Valerie Richardson

AOC hails ‘peaceful’ anti-Israel protests on college campuses

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hailed the anti-Israel protesters at college campuses on Monday, depicting them as "peaceful" despite tense confrontations that forced a rabbi linked to Columbia University to urge Jewish students to stay away.

April 22, 2024

Columbia President Minouche Shafik faces rising calls from Congress to step down

Calls for Columbia President Minouche Shafik to resign surged Monday over what congressional critics described as her failure to rein in the virulent anti-Israel protests that have engulfed the Ivy League institution.

April 22, 2024

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft pulls support from Columbia over antisemitism

The same kind of donor revolt over campus antisemitism that roiled Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania is getting real at Columbia.

April 22, 2024

Columbia president declares ‘crisis’: Pro-Palestinian activity builds, Jewish students express fear

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik declared Monday that the Ivy League institution is facing a "crisis," ordering classes to be held remotely and stepping up security over escalating anti-Israel protests that have Jewish students in fear for their safety.

April 22, 2024

Transgender athlete takes girls’ track title after court win; five girls refuse to compete

It was a week to remember for West Virginia track-and-field athlete Becky Pepper-Jackson, but not so much for the girls competing against the transgender teen.

April 19, 2024

Biden revises Title IX, adding biological males to landmark women’s rights law

The Biden administration released Friday its long-awaited overhaul of Title IX, inserting "gender identity" into the watershed civil rights amendment aimed at eliminating discrimination against girls and women in education.

April 19, 2024

North Carolina teen slapped with three-day suspension for saying ‘illegal alien’ in class

The case of the North Carolina teen suspended for using the term "illegal alien" in class is quickly becoming a cause celebre on the right.

April 18, 2024

Planned Parenthood annual report: More abortions, more taxpayer cash, fewer patients

Planned Parenthood saw fewer patients but performed more abortions -- and raked in more taxpayer funding -- in the fiscal year that saw the fall of Roe v. Wade.

April 18, 2024

House Republicans grill Columbia University president over rampant campus antisemitism

Columbia President Minouche Shafik aced the biggest test at Wednesday's House hearing on campus antisemitism, but she was no match for House Republicans who caught her in multiple contradictions related to the school's reaction to hate against Jewish people.

April 17, 2024

What is a woman? Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoes biological definition of ‘woman’ in state law

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill to codify the meaning of "woman" in state law, becoming the second female Democratic governor to nix such legislation over concerns about transgender rights.

April 17, 2024

Operation Rescue endorses Trump: ‘He hit it out of the park’ with Supreme Court picks

Pro-life groups were dismayed when former President Donald Trump declined to support federal limits on abortion access, but one leading organization says that shouldn't stop abortion foes from voting for him.

April 16, 2024

Transgender athlete scores as court blocks West Virginia’s ban on biological males in female sports

A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected a West Virginia law requiring scholastic athletes to participate based on biological sex, handing a victory to a male-to-female transgender teen who competes against girls in track and field.

April 16, 2024

Bill Maher stuns pro-lifers, admits abortion is ‘kind of’ murder: ‘We won’t miss you’

Liberal comedian Bill Maher stoked the abortion battle by declaring the procedure is pretty much murder, but that he's "OK with that."

April 16, 2024

Definition of ‘antisemitism’ under attack by pro-Palestinian groups

Pro-Palestinian groups are chipping away at the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of antisemitism, which has been the global standard for years.

April 16, 2024

Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce law banning gender-transition drugs, surgeries for minors

The Supreme Court agreed to let Idaho enforce its ban on gender-transition drugs and surgeries for minors, overruling a lower-court injunction except in the cases of the two transgender teenagers who sued to halt the 2023 state law.

April 15, 2024

Biden crams abortion into Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

The Biden administration inserted abortion-related accommodations Monday into regulations governing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, even though lawmakers said the law specifically excluded any reference to abortion at its passage in 2022.

April 15, 2024

Abortion firebomber’s lenient sentence angers pro-life group

An Obama-appointed judge's decision to give a relatively lenient sentence to an abortion-rights activist who firebombed a Wisconsin pro-life group's office isn't sitting well with conservatives.

April 13, 2024

Rep. Rashida Tlaib ripped for refusing to condemn ‘death to America’ chants at Michigan rally

A slew of elected officials blasted "death to America" chants at a pro-Palestinian rally last week in Dearborn, Michigan, but Rep. Rashida Tlaib wasn't one of them.

April 12, 2024

Bombshell British review finds ‘weak evidence’ to justify transgender drugs, surgeries for minors

The booming "gender-affirming care" industry suffered a devastating hit with the release of a long-awaited British review that found "remarkably weak evidence" to support treating children and young adults with gender-transition drugs and surgeries.

April 10, 2024

What is a woman? Idaho Gov. Brad Little signs bill defining ‘woman’ in state law

Biden administration officials are still unclear on the definition of "woman" and may want to check in with Idaho.

April 10, 2024