Valerie Richardson

Democratic governors in oil-and-gas states face outrage from Biden crackdowns

President Biden has united Republicans with his oil-and-gas crackdown -- they're against it -- but his aggressive orders have created a bind for Democratic governors in states feeling the heat over his drilling freeze on federal lands and waters.

January 31, 2021

Biden’s order allowing funding for overseas abortion casts pall over March for Life

The 48th annual March for Life was a smaller, more subdued shadow of its usual upbeat self, and not just because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

January 29, 2021

Michelle Lujan Grisham, Jared Polis in bind over Joe Biden drilling crackdown

President Biden has united Republicans with his oil-and-gas crackdown -- they're against it -- but his aggressive orders have created a bind for Democratic governors in states feeling the heat over his drilling freeze on federal lands and waters.

January 28, 2021

Biden reverses Trump ban on U.S. foreign-aid funding for abortion

President Biden made good Thursday on his pledge to rescind the Reagan-era policy barring U.S. funding to international organizations that provide or promote abortions, reversing the Trump administration's stance over the furious objections of Republicans.

January 28, 2021

March for Life adjusts to abortion U-turn with pro-choice White House

In deference to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 48th annual rally scheduled for Friday will be almost completely virtual, with just a small cluster of pro-life leaders holding a socially distanced march in Washington.

January 27, 2021

Biden hit with same-day lawsuit over ban on oil-and-gas leasing on federal lands

President Biden capped Wednesday his one-two punch on climate, thrusting global warming to the forefront of his administration and suspending new oil-and-gas leases on federal land, despite warnings that his jabs at carbon emissions would knock out jobs and flatten the economy.

January 27, 2021

Biden admin. says tribes exempt from drilling freeze after Utes decry order as ‘direct attack’

The Biden administration said that its freeze on oil-and-gas leasing approvals does not apply to tribal lands after a Utah tribe ripped the department for what it called a "direct attack" on its economy and sovereignty.

January 26, 2021

CPAC: Sacha Baron Cohen Ku Klux Klan claim ‘an absolute lie’

Nobody reacted when he walked through last year's CPAC event in a Ku Klux Klan outfit, according to comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, a claim that conference organizers denounced as "an absolute lie."

January 26, 2021

Joe Biden Keystone decision, energy policy conflicts with job creation vow

President Biden promised during the campaign to create "millions of good-paying jobs," but already his administration appears to be moving in the wrong direction.

January 25, 2021

China used Trump sanctions to warn Biden camp about future business deals, says expert

The Chinese government's sanctions against 28 former Trump administration officials also served as a warning to the Biden White House: Cross us and forget about doing business with China after you leave office.

January 25, 2021

Boebert reignites Senate ratification debate with bill to block Paris climate agreement

Rep. Lauren Boebert, Colorado Republican, has introduced a bill to block the Biden administration from reentering the Paris agreement until it receives Senate confirmation, a nod to the longstanding debate over the accord's legitimacy.

January 23, 2021

Biden, Harris commit to ‘codifying Roe’ as pro-lifers decry abortion agenda

President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris recommitted Friday to "codifying Roe v. Wade" on the 48th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion nationwide as pro-life advocates vowed to fight the administration's pro-choice agenda.

January 22, 2021

Utah tribe blasts Biden’s drilling freeze on federal lands as ‘direct attack’ on sovereignty

A Utah tribe blasted the Biden administration's Wednesday order freezing agency approvals for oil, gas and coal permitting on federal lands, including tribal lands, calling it a "direct attack" on Native American sovereignty and self-determination.

January 22, 2021

Chuck Grassley prods Joe Biden to condemn protest violence in Oregon, Washington

Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican, took a jab at President Biden's silence on violent protests Wednesday that included attacks on police and federal buildings in Portland and Seattle.

January 22, 2021

Joe Biden gender-identity order accused of ‘erasing women,’ threatening girls’ sports

President Biden opened a Pandora's box with his executive order on gender identity and sexual orientation, pushing the hotly contested issue of transgender participation in women's athletics from the sidelines to the spotlight.

January 21, 2021

Democrats accused of ignoring latest leftist protest violence: ‘Where’s the outrage?’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has made no public comment so far on the Inauguration Day protest violence by leftists in Portland and Seattle, but the same cannot be said of civil-rights lawyer Leo Terrell.

January 21, 2021

Leftists in Portland protest Biden inauguration; vandalize Oregon Dem headquarters

Far-left protesters rioted in several Western U.S. cities just hours after President Biden's inauguration, railing against the new president while burning flags, smashing windows and tagging buildings with Antifa symbols and anti-Biden slogans.

January 21, 2021

Joe Biden signs climate orders rejoining Paris accord, canceling Keystone XL

Even climate guru Al Gore was impressed with how President Biden wasted no time Wednesday in delivering sweeping executive orders on global warming.

January 20, 2021

China bids ‘good riddance’ to 28 Trump officials with bans on entry, business

China's communist leadership took one final parting shot at the outgoing Trump administration, slapping sanctions Wednesday on 28 former U.S. officials, banning them from entering or doing business in the country moments after they left office based on "a series of crazy U.S. moves on China-related issues."

January 20, 2021

Washington accused of inflating coronavirus deaths after counting woman who died of fall

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has dismissed those accusing the state of overreporting its novel coronavirus deaths, but it would be tough to shrug off the case of Helen Sertz.

January 20, 2021