Articles by Valerie Richardson
New Jersey filed a climate lawsuit Tuesday against five major energy companies and a petroleum trade association, joining the parade of left-tilting cities and states seeking billions in damages over their alleged efforts to conceal the impact of fossil fuel emissions on global temperatures.
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October 18, 2022
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U.S. greenhouse-gas industrial emissions rose during the first year of the Biden administration after declining for more than a decade, reflecting the economic rebound from the COVID-19 shutdown.
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October 17, 2022
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Conservatives have long had a problem with the left's cancel culture, and it turns out they're not the only ones.
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October 17, 2022
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The attorney for one of the 11 pro-life activists recently arrested by armed FBI agents accused the Justice Department last week of seeking to "frighten and intimidate Christians" with its recent campaign targeting anti-abortion protesters.
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October 16, 2022
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Thirteen Republican state attorneys general warned the federal Justice Department against prosecuting critics of gender-transition procedures for minors after leading medical associations urged U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to target perpetrators of what they said was "disinformation."
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October 12, 2022
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The attorney for one of the 11 pro-life activists arrested last week by armed FBI agents accused the Justice Department on Tuesday of seeking to "frighten and intimidate Christians" with its recent campaign targeting anti-abortion protesters.
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October 11, 2022
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They may not have realized it, but those on the left mocking Rep. Lauren Boebert for tweeting "Two Words: Let's Go Brandon!" were actually mocking President Biden.
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October 10, 2022
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House Judiciary Republicans are looking into the FBI raid of a Pennsylvania pro-life activist's home as part of their probe into what they say is the politicization of the Justice Department under Attorney General Merrick Garland.
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October 7, 2022
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The pro-life movement has been in the crosshairs in the months since the fall of Roe v. Wade, and in Joan Jacobson's case, that's not a metaphor.
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October 6, 2022
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It was 10 years ago that Christian baker Jack Phillips declined to create a cake for a same-sex wedding, igniting a court battle pitting free speech against anti-discrimination laws, but the legal system isn't finished with him yet.
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October 5, 2022
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The Biden administration uncorked Tuesday a host of federal guidelines and grants aimed at increasing access to abortion as the White House marked 100 days since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade.
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October 4, 2022
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For 15 years, the Environmental Protection Agency has blocked Michael and Chantell Sackett from building a home on a vacant lot in a subdivision near Priest Lake, Idaho, declaring that the property is located on a wetland. Now the Supreme Court is wading in.
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October 3, 2022
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A teachers' union-backed campaign to overturn Arizona's universal voucher law has failed to gather enough signatures to qualify for the ballot, allowing the state to move forward with what has been described as the most expansive school-choice program in the nation.
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September 30, 2022
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A House committee hearing on abortion restrictions took an unexpected turn Thursday when a Democratic witness who works for Planned Parenthood testified that men can become pregnant.
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September 29, 2022
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The families of three students who survived the Uvalde school massacre have filed the first federal lawsuit in the tragedy, seeking damages from the school district, the city, police officials and gun suppliers in the mass shooting in Texas.
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September 29, 2022
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Senate Republicans demanded answers from the Department of Justice on the arrest of pro-life activist Mark Houck, including whether "political considerations" contributed to the decision for armed agents to arrest him at his home with his seven children present.
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September 29, 2022
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed bills barring male-born athletes from female sports not once but twice, a pair of decisions coming back to haunt the Democrat in her reelection bid as the transgender issue surges to the forefront.
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September 28, 2022
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar was widely ridiculed on the right after implying that a Democratic victory in the November election would somehow curtail hurricanes.
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September 28, 2022
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A Pennsylvania anti-abortion activist arrested at his home pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal charges stemming from an altercation at an abortion clinic, a case fueling Republican claims that the Biden administration is targeting its political foes.
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September 27, 2022
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Faced with the highest stolen-car rate in the nation, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has sought to backtrack on a year-old law downgrading penalties for vehicular theft - and promptly ran into a Republican dragnet.
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September 27, 2022
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