Valerie Richardson

Net neutrality: Progressives erupt over FCC proposal to repeal Obama-era rules

Hollywood joined forces Tuesday with Democrats vowing to fight Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai's proposal to repeal net neutrality, an Obama-era rule once described by Sen. Ted Cruz as "Obamacare for the internet."

November 21, 2017

NFL take-a-knee protests drop to single digits for second week in a row

For the second week in a row, only a handful NFL players refused to stand for the national anthem, raising the possibility that the political protest may fade on its own without league action.

November 21, 2017

Calls for Al Franken to resign intensify after second harassment charge

Sen. Al Franken showed no sign of giving up his Senate seat Monday, even as calls on the left for him to resign intensified following a second allegation of sexual harassment.

November 20, 2017

Marshawn Lynch defended by Democrats after he sits for U.S. anthem, stands for Mexico’s

Some Democrats rushed to the defense of Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch Monday after President Trump blasted him for sitting Sunday during "The Star-Spangled Banner" but standing for the Mexican national anthem.

November 20, 2017

Neal McCoy’s single about NFL protests, ‘Take a Knee My A—,’ climbs country-music charts

Country music singer Neal McCoy's newly released single about the NFL is climbing the charts, but you'll probably never see the song performed at halftime.

November 20, 2017

Marshawn Lynch sits for U.S. anthem, stands for Mexico’s

Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch sat Sunday for "The Star-Spangled Banner," as he has done all season, but then stood for the Mexican national anthem before his team faced the New England Patriots in Mexico City.

November 19, 2017

Patty Murray campaigned for Ted Kennedy after decrying harassment

Sen. Patty Murray was quick to condemn Sen. Al Franken last week after he was accused of sexual harassment, but she took the opposite tack 24 years ago with another Democratic senator dogged by accusations of lecherous behavior.

November 19, 2017

Progressives call for replacing Al Franken with Keith Ellison as support for resignation builds

Progressives aligned with the Bernie Sanders camp called for replacing disgraced Sen. Al Franken with a fellow Minnesota Democrat, Rep. Keith Ellison, as support grew Friday for the senator's resignation.

November 18, 2017

Bill Clinton’s sexual misconduct under Democrat scrutiny after 20 years

Whenever a Republican -- in this case, Alabama Senate hopeful Roy Moore -- is accused of sexual harassment, his backers are sure to counter the Democratic onslaught with three little words: Remember Bill Clinton?

November 15, 2017

Governors outsource climate campaigns to advocacy groups

It may look as if Democratic governors -- not climate change activists -- are driving the campaign to "fill the void" left by President Trump's exit from the Paris agreement, but that's not necessarily the impression left by behind-the-scenes emails.

November 14, 2017

CNN slammed for listing 26 Texas shooting victims as ‘25 and unborn child’

Texas authorities have confirmed that 26 people were killed in last week's Sutherland Springs church massacre, but according to CNN, it's 25 plus an unborn child.

November 14, 2017

NFL take-a-knee anthem protests nosedive as military honored for Veterans Day

The NFL take-a-knee protests dropped off dramatically Sunday, with all but a handful of players standing for the national anthem as teams pulled out the stops to honor the military for Veterans Day.

November 12, 2017

George Takei, ‘Star Trek’ actor, denies sexual assault on former model in 1981

George Takei has denied allegations that he groped another man at his Los Angeles condominium.

November 12, 2017

NFL announces ‘no change’ in national-anthem policy in face of Veterans Day boycotts

The NFL announced Saturday there has been "no change" in its national-anthem policy despite a Veterans Day campaign to boycott Sunday's games over the take-a-knee protests.

November 11, 2017

NFL take-a-knee protests boil down to two liberal cities

The NFL has taken a beating over players kneeling during the national anthem, but a closer examination shows that the protests are less a story of the league as a whole and more a tale of two liberal cities: San Francisco and Seattle.

November 9, 2017

California NAACP seeks to abolish ‘Star-Spangled Banner,’ calling it ‘racist’

The California chapter of the NAACP has a solution for the NFL take-a-knee flap: Get rid of "The Star-Spangled Banner."

November 9, 2017

Believers rally around Cakeshop’s Jack Phillips before religious liberty case

Masterpiece Cakeshop's Jack Phillips may be an evangelical Christian, but he has a host of believers from other faiths behind him as he takes his religious-freedom case next month to the Supreme Court.

November 8, 2017

LAPD will not investigate Corey Feldman child molestation claim

The Los Angeles Police Department said Wednesday it cannot investigate a child molestation complaint filed by actor Corey Feldman because the statute of limitations has expired.

November 8, 2017

New York constitutional convention proposal trailing before vote: Polls

A New York state ballot measure to call a constitutional convention was defeated in Tuesday's election, driven by opposition from labor unions and others worried about the consequences of rewriting the state constitution.

November 7, 2017

Devin Kelley, Texas shooter, escaped from mental-health facility after smuggling firearms onto base

During his short but violent life, the Texas shooting suspect escaped from a mental facility, spent a year behind bars for domestic abuse, was cited for beating his dog, and came under investigation for sexual assault, yet still managed to slip between the cracks.

November 7, 2017