Articles by Fred Lucas

SocietyNews

Trump: ‘No One Should Be Censoring Sermons or Targeting Pastors’

Fred Lucas | May 04, 2017

President Donald Trump asked two nuns with the Little Sisters of the Poor to join him in front of a Rose Garden audience Thursday before… Read More

SocietyNews

Trump to Sign Executive Order on Religious Freedom

Fred Lucas | May 03, 2017

President Donald Trump will reportedly be celebrating the National Day of Prayer by signing an executive order to boost America’s first freedom. Trump is meeting… Read More

InternationalNews

What’s at Stake in Trump Meeting With Palestinian Leader

Fred Lucas | May 01, 2017

President Donald Trump will meet with the leader of the Palestinian Authority this week, ahead of his first trip to Israel expected later this month…. Read More

PoliticsNews

White House Vows Funding for Border Wall, Just Not Now

Fred Lucas | April 28, 2017

Congress plans to pass a final spending bill to keep the government running beyond the next week, but without funding for a border wall. The… Read More

PoliticsNews

Religious Freedom, Infrastructure Among Trump’s Plans for Next 100 Days

Fred Lucas | April 28, 2017

After wrapping up his first 100 days in the White House on Saturday, President Donald Trump plans to hit a new set of issues, including… Read More

PoliticsNews

Promises Kept, and Not Yet Kept, in Trump’s First 100 Days

Fred Lucas | April 27, 2017

President Donald Trump has scoffed at the measurement even as the White House heralded the successes of his first 100 days in office. No matter how… Read More

EconomyNews

How Trump’s Tax Plan Would Affect High-Tax States Like California, New York

Fred Lucas | April 26, 2017

High-income earners in high-tax states would see a federal tax rate cut, but may pay more in the end if they’re unable to deduct state… Read More

InternationalNews

Mike Lee Warns Trump About Taxpayer Funding of Soros Groups Overseas

Fred Lucas | April 25, 2017

For eight years, U.S. foreign assistance was tied to a leftist political agenda rather than American interests, and it’s now up to President Donald Trump… Read More

Health CareNews

Trump to Announce ‘Tremendous Things’ for Veterans Health Care

Fred Lucas | April 20, 2017

Some veterans organizations don’t think a bill President Donald Trump signed Wednesday expanding private care options for veterans goes far enough. “The veterans have poured… Read More

InternationalNews

After State Department Snub, Senators Look to ‘Other Means’ to Investigate Tax Dollars Propping Up Soros Work

Fred Lucas | April 20, 2017

This article has been corrected and updated since publication. Details about changes are at the end of article. Republican senators could investigate U.S. tax dollars… Read More

InternationalNews

Watchdog Sues for Records on Tax Dollars Funding ‘Soros Infantry’

Fred Lucas | April 19, 2017

Judicial Watch is suing to obtain government records regarding almost $5 million in U.S. tax dollars flowing to the “Soros infantry” that is disrupting Macedonia’s… Read More

LawNews

4 Big Questions About the Supreme Court’s New Religious Freedom Case

Fred Lucas | April 18, 2017

Missouri’s new governor introduced a fresh dynamic into what was set to be the leading religious freedom case argued before the Supreme Court this year,… Read More

InternationalNews

White House Turns Up Heat, but Rejects ‘Red Lines’ for North Korea

Fred Lucas | April 17, 2017

Both the Trump administration and North Korea are ratcheting up statements about a potential conflict. “President [Donald] Trump has changed the equation. We don’t know… Read More

EconomyNews

Trump White House Moves Forward With Plan Government Employee Union Dubs ‘Dangerous’

Fred Lucas | April 13, 2017

In six months, the Trump administration plans to produce a plan to shrink the size of government, eliminate programs, and reduce the federal workforce—and is… Read More

InternationalNews

Trump, NATO Leader to Talk About Allies’ Paying Fair Share

Fred Lucas | April 11, 2017

Less than a week after President Donald Trump rallied the world behind ending the violence in Syria, he will meet with the top civilian leader… Read More

EconomyNews

How States Are Trying to Force Federal Government to Control Spending

Fred Lucas | April 11, 2017

Georgia state Rep. Paulette Rakestraw helped lead her state to be the first to join a formal interstate compact to push the federal government to… Read More

InternationalNews

Trump’s First Big Foreign Policy Move a Departure From Stump Speeches

Fred Lucas | April 07, 2017

The defining foreign policy decision of President Donald Trump’s first 100 days is a significant shift from his noninterventionist rhetoric on the campaign trail in… Read More

InternationalNews

US Cruise Missiles Strike Air Base in Syria

Fred Lucas | April 06, 2017

The United States fired dozens of cruise missiles at an airfield in Syria that military officials said was the source of the poison gas attack… Read More

InternationalNews

4 Issues Trump Will Likely Confront Chinese Leader About

Fred Lucas | April 05, 2017

North Korea will be the top agenda item for President Donald Trump when he meets Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping. “We have somebody that… Read More

Health CareNews

It’s Really Hard to Fire a VA Employee. This Bill Would Change That.

Fred Lucas | April 05, 2017

Veterans groups are backing a Republican bill to make it easier to fire bad employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs, but the legislation faces… Read More

LawNews

8 Cases Show How Gorsuch Might Rule on Freedom of the Press

Fred Lucas | March 31, 2017

President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee has an extensive record ruling on free press and First Amendment issues. He has sided with the media in… Read More

EconomyNews

Obama’s IRS Chief Who Dodged Impeachment Continues Under Trump

Fred Lucas | March 31, 2017

In the heart of tax season, Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen will address the National Press Club next Wednesday even as many members of… Read More

 LawNews

Trump Signals Change in Tone for Police From Obama

Fred Lucas | March 28, 2017

President Donald Trump told the nation’s largest police union his administration will “always have your back,” a departure from what many police organizations say they… Read More

EconomyNews

Trump Looks to Rebound With Tax Reform

Fred Lucas | March 27, 2017

The White House sees the possibility of broad support for tax reform, and an opportunity for President Donald Trump to take up an issue that… Read More

Health CareNews

Trump-Backed Health Care Bill Stalls. Here’s How Other Presidents Responded to Early Setbacks

Fred Lucas | March 24, 2017

President Donald Trump’s next moves might be some of the most important of his presidency. “So now we are going to go for tax reform,”… Read More

EconomyNews

What Georgia Could Teach Trump About How to Drain the Swamp

Fred Lucas | March 24, 2017

If the Trump administration wants to “dismantle the administrative state,” it might examine state-based efforts to tame the bureaucracy—the oldest being that of Georgia, where… Read More

SecurityNews

Who Knew What About Trump Surveillance? New Details Raise More Questions

Fred Lucas | March 23, 2017

The chairman of the House intelligence panel acknowledged Wednesday that President Donald Trump and members of his team were likely under surveillance, at least incidentally,… Read More

LawNews

Trump Makes Next Move to Shape Federal Judiciary

Fred Lucas | March 21, 2017

President Donald Trump has tapped a federal district judge from his list of potential Supreme Court picks to be his first nominee to a federal… Read More

LawPoliticsNews

Judge Warns 9th Circuit’s Use of Trump Campaign Pledge ‘Judicial Psychoanalysis’

Fred Lucas | March 21, 2017

A federal judge is raising an alarm about “judicial psychoanalysis” resulting from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on President Donald Trump’s executive… Read More

EconomyNews

Before Trump Called for Cuts in This Government Program, Obama Did

Fred Lucas | March 17, 2017

The president’s budget called for slashing funding for a block grant program primarily because it was difficult to determine whether it was getting the desired… Read More