Articles by Fred Lucas

 SecurityNews

Why This Rio Grande Valley Rancher Wants Biden to Finish Border Wall

Fred Lucas | April 28, 2022

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas—It was about 10 p.m. when Ruperto Escobar and one of his ranch hands were surprised to come across two men carrying… Read More

 PoliticsNews

HUD Pushes Voter Registration Drives in Public Housing Under Biden’s Executive Order

Fred Lucas | April 27, 2022

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will engage in voter registration efforts that in some cases allow mass collection of voter registration forms… Read More

 SecurityNews

Illegal Immigrants on Run ‘Harass’ Texas Border Farmers

Fred Lucas | April 26, 2022

MISSION, Texas—Many of the illegal immigrants who run through a grapefruit farm in the Rio Grande Valley owned by Sharon and Joe Waite aren’t those… Read More

   PoliticsNews

Trump Says Biden Has Done More Damage in Year Than 5 Worst Presidents Combined

Fred Lucas | April 21, 2022

Reviewing the nation’s challenges Thursday night in a speech to a Heritage Foundation audience, former President Donald Trump said America faces a historically rough period. … Read More

PoliticsNews

Washington Post’s Past Racism Detailed in Book on End of World War II

Fred Lucas | April 21, 2022

It turns out that The Washington Post embraced some forms of “cancel culture” at least as far back as 1945.  In one case, the Post… Read More

LawNews

FBI, Tech Giants Miss New York Subway Shooting Suspect’s Hateful Social Media Trail

Fred Lucas | April 14, 2022

The man charged with shooting commuters on a New York subway train Tuesday left a trail on social media in which he disparaged whites and… Read More

PoliticsNews

Heritage Foundation Launches ‘Transition’ Project to Set Conservative Policy Agenda

Fred Lucas | April 14, 2022

The Heritage Foundation on Thursday announced a 2025 Presidential Transition Project to prepare a governing agenda and conservative policy recommendations for the next administration that… Read More

LawNews

Watchdog Confirms Senator’s Unanswered Suspicions About VA Official’s Conflict of Interest

Fred Lucas | April 13, 2022

A watchdog report prompted by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, identifies a conflict of interest in the Department of Veterans Affairs office that runs the GI… Read More

 LawNews

New Biden Immigration Judge Ripped ICE, Trump Border Policies

Fred Lucas | April 12, 2022

The Biden administration has appointed an immigration judge in New York with an activist past, including criticizing federal immigration agents as “just guys who are… Read More

 PoliticsAnalysis

Historian Explains How 6 Presidents Fought Washington Swamp

Fred Lucas | April 05, 2022

From time to time, the American people elect a champion to take on the Washington swamp. Historian Larry Schweikart joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to… Read More

PoliticsNews

Pence’s New ‘Freedom Agenda’ Promotes Patriotic Education, Challenges Big Tech

Fred Lucas | April 01, 2022

Former Vice President Mike Pence announced what he calls a “Freedom Agenda” on Friday that includes policy proposals for border security, stopping Big Tech censorship,… Read More

PoliticsNews

Homeland Security 20th Agency to Track Religious Vaccine Objectors

Fred Lucas | April 01, 2022

The Department of Homeland Security is at least the 20th federal agency to have created or proposed tracking lists for employees requesting religious accommodations from… Read More

PoliticsNews

Sen. Rick Scott: GOP Must Be More Than ‘Speed Bump’ on Road to Socialism

Fred Lucas | March 31, 2022

The “militant left” has gained control of virtually every one of the nation’s institutions, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said Thursday, arguing that Republicans have to… Read More

InternationalNews

Finnish Court Clears Christian Politician, Bishop of ‘Hate Speech’ Charges

Fred Lucas | March 30, 2022

A Finnish court has dismissed all charges against a Christian member of Parliament and a bishop charged under Finland’s “hate speech” and “ethnic agitation” law… Read More

