Articles by Fred Lucas

 PoliticsNews

How the Left Hopes to Seize Control of Local Election Offices

Fred Lucas | July 18, 2022

Two big money liberal operations, ready to spend $80 million each, are trying to determine who controls elections and how in the years ahead.  “The… Read More

PoliticsNews

Heritage Foundation Files Ethics Complaint Against Lawmaker for Smearing Expert Witness on Gun Control

Fred Lucas | July 14, 2022

The Heritage Foundation filed an ethics complaint Wednesday against Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., who last month accused a Second Amendment expert with the Washington-based think tank… Read More

 SecurityNews

Border Deaths Surge Under Biden Compared With Trump, Obama

Fred Lucas | July 13, 2022

Under the Biden administration, deaths of migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border in 2021 increased by almost 300 from the prior year, and by 200 from… Read More

PoliticsNews

4 Takeaways as Jan. 6 Panel Argues That Trump Sparked Capitol Riot

Fred Lucas | July 12, 2022

The House panel investigating last year’s Capitol riot argued during a hearing Tuesday that a tweet from then-President Donald Trump was largely responsible for rioters’… Read More

LawNews

The Numbers Behind Pennsylvania’s Turmoil Over Transgender Women in Prison

Fred Lucas | July 04, 2022

Almost 200 biological males behind bars in Pennsylvania’s state prisons say they identify as women. A small number of them are seeking a transfer to… Read More

PoliticsNews

4 Big Takeaways as White House Aide Testifies on Trump and Capitol Riot 

Fred Lucas | June 28, 2022

In perhaps the most significant public hearing held so far by the House’s Jan. 6 committee, a former White House aide testified Tuesday that President… Read More

LawNews

Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade in Dobbs Decision

Fred Lucas | June 24, 2022

The Supreme Court overturned its Roe v. Wade ruling Friday with a 5-4 decision in a Mississippi case that returns the issue of abortion to… Read More

PoliticsNews

House Republicans Call for Accountability on ‘Bidenflation’ and Energy Crisis

Fred Lucas | June 21, 2022

Americans are paying about $2,500 more for energy because of Biden administration policies, says former Energy Secretary Rick Perry.  “We became the No. 1 producer… Read More

PoliticsNews

Republicans Seek to Force House Vote on Whether Life Begins at Conception 

Fred Lucas | June 20, 2022

With the Supreme Court expected to soon announce a pivotal decision that could overturn Roe v. Wade, Republican lawmakers are using a procedural tactic to… Read More

PoliticsNews

6 Takeaways From Jan. 6 Committee Hearing on Trump’s Pressure on Pence

Fred Lucas | June 16, 2022

The Jan. 6 committee hearing Thursday focused entirely on former Vice President Mike Pence, his constitutional role in certifying states’ presidential electoral votes, and whether… Read More

LawNews

By the Numbers: How Many Men in California Prisons Identify as Women

Fred Lucas | June 14, 2022

California’s prison population includes 1,115 biological males who say they identify as women, according to the state’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.  About 1 in… Read More

PoliticsNews

Republican AGs Set to Speak at Gathering Sponsored by Arabella, Amazon, Facebook

Fred Lucas | June 14, 2022

At a time when many Republicans are expressing frustration with what they consider a liberal tilt by one national group that represents state attorneys general,… Read More

 PoliticsNews

6 Takeaways From Democrats’ Prime-Time Hearing on Capitol Riot 

Fred Lucas | June 10, 2022

A House panel investigating the Capitol riot took over a chunk of prime-time television Thursday night with the first of a planned six hearings.  The… Read More

 PoliticsNews

What If? Questions a Bipartisan Probe of Jan. 6 Might Have Answered

Fred Lucas | June 09, 2022

A bipartisan investigation of the Capitol riot would dig into the security breakdown and not ignore questions that didn’t conform to a Democrat Party narrative,… Read More

 EconomyNews

EXCLUSIVE: House Conservatives Float Plan to Balance Budget in 7 Years

Fred Lucas | June 09, 2022

House conservatives say they’ve crafted a plan to rein in government spending and balance the federal budget in seven years.  The budget proposal from the… Read More

