Articles by Fred Lucas

 LawNews

Who Has the Worst Election Laws? These 10 States, According to Scorecard

Fred Lucas | August 29, 2022

Hawaii may be paradise for vacation spots, but the Aloha State comes in last place in a ranking of all 50 states based on the… Read More

 LawNews

Former Texas Mayor Acquitted in Voter Fraud Case 

Fred Lucas | August 26, 2022

A Texas jury acquitted a former mayor on 12 counts of election fraud in connection with what prosecutors said was a ballot harvesting ring.  After… Read More

PoliticsNews

IRS to Set Up ‘Centralized Office’ for 87,000 New Agents

Fred Lucas | August 22, 2022

The Internal Revenue Service will establish a centralized office to implement elements of the tax and spending bill that President Joe Biden signed last week,… Read More

Health CareAnalysis

Biden Picks Major Recipient of Pfizer Research Dollars to Oversee Cancer Institute 

Fred Lucas | August 22, 2022

President Joe Biden’s choice to lead the National Cancer Institute received $290.8 million in research funding from pharmaceutical giant Pfizer over her career as an… Read More

 LawNews

New Voting Rules Guide These 4 States That Had Closest Election Margins in 2020

Fred Lucas | August 22, 2022

Voting procedures will be significantly different in the most competitive battleground states in this fall’s midterm elections, compared with some of the controversies of 2020. … Read More

PoliticsAnalysis

Examining How COVID-19 Lockdowns So Easily Curbed American Freedoms

Fred Lucas | August 19, 2022

Americans still remember how the COVID-19 pandemic led not only to the loss of lives, but the loss of livelihoods. As businesses closed, the government… Read More

PoliticsNews

3 Previous Presidential Records Act Controversies

Fred Lucas | August 17, 2022

Although an FBI raid on the home of a former president had been unprecedented until this month, clashes over compliance with a law called the… Read More

PoliticsNews

Biden’s Archivist Pick to Take Helm During Firestorm Over Trump Raid

Fred Lucas | August 15, 2022

President Joe Biden’s nominee to the usually obscure and apolitical office of archivist of the United States comes as the agency she hopes to lead… Read More

 LawNews

Biden Dismisses Voter Fraud, but His Justice Department Keeps Prosecuting It

Fred Lucas | August 15, 2022

The Biden administration’s Justice Department successfully prosecuted election fraud cases last month in Pennsylvania and Louisiana, even as the president has spent much of his… Read More

EconomyNews

House Passes Huge Spending and Tax Bill Expanding Size of IRS and Green Energy Handouts 

Fred Lucas | August 12, 2022

On a party-line vote, the House narrowly passed a $737 billion measure Friday to dramatically expand green energy subsidies and health care programs while nearly… Read More

PoliticsNews

4 Facts About IRS Gun Arsenal

Fred Lucas | August 12, 2022

Some of the 87,000 new agents whom Democrats propose to hire at the Internal Revenue Service could come with some extra firepower.  On Friday, House… Read More

PoliticsNews

Garland Says He Approved Search Warrant for Trump Raid

Fred Lucas | August 11, 2022

Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that he signed off on the FBI raid of former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida, but provided few… Read More

LawNews

4 Key Questions After FBI Raids Trump’s Home

Fred Lucas | August 09, 2022

The FBI’s raid of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home, Mar-a-Lago, has raised questions about Trump’s future as well as the propriety of the Biden… Read More

PoliticsNews

After Marathon ‘Vote-a-Rama,’ Senate Democrats Ram Through ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Tax and Spending Bill

Fred Lucas | August 07, 2022

Pulling an all-night “vote-a-rama” Saturday that extended through the middle of the afternoon on Sunday, Senate Democrats defeated a slew of Republican amendments en route… Read More

EconomyNews

Senate Democrats Advance Schumer-Manchin-Biden Tax and Spending Bill

Fred Lucas | August 06, 2022

The Democrat-controlled Senate voted Saturday evening along party lines to proceed toward passing a $570 billion tax hike as part of a spending bill packed… Read More

 PoliticsNews

FBI ‘Aggressively’ Pursuing Hunter Biden Investigation, Director Wray Says

Fred Lucas | August 04, 2022

FBI Director Christopher Wray referred to “malign foreign influence with, potentially, public corruption” during a Senate committee hearing Thursday where participants described Hunter Biden’s alleged… Read More

 PoliticsNews

4 Takeaways From Senate Panel’s Hearing on Gain-of-Function Research, COVID-19

Fred Lucas | August 03, 2022

Congress held its first hearing Wednesday investigating whether gain-of-function research financed by U.S. taxpayers could have led to the spread of COVID-19.  Sen. Rand Paul,… Read More

PoliticsNews

Biden Executive Order on Abortion Travel Funding Appears to Violate Hyde Amendment

Fred Lucas | August 03, 2022

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday to authorize taxpayer-financed transportation for women seeking an abortion.  Biden’s order directs the Department of Health and… Read More

 InternationalNews

Pelosi Defies China’s Bluster, Heralds ‘Taiwan’s Vibrant Democracy’

Fred Lucas | August 02, 2022

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defied the Communist Chinese government Tuesday by touching down in Taiwan for a visit. The California Democrat continued to win praise… Read More

 PoliticsNews

Liberal ‘Dark Money’ Groups Target Election Integrity, House GOP Watchdogs Say

Fred Lucas | August 02, 2022

“Dark money” groups on the left that seek to control local election offices across the country could further undermine confidence in American elections, some House… Read More

EducationNews

Historical Revisionism at Jefferson’s Monticello, Madison’s Montpelier Decried as ‘Attempt to Colonize Culture’

Fred Lucas | August 01, 2022

George Washington’s home is a good place to visit for education and history. But Thomas Jefferson’s home is bad, and James Madison’s is ugly, at… Read More

PoliticsNews

Government Eyes Collecting More Data on Americans to Address Pay Discrimination 

Fred Lucas | July 28, 2022

The federal government collected data on 100 million Americans from 70,000 employers to prioritize investigations for what a report calls “systemic” pay discrimination. The government… Read More

  PoliticsNews

7 Takeaways From Trump’s ‘America First’ Policy Speech

Fred Lucas | July 26, 2022

Former President Donald Trump focused mostly on fighting a surge in crime and keeping Americans safe but veered into other topics Tuesday in remarks packed… Read More

PoliticsNews

6 Big Takeaways as House Panel Retraces Trump’s Steps During Capitol Riot

Fred Lucas | July 22, 2022

“The dam has begun to break,” Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., asserted early in the eighth hearing held by the House panel investigating the Capitol riot… Read More

 PoliticsNews

How Big Tech Plans to Keep a Grip on Local Elections Amid Funding Bans

Fred Lucas | July 20, 2022

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says he has sworn off bankrolling local election administration, but other Big Tech executives are positioned to play a role in… Read More

 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