, Dec. 7, 2017. . (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Franken To Resign From Senate

by Ed OKeefe The Washington Post, Staff Report The Washington Post, Elise Viebeck The Washington Post, and Karen Tumulty The Washington PostDecember 7, 2017

Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore waits to speak the Vestavia Hills Public library, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, in Birmingham, Ala. According to a Thursday, Nov. 9 Washington Post story an Alabama woman said Moore made inappropriate advances and had sexual contact with her when she was 14. Moore has denied the allegations. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Moore: Misconduct Claims Are Political

by Elise Viebeck The Washington Post, and Tom Hamburger The Washington PostNovember 12, 2017

In this Oct. 4, 2017, photo, a device called a "bump stock" is attached to a semi-automatic rifle at the Gun Vault store and shooting range in South Jordan, Utah. The National Rifle Association announced its support Ton Oct. 5 for regulating the devices that can effectively convert semi-automatic rifles into fully automated weapons and that were apparently used in the Las Vegas massacre to lethal effect. It was a surprising shift for the leading gun industry group, which in recent years has resolutely opposed any gun regulations. Immediately afterward the White House, too, said it was open to such a change. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Regulate ‘Bump Stocks,’ NRA Says

by Mike DeBonis The Washington Post, Elise Viebeck The Washington Post, and Ed OKeefe The Washington PostOctober 6, 2017

Obamacare Repeal Still Alive for GOP

by Elise Viebeck The Washington Post, and David Weigel The Washington PostSeptember 17, 2017

President Donald Trump waves after arriving at Morristown Municipal Airport with his grandchildren, Arabella Kushner, right, and Joseph Kushner to begin his summer vacation at his Bedminster golf club, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, in Morristown, N.J. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump Begins ‘Working Vacation’

by John Wagner The Washington Post, and Elise Viebeck The Washington PostAugust 6, 2017