 PoliticsNews

‘We Will Win’: America’s Policy Must Take on China, Heritage President Tells House GOP

Fred Lucas | June 08, 2022

National security threats posed by China should be considered by America’s leaders as they determine details of public policies, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said… Read More

 LawNews

New Jersey Rolls Include Duplicate, Centenarian, and Unborn Voters

Fred Lucas | June 07, 2022

New Jersey resident Patrick DePaola first registered to vote in June 1927. A 50-year employee as a printer for The New York Times, he died… Read More

PoliticsNews

Here’s Setup for House Panel’s TV Show on Capitol Riot

Fred Lucas | June 07, 2022

The House panel investigating the Capitol riot is going prime time Thursday night with a nationally televised hearing packaged as if it were a slick… Read More

PoliticsNews

3 Laws That Biden’s Voter Registration Order Could Break

Fred Lucas | June 01, 2022

President Joe Biden’s executive order spurring an “all of government” approach to registering voters could raise questions about whether the effort squares with a law… Read More

LawNews

Biden to Highlight Police Accountability 2 Years After George Floyd’s Death

Fred Lucas | May 24, 2022

President Joe Biden is expected to issue an executive order Wednesday to limit the use of chokeholds and no-knock warrants by police as a way… Read More

 LawNews

Pennsylvania’s Drawn-Out Senate Primary Underlines Need to Reform Mail-In Voting, House Republican Says

Fred Lucas | May 24, 2022

Pennsylvania’s second prolonged election in two years demonstrates a need to reform both the mail-in voting process and ballot counting, the co-chair of the U.S…. Read More

Health CareNews

Is Monkeypox Next COVID-19? What One Physician Thinks 

Fred Lucas | May 23, 2022

Americans should be aware and vigilant about monkeypox, but shouldn’t anticipate another deadly pandemic, a former federal health official says. “This is completely unlike COVID…. Read More

InternationalNews

4 Keys to Understanding Prosecution of Russians for War Crimes in Ukraine

Fred Lucas | May 23, 2022

Ukraine used its own justice system to secure the nation’s first conviction of a Russian soldier Monday for committing a war crime, but officials are… Read More

 PoliticsNews

Network News Ignores Biden’s ‘Ministry of Truth’ and Its Quick Demise, Study Finds

Fred Lucas | May 19, 2022

Although they’re in the First Amendment business, network newscasts largely ignored the rise and fall of a federal government board that raised red flags about… Read More

LawNews

Planned Parenthood Leader Among Donors to Prosecutor Who Won’t Charge Protesters at Justices’ Homes

Fred Lucas | May 18, 2022

The political arm of the liberal legal group Demand Justice, which advocates packing the Supreme Court, contributed $5,000 last year to the campaign of Fairfax… Read More

PoliticsNews

House Republicans Call for Probe of FBI Raid on Project Veritas

Fred Lucas | May 11, 2022

House Republicans are calling for a congressional investigation into the FBI’s raid on and seizure of information from Project Veritas’ James O’Keefe and potentially other… Read More

LawNews

Biden ‘Disinformation’ Board Gives Ammo to Court Action on Big Tech Censorship, Louisiana AG Says

Fred Lucas | May 10, 2022

The Biden administration’s formation of a “disinformation” board has sparked momentum for two states to sue the U.S. government, alleging pressure and collusion with Big… Read More

 SecurityNews

Lifting Title 42 Will Mean Fewer Border Patrol Agents in Field

Fred Lucas | May 10, 2022

McALLEN, Texas—Border security experts expect the nation will bear the consequences of more illegal immigration whether the Biden administration ends a key public health measure… Read More

LawNews

Citing ‘Leftward Shift,’ 3 More Republicans Exit National Attorneys General Group 

Fred Lucas | May 10, 2022

Three Republican attorneys general have withdrawn from the National Association of Attorneys General, asserting that the organization has become too ideological. Ken Paxton of Texas,… Read More

LawNews

Pro-Abortion Graffiti Mars Pro-Life Pregnancy Center in Virginia

Fred Lucas | May 09, 2022

A vandal or vandals painted pro-abortion graffiti on a pro-life pregnancy center over the weekend in Northern Virginia, about 32 miles from the nation’s capital. … Read More