Valerie Richardson

Greater sage grouse: Trump admin. moves to loosen Obama-era regulations on imperiled birds

The Trump administration released Thursday its revised plans for the greater sage-grouse, moving to give states more flexibility by easing Obama-era regulations on an imperiled bird whose vast territory includes public lands used for drilling and grazing.

December 6, 2018

Atheists target Christmas, Hanukkah displays

For atheist and secular rights groups, the holiday season has become the busiest time of the year as they ring in the winter solstice by taking on public Christmas and Hanukkah displays seen as violating church-state separation.

December 5, 2018

Lindsey Graham: 2020 Democrats range from ‘sort of crazy’ to Trump haters

Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, agreed Tuesday that former Vice President Joseph R. Biden may be the most formidable 2020 Democratic presidential prospect, but only because the bar is so low.

December 4, 2018

Marc Lamont Hill CNN firing meets backlash on left

CNN's decision to drop Marc Lamont Hill has met with resistance on the left, with some prominent progressives calling for the network to rehire him and challenging the widely held view that his comments before a United Nations panel were anti-Semitic.

December 4, 2018

The Associated Press deletes Bush tweet after backlash over bias

The Associated Press deleted Sunday an earlier tweet about the death of President George H.W. Bush after critics ripped the post as unfairly negative and biased.

December 3, 2018

California wildfires emitted as much carbon dioxide as a year’s worth of electricity

The calamitous 2018 California wildfire season have already unleashed greenhouse gases equivalent to the amount generated by providing the state with electricity for an entire year, according to newly released federal data.

November 30, 2018

Marc Lamont Hill keeps Temple University professor job after CNN firing

Marc Lamont Hill lost his CNN gig Thursday over his speech attacking Israel, but it appears that his job as a Temple University professor is safe.

November 29, 2018

Marc Lamont Hill fired by CNN over Israel remarks: Report

CNN released political commentator Marc Lamont Hill on Thursday, a day after he made incendiary comments in a United Nations speech in which he condoned the use of force by Palestinians against Israel.

November 29, 2018

CNN urged to fire Marc Lamont Hill for condoning Palestinian force against Israel

CNN came under pressure Wednesday to fire political commentator Marc Lamont Hill after he defended the use of force in the Palestinian resistance and repeated a terrorist slogan calling for abolition of Israel.

November 29, 2018

Andrew Light, Obama official, helped prepare dire National Climate Assessment

A former Obama administration official with ties to a liberal advocacy group funded by Democratic megadonors George Soros and Tom Steyer helped prepare the Fourth National Climate Assessment, whose dire predictions have since been attacked as overblown.

November 28, 2018

Obama takes credit for U.S. oil-and-gas boom: ‘That was me, people’

President Barack Obama took credit once again Tuesday for the U.S. oil-and-gas boom, even though critics have argued that the upswing in oil and natural gas production occurred in spite of his policies.

November 28, 2018

White liberals ‘patronize’ minorities by downplaying competence — conservatives don’t: Study

White liberals present themselves as less competent when addressing minorities, while conservatives use the same vocabulary no matter what the race of their audience, according to a newly released study.

November 28, 2018

Emmanuel Macron keeps France climate-change tax despite protests

French President Emmanuel Macron refused to waver Tuesday on his plan to raise the nation's gas tax as part of his effort to reduce fossil-fuel reliance, despite a week of violent protests that left 600 injured and two dead.

November 28, 2018

Melania Trump ‘blood-red’ White House Christmas trees torched by media

In what has become an annual holiday tradition, first lady Melania Trump was needled Monday by the media for her decorations, in this case the crimson Christmas trees lining the White House East colonnade.

November 27, 2018

Louis Farrakhan stains Women’s March leaders Linda Sarsour, Tamika Mallory, Carmen Perez, Bob Bland

Even as the Women's March celebrates progressive gains in the Nov. 6 elections and prepares for its third annual march on Washington Jan. 19, the future of the 2-year-old protest behemoth has never been more in doubt.

November 26, 2018

Migrant caravan divides Trump, Democrats as violence occurs on border

President Trump's vow to keep the migrant caravans out of the country pending approval of asylum status met Sunday with Democratic opposition, even as episodes of violence erupted along the southern border fence in Mexico.

November 25, 2018

CNN airs Nancy Pelosi profile amid House speaker fight

CNN aired a glowing profile Sunday of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a segment that came at a pivotal moment for the California Democrat in her bumpy fight to reclaim the mantle of House Speaker.

November 25, 2018

Donald Trump faulted for ‘weak’ Jamal Khashoggi response

Democrats and Republicans alike on Sunday rebuked President Trump over his reluctance to hold Saudi Arabia accountable in the murder of journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi.

November 25, 2018

Elijah Cummings says U.S. must let migrant caravan enter country

Rep. Elijah Cummings, ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, said Sunday that caravan migrants seeking asylum should be able to enter the country immediately, challenging President Trump's efforts to keep them in Mexico while their cases are processed.

November 25, 2018

Trey Gowdy: Republicans have investigated Ivanka Trump emails more than Democrats did Benghazi

Rep. Trey Gowdy, outgoing chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said Sunday that Republicans have done more in the last week to investigate Ivanka Trump's emails than Democrats ever did on the 2012 Benghazi attack.

November 25, 2018