Nancy Benac, Author at Valley News

In this May 6, 2019, photo, special counsel Robert Mueller departs after having dinner at Martin's Tavern in Georgetown, Monday, May 6, 2019, in Washington. For two years, the nation watched and waited as Mueller investigated President Donald Trump and his campaign for potential collusion with Russia and obstruction of justice. The release of Mueller’s report last month provided a long-awaited moment of closure for many _ and an utterly unsatisfying finale for plenty of others. (AP Photo/Al Drago)

Many wait to hear from Mueller

by Nancy Benac Associated PressMay 12, 2019

WASHINGTON — See Bob investigate. Read Bob’s report. Wait, Bob, what?For nearly two years, the nation watched and waited as special counsel Robert Mueller investigated President Donald Trump and his campaign for potential collusion with Russia and…

Attorney General William Barr speaks alongside Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, right, and acting Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Edward O'Callaghan, left, about the release of a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report during a news conference, Thursday, April 18, 2019, at the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Mueller reveals Trump’s attempts to choke off Russia probe

by Nancy Benac Associated Press, Chad Day Associated Press, Eric Tucker Associated Press, and Michael Balsamo Associated PressApril 18, 2019

From left, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La., President Donald Trump, and Vice President Mike Pence applaud in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 4, 2017, after the House pushed through a health care bill. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Analysis: Health Care Vote a GOP Confidence-Booster

by Nancy Benac Associated PressMay 5, 2017

FILE- In this Jan. 20, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump dances with first lady Melania Trump at the Liberty Ball in Washington. Big money from billionaires, corporations and a roster of NFL owners poured into Donald Trump’s inaugural committee in record-shattering amounts, to pull off an event that turned out considerably lower-key than previous inaugural celebrations. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Trump Inauguration Donations Shatter Record

by Julie Bykowicz Associated Press, and Nancy Benac Associated PressApril 20, 2017

In this photo provided by the Library of Congress, taken in 1913, German actress Hedwig Reicher wearing costume of "Columbia" with other suffrage pageant participants standing in background in front of the Treasury Building in Washington. Thousands of women take to the streets of Washington, demanding a greater voice for women in American political life as a new president takes power. This will happen on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, one day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. This DID happen more than 100 years ago, one day before the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson. (Library of Congress via AP)

Women’s March Planned in Washington This Week Is an Echo of History

by Nancy Benac Associated PressJanuary 17, 2017

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2016 file photo, President Barack Obama, wearing sunglasses, waves while boarding Air Force One before leaving O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. From his campaign fist bump to his theatrical mic drop at the last White House correspondents’ dinner, Barack Obama ruled as America’s pop culture president. His two terms played out like a running chronicle of the trends of our times: slow-jamming the news with Jimmy Fallon, reading mean tweets with Jimmy Kimmel, filling out his NCAA basketball bracket on ESPN, cruising with Jerry Seinfeld on “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.” (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)

President Obama’s Popular Culture Profile Both Helped and Hindered

by Nancy Benac Associated PressJanuary 6, 2017

In this photo taken Nov. 3, 2016, Moshe Sherizen, an undecided voter, is shown outside his home in Southfield, Mich. After all the sound, fury, fact, fallacy, bluster and blarney of the 2016 presidential campaign, there still are undecided voters out there. Really. And they’re not just people who’ve buried their heads in the sand. Some thoughtful people just do not know what to do with the choices they’ve been given, yet are determined to exercise their right to vote. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

There Are Still Undecideds

by Nancy Benac Associated PressNovember 4, 2016

U.S. President Barack Obama turns to listen to a question from the audience as he speaks to Vietnamese young people during the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) town hall-style event at the GEM Center in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Wednesday, May 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Japan Trip Faces Constraints

by Nancy Benac Associated PressMay 26, 2016

President Barack Obama walks from Marine One to board Air Force One, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md, Saturday, May 21, 2016, en route to Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska, then to Yokota Air Force Base, in Fussa, Japan, on his way to Hanoi, Vietnam. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Obama Heads to Asia

by Nancy Benac Associated PressMay 21, 2016

FILE - This Sept. 8, 1945 picture shows an allied correspondent standing in the rubble in front of the shell of a building that once was a movie theater in Hiroshima, Japan, a month after the first atomic bomb ever used in warfare was dropped by the U.S. on Monday, Aug. 6, 1945. A movement is growing worldwide to abolish nuclear weapons, encouraged by President Barack Obama's endorsement of that goal. But "realists" argue that more stability and peace must first be achieved in the world. (AP Photo/Stanley Troutman)

President Will Visit Hiroshima

by Nancy Benac Associated PressMay 10, 2016