Valerie Richardson

Newsom throws down gauntlet with special session to ‘Trump-proof’ California

California Gov. Gavin Newsom called Thursday for a special legislative session to gird for a legal battle against the Trump administration over issues such as abortion, climate change, immigration and transgender rights.

November 7, 2024

Elon Musk’s transgender child plans to leave U.S. after Trump’s triumph

Elon Musk's transgender child plans to leave the country in response to Tuesday's election outcome, joining the time-honored tradition of left-wing public figures vowing to move abroad rather than live under a Donald Trump presidency.

November 7, 2024

Pro-life groups snap pro-choice ballot winning streak as abortion issue runs out of gas

Pro-choice advocates ran up the score on state ballot measures ensuring abortion access, but the main takeaway from Election Day was that the abortion issue failed to deliver for Democrats in 2024 as it did in 2022.

November 6, 2024

New York voters add abortion, gender identity to constitution by passing Prop 1

New York voters inserted abortion rights into the state constitution Tuesday by approving Proposal 1, but that's not all they did.

November 5, 2024

Maryland enshrines abortion rights in state constitution

Maryland voters overwhelmingly passed a sweeping proposal adding abortion rights to the state constitution.

November 5, 2024

Florida amendment enshrining abortion rights in state constitution falls short

Voters rejected a Florida proposal to add abortion rights to the state constitution in Tuesday's election, handing the pro-choice movement its first statewide ballot-measure defeat since the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2022.

November 5, 2024

Colorado Libertarian Party loses bid for hand count over leaked voting-machine passwords

A Denver judge rejected the Colorado Libertarian Party's request for the state to count the November election ballots by hand, ruling that the Secretary of State has already addressed the breach created by the leak of voting-machine passwords.

November 5, 2024

Heritage study suggests ER visits from abortion pills rose after FDA lifted in-person requirement

Allowing abortion pills to be dispensed without an in-person medical visit made obtaining them more convenient, but a newly released study indicates that the downside has been an increase in medical complications.

November 5, 2024

Colorado fights Libertarian Party lawsuit seeking hand count after leak of voting-machine passwords

The online release of Colorado voting-machine passwords created a "serious problem," but not serious enough to take the "extraordinary step" of ordering a hand-count on the day of the general election, according to state attorneys.

November 4, 2024

Students disciplined for objecting to tampons in men’s restrooms file lawsuit against George Mason

Two students have filed a free-speech lawsuit against George Mason University, accusing school officials of violating their constitutional rights by disciplining them after they raised concerns about installing tampons in the men's restrooms.

November 4, 2024

Spoiler alert: New York inmate threatens to cost Democrats the House

An incarcerated felon in New York could cost Democrats a House seat -- or even the House -- by siphoning votes from Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola, a scenario made possible under the state's top-four primary and ranked-choice voting system.

November 4, 2024

Colorado Libertarian Party calls for hand count in lawsuit over leaked voting-machine passwords

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold has assured voters that the state's voting machines are secure after changing out hundreds of publicly posted passwords, but the Libertarian Party of Colorado says that's not good enough.

November 4, 2024

San Jose State volleyball assistant coach exits after reportedly filing transgender complaint

A San Jose State University women's volleyball assistant coach has left the team after reportedly filing a Title IX complaint about the squad's male-to-female transgender player.

November 3, 2024

Female swimmers who fought Roanoke College over transgender athlete back Trump at rally

Former President Donald Trump received a shout-out from a group of female swimmers who pushed back after their college gave a spot on the team to a biological male.

November 2, 2024

Colorado secretary of state pressured to resign over leaked voting-machine passwords

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis confirmed that the state has changed voting machine passwords that were leaked on the state elections website, but those assurances may not be enough to rescue Secretary of State Jena Griswold.

November 1, 2024

Going easy on protests jeopardizes universities; Title VI protects Jewish students

University officials made "shocking concessions" to anti-Israel protesters and withheld support from Jewish students as pro-Gaza unrest roiled college campuses in the aftermath of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, according to a long-awaited House report.

October 31, 2024

Blunders by high-profile surrogates take toll on Harris’ campaign

The problem with having a current president and two former presidents in your campaign corner is that their gaffes become your gaffes, as Vice President Kamala Harris can attest.

October 30, 2024

Report finds state ballot initiatives require college-graduate reading level

Voters who feel like they need a college degree to understand the initiatives on their state ballots, take heart: You're not wrong.

October 29, 2024

George Soros missing in action as ‘Soros DA’ George Gascon’s reelection bid flounders

Even George Soros appears to be done with Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon.

October 29, 2024

Harris blasted in ad for embracing ‘anti-Catholic hate group’ of drag queens

CatholicVote released a six-figure ad campaign Monday showing Kamala Harris celebrating at the 2019 San Francisco Pride festival with "Sister Roma" and "Sister Honey Mahogany" of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a drag-queen collective known for its profane takes on Catholicism.

October 28, 2024