Articles by Fred Lucas

LawNews

4 Takeaways From the James Comey Memos

Fred Lucas | April 20, 2018

The seven memos written by James Comey while he was still FBI director about his conversations with President Donald Trump are illuminating while offering no… Read More

LawNews

Andrew McCabe, FBI’s Former No. 2, Faces Criminal Probe for Lying, Leaking

Fred Lucas | April 19, 2018

The Justice Department’s internal watchdog has asked for a criminal probe of the FBI’s recently ousted top deputy for leaking and lying to investigators, several… Read More

EconomyNews

The Labor Board Is Now GOP-Run. Here’s 1 Big Change It Could Make to Rein In Unions.

Fred Lucas | April 19, 2018

An Obama administration rule that fast-tracked elections to establish unions at private companies could be on the chopping block of a federal labor agency three… Read More

PoliticsNews

What Presidents and First Ladies Are Saying About Barbara Bush

Fred Lucas | April 18, 2018

Former presidents and first ladies from both parties praised the life and legacy of Barbara Pierce Bush, the wife and mother of the only two… Read More

PoliticsNews

How 4 Big Comey Claims Stack Up to His Senate Testimony

Fred Lucas | April 16, 2018

Portions of former FBI Director James Comey’s new book on the end of his law enforcement career conflict with the facts as presented by the… Read More

SocietyNews

What Bush, Obama Deployments of National Guard at Border Suggest About Trump’s Operation

Fred Lucas | April 16, 2018

California Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, drew surprising praise from President Donald Trump regarding plans to send the state’s National Guard troops to the southern… Read More

PoliticsNews

Senate Confirms 3 Key Trump Administration Officials, 3 More Judges

Fred Lucas | April 13, 2018

After months of lagging in confirming President Donald Trump’s nominees for top executive branch posts, the Republican-led Senate helped the president staff up with a… Read More

EconomyNews

Trump Seeks to Scale Back More EPA Rules, Says Tax Cuts Boosting Manufacturing

Fred Lucas | April 12, 2018

President Donald Trump touted the success of his policies in helping manufacturers, and announced a new presidential order to roll back environmental regulations that would… Read More

InternationalNews

As Trade, Border Security Issues Emerge, Pence to Fill in for Trump at Summit on Central America

Fred Lucas | April 12, 2018

Vice President Mike Pence, standing in for President Donald Trump at the Summit of the Americas, has long been highly engaged in Central American issues…. Read More

InternationalNews

White House Insists Trump Not Telegraphing Next Move in Syria

Fred Lucas | April 11, 2018

After President Donald Trump tweeted about “smart” missiles to strike Syria that Russia couldn’t shoot down, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders sounded more… Read More

PoliticsNews

White House Bides Time on Paul Ryan’s Successor

Fred Lucas | April 11, 2018

President Donald Trump had laudatory comments Wednesday about House Speaker Paul Ryan after the Republican congressional leader announced he would not run for another term…. Read More

LawNews

5 Questions Emerging From the FBI Raid on Trump Lawyer

Fred Lucas | April 10, 2018

The FBI raid on the office and home of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, raises constitutional concerns and issues about the future of… Read More

SocietyNews

4 Areas Where Democrats Once Backed Trump Immigration Agenda

Fred Lucas | April 09, 2018

A politician stood on the U.S.-Mexican border in San Ysidro, California, declaring, “The day when America could be the welfare system for Mexico is gone.”… Read More

EconomyNews

Commerce Secretary Ross Wants to See US Catch Up to Other Countries on Economic Freedom

Fred Lucas | April 09, 2018

The United States will be turning the tide on economic freedom, said Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, referencing the United States being ranked 18th on The… Read More

EconomyNews

West Virginians Share Tax Cut Success Stories With Trump

Fred Lucas | April 05, 2018

For Tony Hodge, a rural mail carrier from Hurricane, West Virginia, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act meant a savings for his family of $2,417…. Read More

