Valerie Richardson

Donald Trump: ‘Resist’ movement has backfired on Dems by turning off voters with ‘terrible’ message

President Trump said Sunday that the left's "resist" campaign has backfired on Democrats by saddling them with a "terrible theme" that voters are rejecting.

June 25, 2017

Rand Paul, GOP health care holdout, says he might vote for 80 percent repeal on Obamacare

Sen. Rand Paul, one of the GOP holdouts on the Senate health care bill, said Sunday he would be willing to support a partial rollback of Obamacare.

June 25, 2017

Rick Santorum predicts Senate health care bill will pass with 50 votes, conservative support

Former Sen. Rick Santorum predicted that the Republican health care bill will pass the Senate with exactly 50 votes.

June 25, 2017

Rep. Adam Schiff: Obama’s failure to counter Russia election meddling ‘very serious mistake’

The ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said Sunday the Obama administration should have done more to counter Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

June 25, 2017

Sen. Bernie Sanders rips California Democrats for pulling $400B single-payer bill, calls for vote

Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont lashed out Saturday at California Democrats for shelving an ambitious single-payer health care bill and urged them to vote on the legislation, which is estimated to cost $400 billion per year.

June 24, 2017

‘Handmaid’ hysteria? Cloaked activists protest Mike Pence in Colorado as dystopian drama spurs left

At first glance it looked as if a dozen pilgrims had a problem with Vice President Mike Pence's speech Friday at Focus on the Family, but the women wearing red cloaks and white bonnets had nothing to do with Thanksgiving.

June 24, 2017

Election Integrity Project California dirty voter rolls ripe for fraud

California says that nearly 78 percent of its eligible residents are registered to vote, but election fraud watchdog Linda Paine insists the figure is significantly higher.

June 22, 2017

Grizzly bears to be removed from federal endangered-species list

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced Thursday that the grizzly bears of Yellowstone National Park will be removed from the endangered-species list this summer, describing the population's recovery as a conservation success story.

June 22, 2017

Car crashes leap in states with legalized marijuana: Study

Insurance claims for car crashes have jumped since recreational marijuana was legalized in Colorado, Washington and Oregon, spurring concerns about traffic safety as more drivers take to the roads under the influence.

June 22, 2017

Bears Ears monument information sought by Democrats available on Google

House Democrats demanding transparency on the Interior Department's national-monument review process might want to start by checking Google, according to House Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop.

June 21, 2017

Most Democrats would consider voting for third-party presidential candidate in 2020: Poll

The Democratic Party, locked in a power struggle between liberals and progressives, has more to fear from the rise of a third-party candidate in 2020 than the GOP, according to a newly released poll.

June 20, 2017

Atheist group scores win as judge reluctantly orders cross removed from Florida park

A federal judge on Monday reluctantly ordered the removal of the Bayview Cross from a public park in Pensacola, Florida, explaining that U.S. Supreme Court precedent left him little choice.

June 19, 2017

Gal Gadot, ‘Wonder Woman’ star, leaves left in quandary with army training, Palestine opposition

"Wonder Woman" has progressives in a quandary: Should the left eagerly cheer the rare Hollywood blockbuster depicting a strong female role model or boo a film starring an Israeli actress as the iconic Amazon?

June 1, 2017

Project Veritas facing $1M lawsuit by Democratic operatives over undercover sting

Democratic operatives caught in a Project Veritas sting operation filed a $1 million lawsuit Thursday alleging that the undercover investigators violated federal wiretap law with their explosive hidden-camera probe.

June 1, 2017

Conservatives respond to ‘Hannity’ flap by targeting advertisers on liberal MSNBC, CNN shows

The next time MSNBC's Rachel Maddow brings up Nazis in same breath as Trump supporters, the Media Research Center wants Farmers Insurance to know about it.

May 31, 2017

New York secessionists look to constitutional convention as best chance to split state

State secessionist movements are long shots at best, but New Yorkers pushing for a breakup between the Big Apple and upstate are counting on the very real possibility of a constitutional convention to boost their odds.

May 30, 2017

USAA reverses decision to pull ads from Fox’s ‘Hannity’ after outcry

USAA announced Tuesday that it will resume advertising on Fox News's "Hannity," reversing course after its decision last week to pull its ads ignited an outcry from its active and retired military clientele.

May 30, 2017

Alex Gardega makes statement by placing peeing-dog statue next to Wall Street’s ‘Fearless Girl’

A New York artist expressed his views on Wall Street's hotly debated "Fearless Girl" statue by temporarily adding Monday his own sculpture: a pug peeing on the girl's leg.

May 30, 2017

USAA will pull ads from MSNBC after dumping Fox’s ‘Hannity’: Report

USAA reportedly plans to drop its television ads from liberal network MSNBC after an outcry over its decision last week to stop advertising on Fox News conservative host Sean Hannity's program.

May 27, 2017

Betsy DeVos wins grant battle over university applications’ spacing

No sooner had Betsy DeVos been sworn in than the Department of Education dispatched letters to 77 universities rejecting their Upward Bound grant applications for piddling errors such as single-spacing instead of double-spacing.

May 25, 2017