Valerie Richardson
Articles by Valerie Richardson
Group withdraws MLB All-Star Game lawsuit after judge refuses to block move to Denver
A free-market group has withdrawn its lawsuit against Major League Baseball for pulling the All-Star Game out of Atlanta after a judge denied a request to stop the event from being moved to Denver. Published June 22, 2021
New Zealand prime minister backs transgender weightlifter’s selection for Olympics
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern defended Tuesday the selection of transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard to compete in the Tokyo Olympics, weighing in on the fraught debate between discrimination and fairness in women's athletics. Published June 22, 2021
Olympics hit with backlash after first-ever transgender athlete qualifies on women’s side
New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard made history Sunday when she became the first openly transgender athlete chosen for the Olympics, but those fighting to keep biological males out of women's sports say she only proves their point. Published June 21, 2021
DeSantis edges Trump among conservatives in 2024 presidential approval straw poll
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis edged former President Trump in a weekend presidential straw poll conducted at the annual Western Conservative Summit in Denver. Published June 20, 2021
Obama’s BLM director pulls support for Tracy Stone-Manning over tree-spiking incident
President Barack Obama's first Bureau of Land Management director has pulled his support for Tracy Stone-Manning, saying she should withdraw her nomination to head the agency over her involvement in a tree-spiking case three decades ago. Published June 20, 2021
Portland police union blames officials who demonized cops for mass riot-squad resignation
Serving on the Portland Police Bureau's Rapid Response Team was literally a thankless job, according to the head of the police union. Published June 19, 2021
Mayhem ensues as Antifa converges on Western Conservative Summit in Denver
Antifa activists brought chaos as they descended Friday on the annual Western Conservative Summit in Denver, drawn by favorite targets such as Oregon journalist Andy Ngo and Rep. Lauren Boebert, Colorado Republican. Published June 19, 2021
‘The Holy Spirit was in my car’: How Colorado baker Jack Phillips became a Christian
Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips may be one of the nation's best-known Christians, but he wasn't always a believer. Published June 18, 2021
Feds call for peace in Portland after entire police protest unit resigns
Federal officials in Oregon called Friday for a deescalating of tensions in Portland in response to the mass resignation of the 50-member police protest squad after one of its officers was charged with assault. Published June 18, 2021
Texas governor fights woke revisionist history, signs bill defending Alamo legacy
The defenders of the Alamo went down to defeat nearly two centuries ago, but still raging is the clash over the legacy of the storied Texas Revolution battle that gave rise to the cry, "Remember the Alamo!" Published June 17, 2021
Biden DOJ sides with transgender athletes against West Virginia’s female-sports law
The Justice Department lined up Thursday against states with newly passed laws banning transgender participation in women's sports and gender-reassignment treatment for minors, arguing that the measures violate federal law. Published June 17, 2021
Tracy Stone-Manning, BLM nominee, hammered over tree-spiking incident
Republican senators took advantage of Thursday's hearing on the U.S. Forest Service budget to torch Tracy Stone-Manning, President Biden's pick to head the Bureau of Land Management, over her connection to a notorious tree-spiking case. Published June 17, 2021
Transgender athlete named as alternate to U.S. Olympic women’s BMX team
No openly male-to-female transgender athlete has ever competed on the women's side in the Olympics, but Chelsea Wolfe is coming close. Published June 17, 2021
Judge rejects Biden attempt to pause oil, gas leases on federal lands
The Biden administration came under pressure Wednesday to resume leasing sales for oil and gas drilling on federal lands and waters after a federal judge handed Republican attorneys general a victory by blocking President Biden's moratorium. Published June 16, 2021
Biden’s public-lands pick runs into GOP buzz saw over links to timber sabotage
Tracy Stone-Manning could have told law enforcement after she learned that a friend had driven potentially lethal railroad spikes into trees to stop a timber sale in Idaho's Clearwater National Forest, but she didn't. Published June 16, 2021
House ethics committee drops Jan. 6 Capitol riot complaints against Reps. Brooks, Gosar
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Washington Democrat, is now 0-for-3 in her ethics complaints against the House Republicans whom she accused of instigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Published June 15, 2021
White House denies report Vatican nixed papal Mass with Biden
The White House denied Tuesday a report saying that the Vatican scuttled an early plan for President Biden to attend Mass and receive communion from Pope Francis as part of the president's current European trip. Published June 15, 2021
GOP escalates response to Ilhan Omar’s comments, calls for removal from House panel
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and he promised he would do so if Republicans take the majority in the House, speaking to "Fox and Friends." Published June 15, 2021
House ethics committee dismisses Jan. 6 complaint against Rep. Lauren Boebert
Rep. Lauren Boebert, Colorado Republican, announced Monday that she was cleared by the House ethics committee of allegations stemming from a complaint accusing her of "instigating and aiding" the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Published June 14, 2021
Pipeline protesters lose key battle as Minnesota court sides with Enbridge Line 3
The Minnesota Court of Appeals handed pipeline protesters a defeat Monday with a ruling in favor of the Enbridge Line 3 as activists kept up their efforts to disrupt construction on the hotly contested project. Published June 14, 2021
