Valerie Richardson

Catholics frustrated as increasing attacks on churches go unnoticed

Their houses of worship have been torched and hit by gunfire, their statues smashed and defaced repeatedly in the last 18 months, but Catholics are having a hard time getting the powers that be to notice.

September 7, 2021

Human Rights Campaign fires president over his role in Cuomo scandal

The Human Rights Campaign has removed Alphonso David as president of the nation's largest LGBTQ advocacy group, making him the latest casualty of the left's ongoing reckoning over former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

September 7, 2021

Vandals deface Boulder County Catholic church with pro-abortion graffiti

A Catholic church in Boulder County, Colorado, was vandalized Sunday with pro-abortion graffiti in what police described as a "bias motivated" crime, the latest in a surge of national anti-Catholic attacks.

September 7, 2021

‘Scared to death’: Elder blames ‘hysterical’ media attacks on fear of Black Republican governor

California recall hopeful Larry Elder says there's a reason his candidacy has been targeted by media outlets: They fear the Black Republican will break the left's grip on minority voters.

September 5, 2021

Democrats more likely than Republicans to believe false claims on climate change: survey

A newly released survey shows Republicans are better informed than Democrats on several key climate issues.

September 5, 2021

Superintendent: No record of complaints about pro-Antifa teacher before Project Veritas video

Gabriel Gipe appeared to run a veritable master class in left-wing radicalism at his Sacramento high school, but until Project Veritas exposed the social-studies teacher earlier this week, the district had no record of any complaints.

September 3, 2021

Park or pork? House Republicans roast Pelosi over $200 million for San Francisco’s Presidio

Salted away in the massive House budget reconciliation budget is $200 million for a park located in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco district, a line item that looked suspiciously like pork to Republicans.

September 2, 2021

Boebert amendment to bar Interior from paying salaries of ecoterrorists defeated

A House committee voted down a proposal Thursday that would have prevented the Interior Department from paying employees involved in ecoterrorism, a thinly veiled swipe at Tracy Stone-Manning, President Biden's pick to lead the Bureau of Land Management.

September 2, 2021

District seeks to fire pro-Antifa teacher who bragged about radicalizing students

A California school district announced Wednesday that it has placed on leave and plans to fire an Antifa-friendly teacher who boasted about turning his students into revolutionaries in a Project Veritas undercover sting.

September 1, 2021

Climate groups sue after Biden administration revives Trump-era drilling leases

The Biden administration, faced with a court order to resume federal oil and gas leasing, has resurrected a Trump-era plan to offer millions of acres in the Gulf of Mexico that environmentalists describe as the largest offshore sale in U.S. history.

September 1, 2021

Fact-check dings Newsom anti-recall camp for ‘misleading’ vaccine ad

A newly released ad warning that California voters could elect an anti-vaccine candidate unless they support Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has been ruled "misleading" by a leading media outlet.

September 1, 2021

Pro-Antifa teacher brags about turning students into radicals in Project Veritas video

An Antifa-friendly California high school teacher said his mission is to transform his students into left-wing revolutionaries, as shown in an undercover video released Tuesday by Project Veritas.

August 31, 2021

California wildfires fan recall flames as Newsom accused of mismanaging forests

The calamitous California wildfire season is fueling the recall campaign against Gov. Gavin Newsom as opponents accuse the Democrat of inflating his forest-management progress while putting fire prevention on the back burner.

August 31, 2021

Conservative conference cancels book sales after bookseller balks at ‘Green Fraud’

The Steamboat Institute canceled its book sales at last weekend's annual Freedom Conference after a bookseller refused to offer a title critical of the Green New Deal.

August 30, 2021

Slain Marine’s mom tells Biden voters: ‘You just killed my son’

A grief-stricken Colorado mother whose son was killed last week in Kabul pinned the blame squarely on President Biden and those who voted him into office, declaring "you just killed my son."

August 30, 2021

Lockdowns show enemies ‘how to bring the United States to its knees,’ Atlas says

The U.S. pandemic response has provided international bad actors with a blueprint on how to "bring the United States to its knees," according to a former member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.

August 28, 2021

Rep. Lauren Boebert: Slain Wyoming Marine’s ‘blood is on Joe Biden’s hands’

Rep. Lauren Boebert, Colorado Republican, lashed out Friday at President Biden after she spoke to a Colorado mother whose son was among the Marines killed in Afghanistan on Thursday, saying that "his blood is on Joe Biden's hands."

August 27, 2021

Democratic ex-Senate leader Gloria Romero endorses Larry Elder in California recall

Former California Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero has endorsed Republican recall candidate Larry Elder, making her the highest-profile Democrat to break ranks as Gov. Gavin Newsom's political fate hangs in the balance.

August 27, 2021

Biden seeks to regain footing with administration underwater on Afghanistan

President Biden expressed optimism Sunday about the Afghanistan evacuation as his administration struggled to regain its footing after the chaotic military exit, his confident take coming in stark contrast to falling poll numbers and escalating concerns about his competence and credibility.

August 22, 2021

Blinken contradicts Biden’s assertion that al Qaeda is ‘gone’ from Afghanistan

Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged Sunday that al Qaeda still has a presence in Afghanistan as administration officials struggled to defend President Biden's insistence that the terrorist group is "gone."

August 22, 2021