Valerie Richardson

Late-term abortions spike in blue states amid liberal laws

Pro-choice advocates have dismissed concerns about late-term abortion as a right-wing talking point, but pro-life groups are flagging data showing the allegedly spurious phenomenon is surging in blue states.

November 27, 2024

Alaska prepares recount in narrow defeat of proposal to repeal ranked choice voting

Alaska's top-four ranked choice voting system survived by a whisker in the November election, but supporters may not want to pop the champagne corks just yet.

November 26, 2024

Teens sue after school bans ‘Save Girls’ Sports’ shirts, compares them to swastikas

Two teenage runners have sued their high school after being forbidden from wearing "Save Girls' Sports" T-shirts, saying they were told by school officials that the "hostile" messages were tantamount to swastikas.

November 26, 2024

Pro-life advocates sound alarm as late-term abortions rise in some blue states

Women's rights advocates have dismissed concerns about late-term abortion as a right-wing talking point, but pro-lifers are flagging data showing the allegedly spurious phenomenon is surging in blue states.

November 26, 2024

Transgender volleyball player is eligible to compete in women’s championship, judge rules

U.S. District Judge S. Kato Crews said temporary injunctive relief is intended to preserve the status quo pending the outcome of a trial, but that an order to remove San Jose State University player Blaire Fleming would disrupt it.

November 25, 2024

Judge to expedite ruling on volleyball players’ request to bar transgender athlete from tourney

San Jose State volleyball player Blaire Fleming could become the next male-born athlete to win a women's collegiate title -- unless a federal judge calls foul.

November 21, 2024

White House embraces Transgender Day of Remembrance despite voter skepticism on gender-identity push

Championing transgender rights may not have done Democrats any favors in the election, but the Biden administration still pulled out the stops for Transgender Day of Remembrance.

November 20, 2024

Joy and vibes: Trump’s signature dance takes post-election nation by storm

Democrats have called him a fascist and worse, but ever since President-elect Donald Trump captured a historic second term, a growing number of Americans are literally dancing to his tune.

November 19, 2024

Report: Biden administration ‘weaponized’ Education Department to target Christian, career schools

Conservatives have another suggestion for President-elect Donald Trump's to-do list: End the Department of Education's targeting of religious and for-profit colleges and universities.

November 18, 2024

AOC says she dropped pronouns from X bio for space reasons, decries flap as ‘fake’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shrugged off the kerfuffle over her disappearing pronouns, saying she had to drop them from her X bio for space considerations.

November 18, 2024

Woke no more? Speculation swirls over AOC’s missing ‘she/her’ pronouns

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is no longer displaying her preferred "she/her" pronouns from the biography on her X account, spurring speculation that the New York Democrat may have decided to moderate her woke stance on gender ideology in the wake of the Nov. 5 election blowout.

November 15, 2024

Hate-crime hoax: Suspects charged with staging cross-burning to boost Black candidate

Three people were indicted on federal charges that accuse them of staging a cross-burning to generate support for a Black mayoral candidate in Colorado Springs in what prosecutors described as a hate-crime hoax.

November 14, 2024

WATCH: How some in rural America are pushing to separate from their states’ urban centers

Voters in seven Illinois counties approved last week the Illinois Separation Referendum, a measure directing county boards to explore the idea of splitting from Cook County by dividing the state in two.

November 14, 2024

Lawsuit seeks to block biological male from playing in women’s college volleyball championship

Eleven female athletes and a coach have asked a court to bar a transgender player from competing in the Mountain West Volleyball Championship, arguing that allowing a male-born athlete to compete in women's collegiate sports violates Title IX.

November 14, 2024

Democrats for Life wins 97% of endorsed elections in rebuke to party’s abortion stance

Democrats for Life of America said Tuesday that 97% of its endorsed candidates won their races in last week's election, which raises the question: Is there such a thing as a pro-life Democrat?

November 12, 2024

Ex-DNC official floats having Biden resign to let Harris become president before inauguration

Former Kamala Harris spokesperson Jamal Simmons drew double-takes by suggesting that President Biden step down and allow Ms. Harris to succeed him before she leads the Jan. 6 congressional counting of the electoral votes.

November 10, 2024

Colorado Republican Gabe Evans’ victory brings Republican House total to 214

Republican Gabe Evans declared victory Sunday in the razor-tight Colorado Congressional District 8 race after Democratic Rep. Yadira Caraveo conceded defeat.

November 10, 2024

Pro-Trump college students party like it’s 2016 as Gen Z trends to the right

Not all college students are turning to cookies and Legos to help them cope with Tuesday's election outcome. Some are celebrating.

November 9, 2024

DePaul University ‘outraged’ after two Jewish students attacked by masked assailants

Two Jewish students at DePaul University were beaten by a pair of masked assailants in what Chicago police are investigating as a hate crime.

November 8, 2024

Universities help students cope with Trump win with canceled classes, milk and cookies

Professors at elite universities canceled classes and delayed assignments after former President Donald Trump won a second term in Tuesday's election, giving students "space to process" and time for "grieving."

November 8, 2024