Valerie Richardson

Planned Parenthood admits it manipulates rules on fetal organ sales to maximize profit

In a letter to Congress intended to defend its practices and attack its hidden-video critics, Planned Parenthood wound up lending credence to accusations that it manipulates rules on selling fetal organs to maximize profit.

August 27, 2015

Nebraskans get more than enough signatures for vote to bring back death penalty

Nebraskans for the Death Penalty announced Wednesday that they have gathered enough signatures to force a repeal vote on the newly enacted state law eliminating capital punishment.

August 26, 2015

EPA: Gauging mine’s water level before spill would have been ‘difficult,’ ‘expensive’

An EPA internal review released Wednesday concluded that its crew underestimated the water pressure building up behind the debris at the Gold King Mine, but that it would have been "very difficult and expensive" to figure that out.

August 26, 2015

Planned Parenthood video shows StemExpress eager to do bulk business on fetal parts

StemExpress CEO Cate Dyer says that it isn't easy keeping up with the demand for fetal organs procured from abortions -- she could use "another 50 livers a week" -- which is one reason she relies on Planned Parenthood.

August 25, 2015

EPA rebuked for failing to comply with House mine spill investigation

The Environmental Protection Agency came under fire Tuesday for neglecting to turn over most of the documents requested by a House committee related to the Gold King Mine spill.

August 25, 2015

Planned Parenthood asks court to block Louisiana’s defunding effort

Planned Parenthood moved Tuesday to counter state efforts aimed at cutting off its funding by asking a federal judge Tuesday to stop Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal from cancelling its Medicaid contract.

August 25, 2015

Lamar Smith wants Colorado mine EPA contractor to testify

The chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee wants to hear from the EPA contractor on the Gold King Mine spill after learning that the agency knew about the risk of a blowout in advance.

August 24, 2015

EPA knew of ‘blowout’ risk at Gold King Mine

Denver -- It turns out the Environmental Protection Agency knew about the risk of a blowout from the Gold King Mine more than a year before orange toxic sludge flooded the Animas River in southwest Colorado.

August 23, 2015

Planned Parenthood videos energize pro-life movement, fuel protests nationwide

Stephanie McKee says she has opposed abortion for years, but Saturday marked the first time she had ever attended a pro-life rally. Why now?

August 23, 2015

Thousands rally against Planned Parenthood in massive national protest

Thousands of pro-lifers turned out in U.S. cities nationwide Saturday for a massive show of opposition against Planned Parenthood, an event billed as the largest simultaneous protest ever aimed at the embattled abortion and health-care provider.

August 22, 2015

Pro-life center rushes to post StemExpress footage after restraining order lifted

The Center for Medical Progress posted a short video Friday showing a StemExpress executive joking about receiving intact fetal cadavers from abortions, publishing the footage shortly after a Los Angeles judge dissolved a temporary restraining order against its release.

August 21, 2015

Planned Parenthood losing social-media war sparked by undercover videos

Planned Parenthood for America is losing the social-media war in the aftermath of undercover videos on its fetal-tissue donations from abortions, according to an analysis released Friday.

August 21, 2015

Gina McCarthy called to testify on Animas River toxic spill

The chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee called Friday on EPA administrator Gina McCarthy to testify before the panel on the Animas River wastewater spill triggered by an EPA-led crew.

August 21, 2015

EPA draws ire of Navajo Nation after water arrives in dirty oil tanks

The EPA spill that contaminated rivers in Colorado and New Mexico was bad enough, but now Navajo Nation officials are fuming after a delivery of water for livestock and crops arrived in dirty oil tanks.

August 20, 2015

Mine’s owner says he tried to keep out EPA but was threatened with fines

The owner of the Colorado's Gold King Mine says he tried to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from gaining access to his property, but that he relented after the agency threatened to pound him with ruinous fines if he refused.

August 20, 2015

EPA toxic mine spill gets Interior second probe

A second federal investigation into the EPA's accidental toxic wastewater spill into the Animas River launched Tuesday, this one conducted by the Interior Department.

August 18, 2015

Ben Carson visits Colorado to decry EPA’s toxic spill

The EPA's massive toxic spill triggered fallout Tuesday from Republicans as presidential hopeful Ben Carson visited the site, and a key congressman disclosed that at least two House committees are planning to investigate the incident.

August 18, 2015

Planned Parenthood targets Republican senators with ads

Planned Parenthood moved to punish its enemies Tuesday with ads that say nothing about recent allegations of wrongdoing stemming from its fetal-tissue donations from abortions, but instead target vulnerable Republican senators.

August 18, 2015

Russell Begaye, Navajo Nation president, won’t drink Animas water after EPA spill

EPA officials have assured those living along the Animas and San Juan rivers that water quality is back to normal, but some locals can be forgiven if they don't entirely trust the federal government after its monster mining spill.

August 17, 2015

Masterpiece Cakeshop gets crowdfunding after court defeat in gay wedding case

Supporters of Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips have launched a crowdfunding campaign to help cover his expenses as he fights an order stemming from his refusal to make a cake for a gay wedding.

August 16, 2015