Valerie Richardson

Antifa protest of Ben Shapiro looms at Berkeley

Conservative pundit Ben Shapiro is likely to escape unscathed from antifa protesters planning to wreak havoc during his speech Thursday at the University of California, Berkeley, but the left may not be so lucky.

September 13, 2017

Ryan Zinke clear trees to fight wildfires, breaks with hands-off forestry policy

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke moved Tuesday to combat the spread of catastrophic wildfires by clearing more trees, a policy switch that represents a dramatic departure from nearly three decades of hands-off management in the federal forests.

September 12, 2017

Climate change activists want punishment for skeptics

Calls to punish global warming skepticism as a criminal offense have surged in the aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, but it hasn't discouraged climate scientists like Judith Curry.

September 11, 2017

Hurricanes Irma and Harvey rank seventh, 18th after making landfall

Harvey and Irma were both powerful Category 4 hurricanes that wrought devastation after hitting the U.S. coast, but they weren't unprecedented, ranking seventh and 18th in terms of landfall air pressure.

September 11, 2017

Portland police makes arrests antifa violence at Patriot Prayer rally

Police made seven arrests Sunday as antifa radicals threw rocks and smoke bombs at officers in Portland, Oregon, creating chaos even after a scheduled Patriot Prayer rally was moved to Washington in an effort to avoid the violence.

September 10, 2017

Southern Poverty Law Center seeks Fox News apology over report of hiding revenues overseas

Whenever the Southern Poverty Law Center is cited in the media of late, demands for retractions and apologies often follow.

September 10, 2017

Southern Poverty Law Center demands correction from Fox News over ‘defamatory’ comments

Whenever the Southern Poverty Law Center is cited in the media of late, demands for retractions and apologies often follow.

September 10, 2017

Wildfires in the West revive push to thin federal forests

Westerners are sick of it: the smoke, the evacuations, the moon turned burnt orange by soot, all driven by catastrophic wildfires by now so predictable that they practically have their own season.

September 7, 2017

Betsy DeVos to overhaul ‘shameful’ Obama-era campus sexual-assault regulations

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced Thursday an initiative to overhaul the Obama administration's campus sexual assault guidelines, accusing the "shameful" system of failing the accused and the accuser by creating "kangaroo courts."

September 7, 2017

Conservatives urge media to stop citing ‘discredited’ Southern Poverty Law ‘hate map’

Leading conservative organizations had a request Wednesday for journalists: Stop relying on the Southern Poverty Law Center and its "hate map" as a credible source on political extremism.

September 6, 2017

Southern Poverty Law ‘hate map’ listing costly to Ruth Institute

Being classified as a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center has been costly for the Ruth Institute, a Catholic nonprofit dedicated to combating the breakdown of the family.

September 5, 2017

Patriot Prayer, free speech group, urges supporters to let antifa beat them up in Portland, OR

Patriot Prayer founder Joey Gibson wants to defeat the so-called antifa movement so badly that he is willing to take a punch or even a beating, and he wants others on the right to do the same.

September 3, 2017

Southern Poverty Law Center transferred millions to offshore tax havens: Report

The Southern Poverty Law Center has come under fire in the aftermath of a report showing the liberal nonprofit has transferred millions to offshore entities, including the Cayman Islands and other tax havens.

September 1, 2017

David Daleiden, attorneys fined for contempt in release of undercover videos

A federal judge on Thursday fined pro-life investigator David Daleiden and two of his attorneys nearly $200,000 after finding them in contempt of court for the release of undercover videos.

August 31, 2017

Red Cross donations discouraged by left-wing activists

Activists are discouraging Hurricane Harvey donors from giving to the American Red Cross and urging them instead to contribute to left-wing causes, some of which are advocacy groups engaged in little if any emergency relief work.

August 31, 2017

David Daleiden, attorneys fined for Planned Parenthood videos

A federal judge on Thursday fined pro-life investigator David Daleiden and two of his attorneys nearly $200,000 after finding them in contempt of court for the release of undercover videos.

August 31, 2017

Rasmea Odeh mural pits bakery vs. protesters in free speech clash

Bakery owner Reem Assil has a First Amendment right to display a mural at her shop honoring convicted terrorist Rasmea Odeh, but protesters say she should respect their right to object to it.

August 30, 2017

Mural of Rasmea Odeh at Reem’s Bakery leads to restraining order

Bakery owner Reem Assil has a First Amendment right to display a mural at her shop honoring convicted terrorist Rasmea Odeh, but protesters say she should respect their right to object to it.

August 30, 2017

WildEarth Guardians sues to place Yellowstone grizzly bears back on endangered-species list

The Yellowstone grizzly bear recovery has been hailed as one of the nation's great conservation triumphs, but environmental groups want to place the bear back on the endangered-species list.

August 30, 2017

Nancy Pelosi finally condemns Antifa for Berkeley violence

In a Tuesday statement, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called out by name the antifa, or "anti-fascists," for the first time since Sunday's leftist violence in Berkeley.

August 29, 2017