EconomyNews

Exclusive: Ben Carson Says He’s Not ‘Going Anywhere’

Fred Lucas | April 04, 2018

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, who has faced intense scrutiny and even calls for his ouster over a furniture order, said in an… Read More

SocietyNews

Trump Calls for Military Solution at Border: ‘It’s Something We Have to Do’

Fred Lucas | April 04, 2018

President Donald Trump says he wants to use the military to protect the southern border, but was short on the specifics of what he had… Read More

PoliticsNews

Exclusive: EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Says Media Reports About Him Don’t Tell True Story

Fred Lucas | April 03, 2018

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt defended his living arrangement in Washington during the presidential transition, noting that career ethics officials at the EPA found… Read More

EconomyNews

EPA to Rework ‘Coercive’ Obama Fuel Standards, Scott Pruitt Says

Fred Lucas | April 03, 2018

Obama administration regulations on fuel efficiency for automobiles were both unrealistic and coercive, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said Tuesday. “Oftentimes this agency has… Read More

SocietyNews

Trump’s Idea of Using Military Resources for Border Wall Isn’t Unprecedented

Fred Lucas | April 02, 2018

The military has been involved before in putting up a barrier along the U.S.-Mexican border without explicit authorization from Congress, according to a 2009 government… Read More

LawNews

5 Things to Know About the Prosecutor Probing FBI, Justice Department Actions

Fred Lucas | March 30, 2018

While Attorney General Jeff Sessions has decided to hold off on naming a second special counsel, he reached well outside Washington for a federal prosecutor… Read More

InternationalNews

Backers of Trump Pick for UN Migration Agency Counter Media Attacks

Fred Lucas | March 29, 2018

Working as a TV journalist and assisting in humanitarian actions, Greta Van Susteren says, she has seen Ken Isaacs’ work firsthand. And she says she… Read More

SocietyAnalysis

Right Side of History: The Second Amendment and American Gun Culture

Fred Lucas | March 29, 2018

The history of guns, gun control, and the Second Amendment is the topic of this week’s episode of “The Right Side of History,” a podcast… Read More

SecurityNews

Trump Fires Shulkin at VA, Taps White House Physician

Fred Lucas | March 28, 2018

President Donald Trump has decided to name his White House physician, Navy Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs as he… Read More

LawNews

Calls Grow for Second Special Counsel to Probe Justice Department Conduct

Fred Lucas | March 27, 2018

Lying to Congress, misleading a special surveillance court, and failing to disclose conflicts of interest are among possible wrongdoing that a second special counsel could… Read More

SecurityNews

What John Bolton Brings to the Job of National Security Adviser

Fred Lucas | March 26, 2018

John Bolton, who has a history of advocating muscular foreign policy, will guide the White House as the new national security adviser in facing threats… Read More

SocietyNews

School Personnel in These Gun-Control States Are Trained in Firearms Use

Fred Lucas | March 25, 2018

Mark Zilinskas, a high school math teacher in Pennsylvania, took firearms and emergency response training even though his state prohibits guns in school. “To say… Read More

EconomyNews

Trump Threatens to Veto, Then Signs, ‘Ridiculous’ Spending Bill

Fred Lucas | March 23, 2018

President Donald Trump, after wavering, decided to sign a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill, asserting his highest duty as president is to “keep America safe.”… Read More

EconomyNews

In Talk to Millennials, Trump Pledges Phase 2 of Tax Cuts

Fred Lucas | March 22, 2018

President Donald Trump said he will push for “phase two” tax cuts in remarks Thursday to a White House gathering of millennials, a key voting… Read More

PoliticsNews

Here Are 6 of the 146 Key Trump Nominees Stalled by Senate Democrats

Fred Lucas | March 22, 2018

Senate Democrats have slowed President Donald Trump’s efforts to build his administration by pushing the maximum 30 hours of debate for nearly every one of… Read More