Valerie Richardson

Cory Gardner stays cool as pro-Obamacare activists target him

Sen. Cory Gardner showed no surprise as pro-Obamacare protesters began shouting during his Friday night speech at the Western Conservative Summit.

July 22, 2017

Randi Weingarten, union leader, blasts school-choice reforms as ‘polite cousins of segregation’

School's out, but the battle between the teachers' unions and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over school choice isn't taking a summer break.

July 21, 2017

Exxon fights $2 million fine for Russia sanction violation

Exxon Mobil Corp. sued the federal government Thursday to overturn a $2 million fine for violating U.S. sanctions against Russia, calling the penalty "fundamentally unfair" because the guidance was changed after the fact.

July 20, 2017

Betsy DeVos urges state legislators to take on foes of campus free speech

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos offered a reminder Thursday to state legislators frustrated by protests shutting down free speech at public universities: You control the purse strings.

July 20, 2017

Colorado fractivists lose campaign to recall local official who opposed fracking ban

The Colorado anti-fracking movement suffered a defeat Tuesday after Broomfield voters refused to recall a local official in an election viewed as a proxy vote on hydraulic fracturing.

July 19, 2017

Paris climate deal exit by Trump reversible, French president believes

French President Emmanuel Macron appears confident that he can coax President Trump back into the fold on the Paris climate agreement, but those who oppose the international accord aren't sweating it.

July 18, 2017

Sea Change Foundation, George Soros support many of same environmental groups

The San Francisco foundation under scrutiny by House Republicans for alleged ties to Russian anti-fracking funding supports many of the same environmental groups that liberal billionaire George Soros does.

July 18, 2017

Women’s March defends Assata Shakur as ‘civil rights leader’ after backlash

The Women's March has unleashed a tweetstorm in defense of fugitive Assata Shakur, describing the convicted cop killer as a "civil rights leader" who deserves credit for her work against sexism and racism.

July 18, 2017

Colorado recall erupts into proxy battle on fracking between green groups, industry

A local recall election in suburban Colorado has erupted into a proxy war on hydraulic fracturing pitting environmental groups against the oil-and-gas industry.

July 18, 2017

David Daleiden in contempt of court for posting undercover videos online

A federal judge in San Francisco held pro-life activist David Daleiden and his attorneys in contempt of court Monday for posting online undercover videos in violation of a court order.

July 17, 2017

Women’s March ripped for celebrating birthday of convicted cop killer Assata Shakur

The Women's March, fresh off its weekend protest against the National Rifle Association, came under criticism Monday for sending birthday greetings to a convicted cop killer on the FBI's list of most wanted terrorists.

July 17, 2017

First statewide bicycle tax in nation leaves bike-crazy Oregon riders deflated

In Oregon, a state known for its avid bicycling culture, the state Legislature's approval of the first statewide bike tax in the nation has fallen flat with riders.

July 17, 2017

Flood of phony foreign filings in favor of net neutrality render comment process ‘meaningless’

So many fake and foreign comments in favor of net neutrality have deluged the Federal Communications Commission that the process has been rendered meaningless, according to an analysis released Monday.

July 17, 2017

Alliance Defending Freedom blasts ‘defamatory’ Southern Poverty Law Center ‘hate group’ label

If there's anything conservatives hate, it's having their organizations labeled "hate groups" by the liberal Southern Poverty Law Center --and then seeing the tag repeated in the media.

July 16, 2017

Columbia settles ‘mattress girl’ lawsuit, supports graduate accused of rape

Columbia University has settled a lawsuit with a former student branded a rapist by his mattress-carrying classmate with a statement emphasizing that he was found "not responsible for any misconduct."

July 14, 2017

Net neutrality debate gets unlikely supporters — Russians

Liberal comedian John Oliver and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg received a boost this week in their fight to keep net neutrality as thousands of comments poured in to the Federal Communications Commission -- from Russia.

July 13, 2017

Most effective way to fight climate change is to have fewer children: Study

Those who want to get serious about tackling climate change should forget about recycling and have fewer babies, based on the results of a newly released study.

July 13, 2017

Klein Ltd. denies funneling Russian cash to U.S. environmental groups

A Bermuda company has denied funneling Russian money to environmental groups after being named by two key House Republicans in a letter calling for a probe into foreign funding of anti-fracking advocacy.

July 12, 2017

Bermuda firm denies funneling Russian cash to anti-fracking groups

A Bermuda company has denied funneling Russian money to environmental groups after being named by key House Republicans in a letter calling for a probe into foreign funding of anti-fracking advocacy.

July 12, 2017

Brian Frosh, Maryland attorney general, sues Donald Trump too much for Republicans

They used to call themselves AGs United for Clean Power, but the Democratic attorneys general who once pursued Exxon might be more accurately described today as AGs United Against Trump.

July 11, 2017