Kelly Riddell

Minimum wage for you and me, but not for thee

Los Angeles union members are requesting the City Council exempt them from the $15-an-hour minimum-wage bill they fought years to enact.

April 13, 2016

Chelsea Clinton worked at $12b hedge-fund, the type her mom rails against

Chelsea Clinton once worked for the type of shadow bank her mother, Hillary Clinton, is now railing against on the presidential campaign trail.

April 13, 2016

Equal pay for equal work, yet Hillary pays female aides 88 cents for every $1 a man makes

Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign paid women 88 cents for each dollar earned by men. Nationally, women earn 79 cents to every dollar a male makes.

April 12, 2016

Some conservatives think a 2016 loss will lead to victories in 2018 — they’re wrong

There's a line of thinking going on in conservative circles that if the GOP loses the 2016 presidential election, it positions the Republican Party as stronger in the 2018 and 2020 contests.

April 12, 2016

In rich irony, Hillary Clinton blames Bernie Sanders for rigging political system

Oh, boy. Now Hillary Clinton's team is saying Vermont Sen. Bernard Sanders' is rigging the system.

April 12, 2016

Donald Trump team realizes if they don’t win on first ballot, they walk away with nothing

Donald Trump's campaign seems to know if they don't get the 1,237 delegates needed to win the first round of voting at the Republican National Convention, the business-mogul will walk away from Cleveland empty-handed.

April 12, 2016

New York’s restrictive voting laws bars Ivanka, Eric Trump from voting — helps Hillary Clinton

So Ivanka and Eric Trump forgot to register to vote for their father, businessman Donald Trump, the GOP presidential front-runner.

April 11, 2016

GOP vitriol against Trump only helps Hillary Clinton

After eight years surviving under the liberal policies of President Obama, whatever state the Republican Party and conservative values are in will surely weaken under four years of Hillary Clinton's rule.

April 11, 2016

Bernie Sanders’ pandering for black votes dismisses truth: Bill Clinton was right

The Democratic race for the White House has become silly -- it's based on false, happy, politically-correct narratives instead of basic truths and realities.

April 11, 2016

Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are right: The political game is rigged

The U.S. political system is gamed toward the insiders. Just ask Republican Donald Trump or Democratic insurgent Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont.

April 11, 2016

KELLY RIDDELL: How Republicans can unite

While Republicans stand in a circular firing squad, choosing their presidential nominee in a process that looks a lot like the "Hunger Games," Republican political operatives should be joining forces in a #NeverHillary effort.

April 7, 2016

Black Lives Matter protestors target Bill on campaign trail; he throws Biden under the bus

Bill Clinton is having a tough go of it on the campaign trail.

April 7, 2016

John Kasich, your time has come

The internet is mocking Ohio Gov. John Kasich. I hope he's paying attention.

April 7, 2016

U.S. cuts Syrian refugee screening time in order to handle surge

The U.S. is about to start accepting a surge of Syrian refugees -- all vetted in less time than originally anticipated by the federal government.

April 7, 2016

No, the Republican Party isn’t falling apart

The mainstream media would like you to believe the Republican Party is heading toward its own destruction, that its small-government, conservative values are no longer applicable in today's changing, more liberal culture. Nothing could be further from the truth.

April 6, 2016

New York values set to rejuvenate Donald Trump’s campaign

Donald Trump's presidential ambitions may have hit a snag in Wisconsin, but he's poised to win New York, where voters don't care about the businessman's waffling positions on abortion or the fact he'd like to replace U.S. military forces in Asia with nuclear weapons.

April 6, 2016

Roger Stone, Trump ally, threatens delegates on radio program

As the Trump campaign struggles to detach itself from a thuggish reputation, an old ally has done them no favors.

April 5, 2016

Ted Cruz deserves your respect

No matter what happens on Tuesday night, one thing is for sure: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has run one heck of a campaign.

April 5, 2016

Hillary Clinton may lose Wisconsin, but she’ll win the Democratic nomination

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's team sent an email to supporters on Monday saying they could lose Wisconsin -- warning "the nomination isn't locked up yet."

April 5, 2016

‘Choose Life’ plates killed in Neb. after detractors demand ‘and Freedom of Choice’ must be added

Nebraskan lawmakers are so partisan that they're unwilling to bend when it comes to providing increased funding for prenatal-care facilities.

April 5, 2016