Bradford Richardson

Judge blocks Obama mandate forcing doctors to perform abortions, transgender surgeries

President-elect Donald Trump can undo many of President Obama's executive orders with the stroke of a pen, but rolling back a key new mandate forcing religious doctors and hospitals to perform abortions and transgender surgeries looks to be a much more protracted legal battle.

January 1, 2017

Joe Maldonado, transgender 8-year-old boy, kicked out of Cub Scouts in New Jersey

The parents of a transgender child are outraged after the Boy Scouts of America kicked their 8-year-old out of a Cub Scouts troop for not being biologically male.

December 30, 2016

Rockettes’ liberal defenders still insist on Christian coercion in gay weddings

The same people who want to crack down on Christian bakers who decline to participate in same-sex wedding ceremonies are defending the conscience rights of Radio City Rockettes dancers who object to performing at Donald Trump's presidential inauguration.

December 29, 2016

Michael Wear, ex-Obama staffer, says Democrats ‘too in love with’ abortion to appeal to Christians

The days when Democrats believed abortion should be "safe, legal and rare" are long gone, according to a former Obama White House staffer.

December 29, 2016

Leonard Peltier, cop killer statue at American University installed in plea for Obama pardon

Clemency activists have installed the statue of a convicted cop killer at American University as they implore President Obama to issue a presidential pardon in his final days in office.

December 28, 2016

North Carolina ‘bathroom bill’ repeal fails as legislature adjourns

The effort to rescind North Carolina's hotly contested state "bathroom bill" has failed, after Republican and Democratic lawmakers adjourned a special session Wednesday without repealing HB2.

December 21, 2016

Andrew McClinton, charged in ‘Vote Trump’ black church arson, was member of congregation

Police arrested Andrew McClinton on Wednesday in conjunction with the arson of Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church, which was burned and vandalized on Nov. 1, a week before Donald Trump was elected president.

December 21, 2016

Texas moves to cut Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid funding

Texas officials are moving to strip millions of Medicaid dollars from Planned Parenthood in the wake of allegations that the nation's largest abortion provider impermissibly traffics in fetal body parts from abortions.

December 21, 2016

North Carolina ‘bathroom bill’ repeal effort leaves conservatives feeling betrayed

North Carolina lawmakers are prepared to repeal HB2, the legislation regulating intimate public facilities on the basis of biological sex, after the Charlotte City Council on Monday got rid of its ordinance requiring that access to restrooms and locker rooms be determined based on a person's gender identity.

December 20, 2016

Democratic women most likely to block ‘friends’ on social media over politics

A survey shows a significant number of Democratic women are reacting to Hillary Clinton's unexpected election loss by blocking, "unfollowing" and "unfriending" people on social media who express political opinions they don't like.

December 19, 2016

Hillary Clinton campaign faults Obama in Russia election hacks

The Hillary Clinton campaign and its allies, rallying behind the contention that cyberwarfare played a role in swinging the presidential election for Donald Trump, are now taking parting shots at the Obama administration, the intelligence community and the media for failing to treat the Russian hacking threat with sufficient urgency.

December 18, 2016

Peter King: CIA doing ‘hit job’ against Donald Trump; ‘no evidence’ Russia behind Podesta hack

Rep. Peter King says CIA Director John Brennan is orchestrating a "hit job" against President-elect Donald Trump by suggesting Russia is behind the hack of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.

December 18, 2016

Henry Kissinger: Donald Trump could be a ‘very considerable president’

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger says President-elect Donald Trump could go down as one of the most consequential presidents in history due.

December 18, 2016

John Podesta says Trump campaign colluding with Russia ‘still an open question’

Former Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta says the notion that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to swing the election is "still an open question."

December 18, 2016

Donna Brazile: Cyberattacks ‘did not stop’ after Obama warned Putin to ‘cut it out’

Democratic National Committee interim Chair Donna Brazile says President Obama is incorrect that cyberattacks against the party stopped after he warned Russian President Vladimir Putin to "cut it out."

December 18, 2016

John McCain: Russia hack shows ‘failure of American leadership’ under Obama

Sen. John McCain said that a destabilized world order is the product of a "failure of American leadership" by President Obama.

December 18, 2016

Donald Trump says ‘merry Christmas,’ Obama wishes ‘happy holidays’

President-elect Donald Trump promised to make America say "merry Christmas" again, but President Obama didn't get the memo.

December 15, 2016

Obama bars states from pulling Planned Parenthood funding

President Obama is delivering a generous parting gift to Planned Parenthood in the form of a rule prohibiting states from divesting millions of dollars from the nation's largest abortion provider.

December 14, 2016

Religious freedom laws fail in Republican-led Congress, advocates say

The Republican-led Congress has shirked its duty to help people of faith exercise their beliefs in public under an administration that is hostile to their conscientious objections, advocates for religious freedom say.

December 14, 2016

Senate Judiciary Committee refers Planned Parenthood for criminal charges

The Senate Judiciary Committee is recommending criminal charges against Planned Parenthood for allegedly trafficking in fetal body parts from abortions for profit.

December 13, 2016