 SecurityNews

Rubio: What America Does About China Will Define 21st Century

Fred Lucas | March 29, 2022

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said the book on the history of the 21st century will be about the United States and China—and it will have… Read More

 LawNews

Study Raises New Questions About 2020 Election Results in 6 States

Fred Lucas | March 28, 2022

At least 255,000 excess votes were cast in the 2020 presidential election across six battleground states, according to a new study that examined individual voting… Read More

PoliticsNews

6 Things You Need to Know About Left’s Arabella Network

Fred Lucas | March 27, 2022

Over the past week, several Republican senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee may have stumped viewers by mentioning something called Arabella Advisors during a televised… Read More

 LawNews

5 Key Highlights From Day 4 of Judge Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing

Fred Lucas | March 24, 2022

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a final day of testimony Thursday in its confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson—this time without Jackson… Read More

LawNews

6 Takeaways From Day 3 of Judge Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing

Fred Lucas | March 23, 2022

On the third day of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Senate confirmation hearing to serve on the Supreme Court, the judge faced more questions about her rulings… Read More

LawNews

7 Big Moments From Day 2 of Judge Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing

Fred Lucas | March 22, 2022

Senators on the Judiciary Committee got their first chance Tuesday to ask questions of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s nominee for the Supreme… Read More

LawNews

4 Key Moments on Day 1 of Judge Jackson’s Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing

Fred Lucas | March 21, 2022

The opening day of hearings on federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court focused on the nominee’s record and the historic nature… Read More

LawNews

What Happened When Jackson Went Easy on This Sex Offender

Fred Lucas | March 18, 2022

Editor’s note: This article has been corrected to reflect that Dixie Bennett, not Ketanji Brown Jackson, wrote the presentence mitigation report quoted. In text messages, Neil Stewart talked… Read More

LawNews

Soft on Crime? Here’s Jackson’s Record on Sex Offenders and Other Criminals

Fred Lucas | March 17, 2022

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson once expressed concern about a “climate of fear, hatred, and revenge” surrounding sex offenders. Jackson later opposed the confinement conditions of… Read More

InternationalNews

Biden Encourages China by Lax Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, Pompeo Says

Fred Lucas | March 16, 2022

The West’s slow response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has the Chinese Communist Party eager to get its own “free bite at the apple” by… Read More

PoliticsNews

Senate Panel to Consider Rand Paul’s Proposal to Weaken Fauci’s Job

Fred Lucas | March 14, 2022

A Senate panel this week will consider proposals to diminish Dr. Anthony Fauci’s current job and expand accountability at the Centers for Disease and Prevention,… Read More

EconomyNews

Fact-Checking 3 Biden Claims on Gas Prices

Fred Lucas | March 11, 2022

President Joe Biden has insisted that rising gas prices are not a result of his administration’s policies.  This week, he announced the United States would… Read More

LawNews

Rhode Island Drops Order Prohibiting Unvaccinated Doctor From Practicing

Fred Lucas | March 11, 2022

The state of Rhode Island on Friday dismissed an order that had prevented a doctor from practicing because he declined to take a COVID-19 vaccine. … Read More

EnergyNews

Democrats, Green Activists Pressure Big Tech to Censor More Climate ‘Misinformation’

Fred Lucas | March 11, 2022

A House Democrat leading an investigation of oil industry “misinformation” blames social media companies for blocking legislation to counter climate change, even as Big Tech… Read More

 PoliticsNews

Democrat on Federal Civil Rights Panel Targeted 2 GOP Election Reformers

Fred Lucas | March 08, 2022

Three prominent Washington lawyers have tangled for months in a partisan drama involving two relatively obscure federal government agencies.  That drama involves one of Barack… Read More

PoliticsNews

Loss of Economic Liberty Tracks With Loss of Other Freedoms, Sen. Mike Lee Says

Fred Lucas | March 03, 2022

Sen. Mike Lee says economic freedom in the United States has declined—along with other freedoms—during a COVID-19 pandemic that prompted increased government spending and regulation. … Read More