Articles by Fred Lucas

How Trump Responded to the New York Sentencing

Fred Lucas | January 10, 2025

Just 10 days before his second inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump’s designation as a convicted felon became official Friday in a New York court. New York… Read More

LawNews

Donald Trump raises his finger in a suit.

5-4: Two Republican-Appointed Supreme Court Justices Agree With Democrat Appointees in Allowing Trump Sentencing to Proceed

Fred Lucas | January 09, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to block a New York court from sentencing President-elect Donald Trump in the “hush money” case involving porn star Stormy… Read More

PoliticsNews

President Joe Biden and his then-nominee to lead the ATF, Steven Dettelbach, in the White House Rose Garden

After Controversial Raids in 2024, Changes at ATF Are Likely Under Trump

Fred Lucas | January 09, 2025

Under the Biden administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives gained new authority, but after a tumultuous year, the agency’s director, Steven Dettelbach,… Read More

LawNews

Attorney General Merrick Garland behind a lectern

What Merrick Garland Wants to Release on Trump Before the Inauguration

Fred Lucas | January 08, 2025

Attorney General Merrick Garland intends to release the volume of special counsel Jack Smith’s report alleging President-elect Donald Trump committed crimes in challenging the 2020… Read More

PoliticsNews

California Governor Gavin Newsom in a dark blue suit with no tie, sitting on stage holding a microphone

Left Launches Multi-Front ‘Trump-Proofing’ Effort at Federal, State Levels

Fred Lucas | January 07, 2025

Donald Trump’s election to the presidency was formally certified on Monday, but he still faces “Trump-proofing” efforts in Washington and in the states—and in some… Read More

PoliticsNews

A hand holds an absentee ballot in a mail-back envelope.

Wisconsin to Probe How 193 Absentee Ballots Went Uncounted

Fred Lucas | January 03, 2025

The top election oversight body in the battleground state of Wisconsin kicked off 2025 by launching a bipartisan investigation of uncounted ballots in the state’s… Read More

PoliticsNews

President Joe Biden is joined at the White House by Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin of Illinois and Chuck Schumer of New York.

Biden Boasts of ‘Most Demographically Diverse’ Judges in History

Fred Lucas | January 02, 2025

With just 18 days left in his presidency, Joe Biden did a victory lap during a White House ceremony Thursday after appointing one more federal… Read More

PoliticsNews

Democratic Reps. Jamie Raskin of Maryland (left) and Bennie Thompson of Mississippi. Thompson is wearing a COVID-19 mask.

What Will Jan. 6 Committee Democrats Do When It’s Time to Certify Trump’s Win?

Fred Lucas | January 02, 2025

House Democrats on the select committee that accused President-elect Donald Trump of inciting an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, are not saying whether they will… Read More

PoliticsAnalysis

Jimmy Carter’s Legacy on Election Integrity That Would Prompt Democrats to Label Him Jim Crow 2.0 Today

Fred Lucas | December 30, 2024

History remembers Jimmy Carter’s post-presidency more kindly than his presidency for a host of reasons. One could certainly be that as president, Carter didn’t champion… Read More

LawNews

IRS Whistleblowers Push Forward on Defamation Case Against Hunter Biden’s Lawyer

Fred Lucas | December 19, 2024

The drama and legal saga adjacent to Hunter Biden’s conduct isn’t over yet. Lawyers for the two IRS whistleblowers in his tax evasion case contend… Read More

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Articles by Fred Lucas