Valerie Richardson

ACLU lawsuit: Kentucky’s photo ID law places voters at ‘dire’ risk of catching coronavirus

Kentucky's newly passed law requiring voters to show photo identification places them in "dire and unnecessary risk" of contracting the novel coronavirus, according to an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit filed Wednesday.

May 27, 2020

Kate Brown, Oregon governor, sued for easing limits on restaurants, gyms but not churches

Two churches have sued Oregon Gov. Kate Brown over her executive order restricting faith-based gatherings to 25 people, calling it "irrational" to allow restaurants, bars and gyms to host larger crowds but not churches.

May 26, 2020

Matthew Shirtcliff refuses to budge on order invalidating Gov. Kate Brown’s shutdown

A county judge in Oregon refused Tuesday to budge on his decision invalidating Gov. Kate Brown's pandemic stay-at-home orders, saying that his injunction will remain in place.

May 26, 2020

Amy Cooper apologizes for calling cops on black birder who asked her to leash dog

A white pet owner apologized for calling the police Monday on a black bird-watcher who asked her to leash her dog in New York City's Central Park, a dispute that quickly spiraled into a racial flashpoint.

May 26, 2020

New York Times lists homicide victim as coronavirus death on page one

It didn't take long before sharp-eyed readers spotted a mistake on Sunday's front page of The New York Times: One of those listed as dying from the novel coronavirus was actually a homicide victim.

May 24, 2020

Colorado State gives $1,500 checks to undocumented students despite $100M budget shortfall

Colorado State University, which is anticipating a $100 million revenue hit from the shutdown, is handing out $1,500 checks to illegal immigrants to help support them during the novel coronavirus crisis.

May 22, 2020

Nikole Hannah-Jones, of 1619 project, draws distinction of ‘politically black and racially black’

New York Times luminary Nikole Hannah-Jones, architect of the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1619 Project, touched off a social-media uproar Friday after drawing a distinction between being "politically black and being racially black."

May 22, 2020

BlackRock skirts question about China, climate stance at annual meeting

BlackRock grappled with a couple of political landmines Thursday at its annual shareholders' meeting from conservative and progressive activists seeking to pin down the world's largest asset manager on climate change and social justice.

May 21, 2020

Norma McCorvey, ‘Jane Roe,’ claim she was paid to oppose abortion is false, pro-life allies say

A former attorney for the late Norma McCorvey, the "Jane Roe" in the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, denied as "patently false" her bombshell claim in an upcoming FX documentary that she was paid to lie about her pro-life conversion.

May 20, 2020

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink ripped over climate change, social justice agenda

BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager that endured years of pressure and protests from the left, announced in January that it would embrace a climate change and social justice agenda -- and then the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

May 20, 2020

Bill de Blasio defends busting Orthodox Jewish school yeshiva gathering

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio defended Tuesday his crackdown on an underground yeshiva, saying it was "absolutely unacceptable" for the Orthodox Jewish school to violate the city's pandemic order against large gatherings.

May 19, 2020

National parks begin reopening over objections of Democrats, environmentalists

The Trump administration has begun cautiously reopening Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon and other national parks shuttered in March by the coronavirus pandemic, despite ongoing objections from Democrats and environmentalists.

May 19, 2020

Coronavirus ‘probable’ cases in December move up U.S timeline

The record shows that the first confirmed U.S. case of the novel coronavirus was Jan. 21 in Snohomish County, Washington, but not even the county health officer believes that anymore, calling it "clearly false."

May 18, 2020

Kate Brown’s shutdown orders ‘null and void’ by Oregon county judge

A county judge on Monday declared "null and void" the pandemic-related emergency orders of Oregon Gov. Kate Brown in response to a lawsuit filed by churches and residents challenging the state shutdown.

May 18, 2020

Log Cabin Republicans defend Trump’s LGBT record after Biden attack

The Log Cabin Republicans stood up for President Trump after he was accused Sunday by former Vice President Joseph R. Biden of undermining gay rights, blasting the Obama administration for supporting "oppressive regimes" hostile to homosexuality.

May 18, 2020

Peter Navarro blames China for U.S. coronavirus deaths from ‘biological Chernobyl’

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said Friday that the Chinese Communist Party is responsible for U.S. coronavirus deaths, calling the devastating pandemic a "biological Chernobyl that they've unleashed on the world."

May 15, 2020

Anderson Cooper-Donald Trump Jr. feud over CNN town hall escalates

The Anderson Cooper-Donald Trump Jr. feud is on, with the president's eldest son hitting back at the CNN anchor on social media with a tweet of a much-mocked 2008 photo of the journalist in waist-deep flood water, festooned with clown and banana emojis.

May 15, 2020

CNN’s Anderson Cooper erupts at critics mocking coronavirus special featuring Greta Thunberg

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper lashed out Thursday at those who ridiculed the network's decision to spotlight climate teen Greta Thunberg on a coronavirus town hall, starting with Donald Trump Jr., accusing them of fomenting "phony outrage."

May 15, 2020

Pro-life investigator Daleiden sues Kamala Harris, Planned Parenthood for conspiracy

Pro-life investigator David Daleiden has filed a lawsuit alleging California Sen. Kamala Harris and Attorney General Xavier Becerra conspired with Planned Parenthood on a politically driven prosecution of an explosive undercover probe into the fetal-tissue business.

May 14, 2020

Donald Trump fuels coronavirus with climate-change stance, Obama-era figures allege

A cadre of Obama-era heavy hitters led by John Podesta fired up another effort Wednesday to put global warming at the forefront of the presidential campaign, this time by linking President Trump's skepticism of a climate doomsday to the novel coronavirus outbreak.

May 13, 2020