Valerie Richardson

Peer-reviewed study finds hydroxychloroquine effective, ‘helped save lives’

Hydroxychloroquine was widely denounced as dangerous and ineffective after being touted by President Trump as a treatment for the novel coronavirus, but newly released research found the drug actually works.

July 3, 2020

Ted Cruz blasts NFL’s reported plans to play ‘Black national anthem’

Calls to boycott the NFL trended Friday on social media following reports that the league plans to play the song known as the Black national anthem before all Week 1 regular season games.

July 3, 2020

Father of Black teen killed in Seattle CHOP still hasn’t heard from city officials

Everybody knows the name of George Floyd, and Horace Lorenzo Anderson Sr. wants people to remember his son, too.

July 2, 2020

Michael Shellenberger, ex-alarmist, disputes climate narrative in new book

Environmentalist Michael Shellenberger got off to a rocky start with his book launch when Forbes deactivated his column apologizing for the "climate scare," but the magazine may have done him a favor.

July 1, 2020

Republican ad accuses mobs of ‘erasing history’ with attacks on presidential statues

The Republican Attorneys General Association came Wednesday to the defense of presidential statues being vandalized by left-wing mobs with an ad warning of the dangers of the "cancel culture."

July 1, 2020

Seattle police reclaim autonomous zone after wave of violence, two deaths

Seattle police early Wednesday retook the autonomous zone from Black Lives Matter, carrying out an order from the mayor three weeks after protesters took over a six-block area and named it the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone.

July 1, 2020

John Hickenlooper beats Andrew Romanoff in Colorado Democratic primary

John Hickenlooper on Tuesday won the Colorado Democratic Senate primary, easily defeating Andrew Romanoff despite a series of gaffes, a state ethics violation, and calls from leftist activists for him to withdraw.

July 1, 2020

Green New Deal lite: House Democrats unveil alternative to AOC’s climate plan

House Democrats unveiled Monday their long-awaited Climate Crisis Action Plan, a less-ambitious version of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal that proponents hailed as a bold step toward slashing emissions and critics slammed as a way to "make China great again."

June 30, 2020

Nancy Pelosi slips up, goes half-masked in meeting with George Floyd’s brother

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has repeatedly scolded President Trump for not wearing a face mask in public, but her own mask-wearing technique could use some work.

June 30, 2020

John Hickenlooper campaign for Senate stumbles after series of gaffes, missteps

Once viewed as a can't-miss candidate, former Gov. John Hickenlooper enters Tuesday's Senate primary as damaged goods after a series of gaffes and missteps that have forced national Democrats to spend big to prop up his teetering campaign.

June 29, 2020

Mark Lee Dickson ‘Sanctuary city for the unborn’ expands in Texas

Mark Lee Dickson, with his backward baseball cap and teddy bears, is easily the most recognizable pro-life activist in East Texas, a pastor who has helped persuade one small town after another to declare itself a "sanctuary city for the unborn."

June 29, 2020

Black Lives Matter leader: Black politicians ‘bought off by Democratic establishment’

Despite holding sway in major cities for decades, Black Democrats have become too co-opted by the Democratic Party to make a difference, a Black Lives Matter leader said Sunday.

June 29, 2020

Senate Democrats accused of ‘presidential politics’ in blocking crime bill

Democrats' wait-until-November approach to police legislation is suddenly under attack from both the right and the left as evidence of a new crime wave emerges.

June 28, 2020

Mike Pence blasts Black Lives Matter for ‘radical left agenda’

Vice President Mike Pence declined Sunday to repeat the phrase "black lives matter," citing concerns about the Black Lives Matter movement's "radical left agenda."

June 28, 2020

Mike Pence backs Greg Abbott as coronavirus slams Texas

Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday told Texas it will get whatever it needs to expand testing and combat a coronavirus surge that's forced Gov. Greg Abbott to close bars and scramble for hospital beds after a nation-leading push to lift lockdown rules.

June 28, 2020