Valerie Richardson

Bans on biological males competing in girls’ sports now sweeping the nation

The most recent law makes Wyoming the 19th state to approve legislation preventing biological males from playing female sports based on gender identity, an issue that has gained steam as male-born athletes like former collegiate swimmer Lia Thomas win women's sports titles.

March 25, 2023

Judge delivers lecture on free speech at Notre Dame after Stanford shutdown

Judge Kyle Duncan of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a lecture Friday at the University of Notre Dame about free speech and legal education without being heckled or shouted down, a dramatic departure from his experience two weeks earlier at Stanford Law School.

March 24, 2023

World Athletics bars post-pubescent biological males from female track-and-field contests

World Athletics, the track-and-field governing body, banned athletes who have gone through male puberty from competing in women's elite events, saying it had decided to prioritize "fairness and the integrity of the female competition before inclusion."

March 23, 2023

Conservative authors take on wave of pro-transgender children’s books with ‘She is She’

There is no shortage of pro-transgender books for kids on library shelves, which is one reason that conservative activists Ryan and Bethany Bomberger decided to write a book of their own.

March 23, 2023

Stanford Law won’t discipline student protesters, but puts diversity dean on leave

Stanford Law Dean Jenny Martinez announced Wednesday that the diversity dean who scolded a federal judge during a protest melee is now on leave, but that the left-wing student activists who shouted down the judge will not be disciplined.

March 22, 2023

Newsmax reaches deal to return to DirecTV after getting the boot for two months

Newsmax will return to DirecTV after the companies announced a deal to resolve a bitter dispute over carriage fees led to the popular conservative news channel being dumped for two months.

March 22, 2023

Republican women not feeling the love during Women’s History Month

Democrat Maura Healey and Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders became the first women to serve as governors of their states this year, but only one of them was honored this month by USA Today -- and it wasn't Mrs. Sanders.

March 22, 2023

Leigh Finke, transgender legislator, wins USA Today 2023 ‘Women of the Year’ honors

A year after naming Rachel Levine as one of its "Women of the Year," USA Today has once again honored someone who wasn't always a woman.

March 21, 2023

Judge Duncan to speak at Notre Dame after being shouted down at Stanford

U.S. District Judge Kyle Duncan hasn't given up on speaking at universities despite being jeered and shouted down by left-wing student activists at Stanford Law School.

March 21, 2023

Trans student urges Supreme Court to keep block on West Virginia’s girls’ sports law

Attorneys for a 12-year-old biological male who competes on a girls' track team asked the Supreme Court Monday to keep on hold West Virginia's Save Women's Sports Act, dismissing the state's request for an emergency ruling as an overreaction.

March 20, 2023

Credit cards caught in political crosshairs over tracking firearms purchases

The world's largest credit card companies are caught in the middle of a political slugfest over a newly created category that tracks purchases at gun stores.

March 20, 2023

Wyoming bans biological males in girls’ sports

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has allowed a bill barring biological males from female scholastic sports to become law without his signature, but he isn't happy about it.

March 19, 2023

Wyoming becomes first state to outlaw abortion pills

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed a bill making it illegal to prescribe or dispense abortion pills, making his state the first to place an outright ban on what has become the nation's most common method of pregnancy termination.

March 18, 2023

Kirk Cameron draws protesters in drag for children’s book reading at Arkansas library

Kirk Cameron drew another large crowd and some protesters at a reading of his children's book in Fayetteville, Arkansas, the latest stop on his national library tour offering an alternative to drag queen story hours.

March 18, 2023

Massachusetts trans athlete runs into opposition after helping girls’ team win track title

Another outcry over transgender athletes is brewing, this time in Massachusetts over a student who helped Brookline High School win a girls' state track-and-field championship after transitioning from male to female.

March 16, 2023

Sen. Cruz wants Texas bar to scrutinize Stanford applicants who heckled conservative judge

Passing the bar in Texas could become that much more difficult for the Stanford Law School students who shouted down a conservative federal judge.

March 16, 2023

Texas judge hears arguments in challenge to FDA’s approval of abortion drug

A federal judge in Texas heard arguments but did not rule Wednesday on whether to block the Food and Drug Administration's approval of a pregnancy-termination drug, a case viewed as the most significant legal battleground on abortion since the fall of Roe v. Wade.

March 15, 2023

Cruz calls on Stanford to fire diversity dean, discipline students who shut down federal judge

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, called on Stanford officials to reprimand the students who last week shouted down a speech by a conservative federal judge, as well as fire the administrator who scolded the guest speaker instead of the agitators.

March 15, 2023

‘Cut the check’: San Francisco board urged to adopt reparations report with $5M payouts

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors came under pressure Tuesday to accept a draft proposal on reparations that includes $5 million for each eligible Black adult resident, a budget-busting figure increasingly embraced by supporters as the baseline.

March 15, 2023

DeSantis defends ban on ‘mutilation of minors’ after Biden rips Florida’s ‘cruel’ trans policies

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis came out swinging after President Biden blasted Florida's initiatives on transgender youth as "cruel" and "close to sinful."

March 14, 2023