Valerie Richardson
Articles by Valerie Richardson
Florida surgeon general defends plan to end vaccine mandates
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo defended Sunday his plan to eliminate all state vaccination requirements, casting it as an "issue of right and wrong," despite pushback from public-health experts and President Trump. Published September 7, 2025
‘Religion clearly a factor’: Minneapolis Catholic school shooting comes with rise in church attacks
Those searching for the motivation behind the Minneapolis school shooting may be missing the obvious, as those who track violence against churches can attest. Published September 7, 2025
‘Good riddance’: Republicans cheer Northwestern President Michael Schill’s resignation
Northwestern University President Michael Schill announced Thursday that he will step down after a rocky three-year tenure marked by anti-Israel protests, a federal funding freeze, and recent austerity measures that include faculty layoffs. Published September 4, 2025
Judge reverses Trump admin’s freeze of more than $2.6 billion in grants to Harvard
A federal judge nullified Wednesday the Trump administration's orders freezing more than $2.6 billion in grants to Harvard University, ruling that the government violated the First Amendment and federal law in withholding research funding over the school's handling of campus antisemitism. Published September 3, 2025
Republicans warn about spread of European online censorship to U.S. after Irish writer’s arrest
Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan didn't attend Wednesday's House hearing on European online censorship, but his arrest by British police for anti-transgender social media posts encapsulated GOP concerns about the growing regulatory regime abroad and its threat to free speech at home. Published September 3, 2025
Denver schools defy White House on transgender restroom access
Add the Denver Public Schools to the list of educational institutions fighting the Trump administration's blitz against girls sharing bathrooms with boys. Published September 2, 2025
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif files appeal to compete in women’s event without taking sex test
Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif wants to keep competing in women's boxing, but doesn't want to take the now-mandatory sex test. Published September 1, 2025
Rowling lashes out at ‘Potter’ director after he says reunion ‘impossible’ in light of her politics
Author J.K. Rowling didn't mince words after Chris Columbus, who directed the first two "Harry Potter" movies, took issue with her outspoken condemnation of gender ideology. Published September 1, 2025
Gorka accuses CNN anchor of ‘distorting the facts’ about transgender shooters
White House counterterrorism czar Sebastian Gorka accused a CNN anchor of pushing a political agenda after she sought to downplay the number of gender-divergent mass shooters following the Minneapolis Catholic school attack. Published August 31, 2025
The joke’s on Newsom: Court sides with Babylon Bee in striking down anti-deepfake law
A federal judge tossed a California law intended to prevent fake political ads from influencing elections, finding that the measure violated the First Amendment in response to a legal challenge filed by internet personalities and the Babylon Bee. Published August 30, 2025
Democratic lawmakers rebuked for scorning prayer after Minneapolis Catholic school shooting
Democrats reacting to the deadly Minneapolis school shooting by belittling prayer may want to ask the Almighty for help with their messaging. Published August 29, 2025
‘Full of hate’: Minneapolis shooter motivated by desire to kill defenseless children
Robin Westman scoffed at religion, idolized the nation's most notorious mass shooters and fantasized about carrying out a public massacre where children would be at their most vulnerable. Published August 28, 2025
Minneapolis mayor decries anti-trans ‘hate’ after Catholic school shooter ID’d as transgender
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey warned the public against succumbing to anti-transgender "hate" after the suspect in Wednesday's deadly school shooting was identified by authorities as transgender. Published August 27, 2025
‘Let my people go’: Republicans bring bill to split California into two states
California Assembly Republicans unveiled Wednesday a legislative proposal to divide the state in two, invoking the nuclear option in response to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's campaign to gut GOP representation in Congress. Published August 27, 2025
Prospect of Melania Trump appearing on Vanity Fair cover spurs staff outrage
First lady Melania Trump has been shunned for years by fashion magazines, and some industry insiders want to keep it that way. Published August 27, 2025
Cracker Barrel scraps logo rebrand, to bring back ‘Old Timer’ after backlash
Cracker Barrel abandoned its much-maligned logo rebrand Tuesday, saying that it will bring back its traditional logo after customer outcry sent its stock price plummeting. Published August 26, 2025
Trump’s business advice to Cracker Barrel: Bring back old logo, make company ‘a winner again’
President Trump joined the growing calls for Cracker Barrel to ditch its rebrand and bring back the traditional folksy logo, saying there could be a "great opportunity" for the company amid the torrent of bad publicity. Published August 26, 2025
Map shows where biological males are playing girls sports, using girls’ facilities
Parents and others wondering whether their local schools have biological males playing girls sports, take note: There's a map for that. Published August 26, 2025
Trump team warns states to drop gender ideology from sex-ed material or lose grants
The Trump administration on Tuesday directed 40 states, five territories and the District of Columbia to delete all mention of gender ideology from their federally funded sex-education material or risk losing millions in grants. Published August 26, 2025
California girls’ volleyball teams boycott games against transgender athlete A.B. Hernandez
Male-born A.B. Hernandez, who won two California girls' track titles in May, is now competing in girls' high school volleyball -- but not all female athletes are willing to play that game. Published August 26, 2025
