Valerie Richardson
Articles by Valerie Richardson
Republicans pressure Klobuchar to stop House Democrats from blocking Minnesota mine
House Republicans placed Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar in an awkward position by calling on her to help them fight Democrats seeking to scuttle a Minnesota mining project expected to bring as many as 2,000 jobs to her state. Published January 31, 2020
WATCH the pro-life Super Bowl ad that FOX won’t air
This year's Super Bowl should have no shortage of controversial ads, including spots featuring President Trump, Michael R. Bloomberg and drag queens, but there was one commercial that pro-lifers say was too hot for the network to handle. Published January 30, 2020
Super Bowl ad for Faces of Choice abortion survivors misses Fox cut
This year's Super Bowl should have no shortage of controversial ads, including spots featuring President Trump, Michael R. Bloomberg and drag queens, but there was one commercial that pro-lifers say was too hot for the network to handle. Published January 29, 2020
Kathy Castor, House climate chair, slammed for urging Google to squelch ‘climate misinformation’
The chair of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis was accused Wednesday of censorship after calling on Google to take action against YouTube videos that promote "climate denial and climate misinformation." Published January 29, 2020
Felicia Sonmez, Washington Post reporter, reinstated after Kobe Bryant tweet suspension
The Washington Post walked back Tuesday its suspension of a reporter over her tweets following the death of Kobe Bryant, concluding that she was not in "clear and direct" violation of the company's policies. Published January 28, 2020
Washington Post hit with backlash for suspending reporter over Kobe Bryant tweet
The Washington Post was hit with a First Amendment backlash Tuesday for suspending a reporter who tweeted an article about the 2003 sexual-assault allegation against Kobe Bryant after he was killed Sunday in a helicopter crash. Published January 28, 2020
Project Veritas unearths more radical Bernie Sanders staffers
Project Veritas released Tuesday the third video in its #Expose2020 series featuring hidden-camera footage of two South Carolina field organizers--paid staff, not volunteers--expressing support for upending the U.S. government and overthrowing capitalism. Published January 28, 2020
James Younger case ignites sex-change debate in South Dakota, state legislatures
The uproar surrounding James Younger, the 7-year-old Texan caught in a parental dispute over whether he should be raised as a girl or a boy, has spilled over into state legislative sessions across the U.S., fueling bills that aim to prevent doctors from using drugs or operations to change the sex of minors. Published January 27, 2020
Trump impeachment coverage craters network ratings
The three major broadcast networks took a ratings hit with their Trump impeachment coverage, drawing fewer viewers than they would have with their regular line-up of soap operas. Published January 26, 2020
Driver killed in crash with Covington Catholic bus after March for Life
A bus carrying students from Covington Catholic High School home to Kentucky after the March for Life in Washington, D.C., was involved in a crash Saturday that left one person dead and several injured. Published January 25, 2020
Union official claims eavesdropping lawsuit intended to ‘stop Project Veritas’
Project Veritas went on the offensive Friday in its ongoing legal battle with the American Federation of Teachers with a video showing a top official saying that the union's lawsuit was intended "to stop Project Veritas from doing the kind of work that it does." Published January 24, 2020
Trump administration threatens to cut off funds to California over abortion-coverage mandate
The Trump administration threatened Friday to cut off certain federal funds to California over its requirement that medical insurers cover elective abortions, hours before President Trump made history by speaking at the March for Life. Published January 24, 2020
Al Gore compares ‘climate crisis’ to 9/11 terrorist attack at Davos
Former Vice President Al Gore raised a few temperatures with his recent comment comparing the "climate crisis" to the 9/11 terrorist attack. Published January 23, 2020
Trump administration replaces Obama-era Waters of U.S. rule by limiting federal role
The Trump administration finalized Thursday its replacement for the Waters of the United States rule, eliminating the federal government's role in regulating the stock ponds, irrigation ditches and seasonal streams encompassed under the broad Obama-era regulations. Published January 23, 2020
Bernie Sanders’ campaign calls cops on Project Veritas in South Carolina
A Bernie Sanders field office in South Carolina called police on Project Veritas investigators seeking comment from campaign officials on a staffer caught on hidden-camera video expressing radical left-wing views. Published January 23, 2020
‘Guillotine the rich’: Project Veritas exposes another radical, pro-gulag Sanders staffer
Project Veritas has apparently snared another pro-Soviet, pro-gulag Bernie Sanders campaign staffer, this one saying in a hidden-camera video released Tuesday that he was ready to "get armed" for the "revolution" and musing about sending Republicans to "reeducation camps." Published January 21, 2020
White antifa activists accused of harassing black conservatives at Denver MLK Day parade
For the ninth year in a row, the Rocky Mountain Black Conservatives marched in the Martin Luther King Jr. parade in Denver, only this time, they were followed. Published January 20, 2020
Australia bush fires blamed on green forestry policies
Australia's catastrophic bush fires have been widely blamed on human-caused climate change, but evidence is mounting that the devastation has more to do with environmentalist policies than fossil fuel emissions. Published January 20, 2020
Jerry Nadler: Republicans seek to ‘smear’ Hunter Biden by calling him as impeachment witness
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerold Nadler wants to see a slew of additional witnesses called during the Senate impeachment trial, just not Hunter Biden, son of former Vice President Joseph R. Biden. Published January 20, 2020
Alan Dershowitz lays out Trump impeachment defense
The Senate impeachment trial of President Trump could be exceedingly brief if legal scholar Alan Dershowitz has his way. Published January 19, 2020
