Valerie Richardson
Articles by Valerie Richardson
California spurns Trump administration’s demand to ban transgender athletes from girls’ sports
The University of Pennsylvania may have bowed to the Trump administration on the issue of transgender athletes in female sports, but not the state of California. Published July 7, 2025
Planned Parenthood wins injunction that blocks halt to Medicaid funding
Planned Parenthood sued Monday to stop the Trump administration from blocking its Medicaid funding under the budget reconciliation act. Published July 7, 2025
Washington woman settles lawsuit over transgender staffer in YMCA women’s locker room
An elderly woman in Washington state who was barred from the YMCA pool for speaking out against a male in the women's locker room has settled her lawsuit for $65,000 in what she described as a "victory for common sense." Published July 1, 2025
‘He needs to be deported’: Tennessee congressman calls for DOJ probe into Mamdani’s naturalization
Rep. Andy Ogles, Tennessee Republican, urged the Justice Department to open an investigation into New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, saying that he may have violated the terms of his naturalized citizenship by supporting terrorism and thus should be deported. Published June 26, 2025
Christian camp drops lawsuit after being declared exempt from Colorado’s gender-identity rules
A Christian summer camp may continue to house campers based on sex instead of gender identity after reaching an agreement with Colorado officials on the state's anti-discrimination regulations. Published June 26, 2025
Hegseth returns fire after being scolded for saying ‘boys in bombers’
Don't expect Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to apologize for failing to use gender-inclusive language when congratulating "our boys in bombers" who took out Iran's nuclear facilities. Published June 26, 2025
Lawsuit rips MIT for becoming ‘breeding ground’ for antisemitism
A lawsuit filed Wednesday against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology accused university officials of "standing idly by" as the campus became a hotbed of antisemitism, prompting a Jewish graduate student to abandon the Ph.D. program in the face of relentless harassment. Published June 25, 2025
California has 10 days to OK booting biological males from girls’ sports or risk federal funding
The Trump administration on Wednesday gave California 10 days to agree to remove biological males from girls' scholastic sports or risk the loss of federal funding, saying the state's transgender-eligibility policy violates federal law. Published June 25, 2025
‘Trans men are men’: Planned Parenthood mocked after urging men to test for cervical cancer
Planned Parenthood saw questions raised about its medical know-how after promoting cervical cancer screenings -- for men. Published June 24, 2025
Trump administration declares end of the road for Clinton-era roadless rule
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has announced plans to rescind the hotly disputed Clinton-era roadless rule. Published June 24, 2025
Olympic great Simone Biles nukes X account after dust-up with Riley Gaines
Gymnastics star Simone Biles has apparently taken down her account on X after a public relations debacle that began when she attacked former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines over her opposition to biological males in female sports. Published June 23, 2025
Dobbs anniversary sees abortions rise, Democrats fall in defiance of predictions
Two outcomes seemed certain in the months after the Supreme Court's June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson: Abortions would decline and the blowback from the fall of Roe v. Wade would usher in a new era of dominance for the Democratic Party. Published June 23, 2025
New Mexico venue accused of political bias for booting women’s sports rally featuring Trump official
A rally for women's sports including Education Secretary Linda McMahon and former New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez has been forced to relocate after venue operators backed out over the event's "partisan political" nature. Published June 23, 2025
Poll shows most voters support defunding Planned Parenthood when told about ‘substandard’ care
A newly released poll shows that most Americans support cutting Planned Parenthood's taxpayer funding after being told about health and safety concerns at the nation's largest abortion provider. Published June 23, 2025
‘Insufferable’: NYT ridiculed for chastising Hegseth’s reference to ‘our boys on those bombers’
There's never a wrong time to upbraid the Trump administration for being insufficiently inclusive, as far as the New York Times is concerned. Published June 22, 2025
University of Oregon dinged for $191K to settle free-speech case with conservative professor
The University of Oregon must pay $191,000 in attorneys' fees to settle a lawsuit filed by a conservative professor who was blocked from the diversity office's social media account after posting "all men are created equal." Published June 21, 2025
State Department fires visa specialist caught saying he advises people on avoiding deportation
The State Department has dismissed a visa specialist who was caught on hidden camera saying he coaches potential illegal aliens on how to avoid deportation as well as condemning his Jewish co-workers as "garbage people." Published June 21, 2025
California ordered to delete gender ideology from federally funded sex-ed program
The Trump administration gave California a deadline to eliminate gender-ideology references from material used in a federally funded program aimed at preventing teen pregnancy, accusing the state of seeking to "indoctrinate our children." Published June 20, 2025
Republicans ask for EPA probe into impact of abortion pills on water supply, infertility
House and Senate Republicans have called for the Environmental Protection Agency to study whether the rising use of abortion pills is contaminating the nation's water supply, citing concerns that the drugs may be contributing to infertility rates. Published June 19, 2025
BYU study shows that boys run faster than girls even before puberty
Some international sports authorities have agreed to let transgender athletes compete in the female category as long as they haven't undergone male puberty, but that compromise may not be enough to level the playing field. Published June 19, 2025
