Valerie Richardson

School shootings prompt bulletproof gear, more security

Across the nation, parents and students are taking extra precautions with bullet-resistant gear, while school districts are seeking to tighten their security, expand active-shooter training, and retrofit infrastructure to make it as gunman-proof as possible.

August 16, 2018

Zinke blames green groups for increasing wildfire risk by holding forests ‘hostage’

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said Thursday that environmental groups have increased wildfire danger with litigation that has "held hostage" the ability of federal managers to thin the overgrown national forests.

August 16, 2018

Education Department accuses Omarosa of ‘peddling lies’ about DeVos in tell-all book

The Education Department on Wednesday repudiated as "lies" the sensational claims made about Secretary Betsy DeVos in the newly released book by former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman.

August 15, 2018

Bank of the West climate change stance, fossil fuel rejection sparks coal country backlash

If Al Gore started a savings-and-loan, it might look something like the climate-conscious Bank of the West, and that's become a source of friction in the coal-mining counties of Colorado and Wyoming.

August 14, 2018

Florida police unions cancel Miami Dolphins ticket deal over anthem kneeling

Police unions in Florida are cancelling their discount-ticket deals with the Miami Dolphins after two players knelt for the national anthem at the first NFL preseason game.

August 14, 2018

Ryan Zinke dismisses climate change narrative in push to save forests from California wildfires

As he tours one California fire site after another this summer, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has pressed for more active forest management while throwing cold water on the climate-first approach.

August 13, 2018

Elizabeth Warren’s allegation of racism blasted by Yarmouth police chief

Sen. Elizabeth Warren's blast at the "racist" criminal-justice system may have won her points with the progressive crowd at Netroots Nation, but not so much with the men and women in blue back in Massachusetts.

August 13, 2018

NFL won’t discipline kneelers as anthem protests make preseason return

Football is back and so are the take-a-knee protests, but the NFL isn't planning on disciplining players who refuse to stand during the national anthem--at least for now.

August 11, 2018

Jeff Sessions: Southern Poverty Law Center uses ‘hate’ designation as ‘weapon’ against conservatives

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Wednesday the Justice Department would not partner with groups that discriminate against or defame others, singling out the Southern Poverty Law Center for its "hate group" campaign.

August 8, 2018

Elizabeth Warren snubbed in ‘first Native American congresswoman’ media coverage

Two Democratic candidates are each poised to become the first Native American woman elected to Congress, according to the media consensus, which has prompted the question: What about Sen. Elizabeth Warren?

August 8, 2018

Facebook lifts block on California Republican Elizabeth Heng’s campaign ad

A Facebook spokesperson said Tuesday that the company has lifted its block on California Republican Elizabeth Heng's campaign ad showing photos of the Cambodian genocide.

August 7, 2018

Jacky Rosen’s boast about post-shooting role heats up Nevada Senate race

Democratic Rep. Jacky Rosen's boast about being out "in front" after the 2017 Las Vegas massacre has added fuel to an already red-hot Nevada Senate race.

August 7, 2018

Elizabeth Heng campaign ad blocked by Facebook over Cambodian genocide images

There's nothing profane, obscene or derogatory in the biographical campaign ad run by GOP House candidate Elizabeth Heng, but Facebook blocked it anyway over scenes of the Cambodian genocide, which her parents survived.

August 6, 2018

Elizabeth Warren under fire for jab at ‘racist’ justice system

Republican Senate hopeful Beth Lindstrom called Monday on Sen. Elizabeth Warren to apologize for denouncing the U.S. criminal-justice system as "racist ... front to back."

August 6, 2018

Sarah Jeong, New York Times’ embattled opinion writer: Donald Trump is ‘basically Hitler’

The New York Times said it vetted her social-media history before Sarah Jeong was hired last week, which means the newspaper was presumably aware of her "Trump is Hitler" tweets.

August 6, 2018

NYT’s Sarah Jeong slammed police officers, men on Twitter as well as whites

In addition to maligning white people on Twitter, newly hired New York Times op-ed writer Sarah Jeong also ripped police, men, and even the newspaper's own columnists.

August 4, 2018

SEC drops Exxon climate-change probe in latest blow to #ExxonKnew campaign

The Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped its probe into whether ExxonMobil misled investors about climate change, the latest blow to the environmental movement's bid to pin global warming on the oil-and-gas industry.

August 3, 2018

Trump Putin portrait prank compels Republicans to raises funds

There were plenty of chuckles on the left after a prankster placed a portrait last week of Vladimir Putin near the blank space reserved for President Trump in the Colorado State Capitol, but Kevin Grantham wasn't laughing.

August 2, 2018

New York Times defends opinion writer Sarah Jeong after anti-white tweets surface

Apparently it's tougher than it looks to find editorial writers without a history of racially charged tweets, judging from the recent experience of The New York Times.

August 2, 2018

Knife Rights fights U.S. restrictions on blade ownership

The issue of knife control may sound like small potatoes to Americans wrestling with mass shootings and gun restrictions, but Europe provides a case study on how limiting weapons can lead to crackdowns on pocketknives and switchblades, also known as automatic knives.

August 1, 2018