Articles by Fred Lucas

EconomyNews

Trump Expected to Propose Plan to Balance Budget in 10 Years

Fred Lucas | May 19, 2017

President Donald Trump likely will propose a plan next week calling for a balanced budget in 10 years, fiscal experts predict. It also will address… Read More

PoliticsNews

Trump Impeachment Proceedings Over Obstruction Charge Unlikely to Go Far, Analysts Say

Fred Lucas | May 17, 2017

While Democrats cry for impeachment, legal experts are dubious that President Donald Trump’s reported conversation with FBI Director James Comey about his former national security… Read More

SecurityNews

In New Russia Stir, White House and Allies Call Leaks to Media Real Problem

Fred Lucas | May 16, 2017

President Donald Trump’s Oval Office conversation with two Russian officials last week was “wholly appropriate,” national security adviser H.R. McMaster said Tuesday, expanding on his… Read More

InternationalNews

North Korea’s Missile Launch a ‘Litmus Test’ for Trump and South Korean Leader

Fred Lucas | May 15, 2017

President Donald Trump will speak again to the newly elected South Korean president—who during his campaign advocated more direct engagement with North Korean leader Kim… Read More

PoliticsNews

Here’s How Far Behind Trump Is on Political Appointments Compared to Obama, Bush

Fred Lucas | May 12, 2017

President Donald Trump has begun to move on naming federal judges and will eventually be naming a new FBI director, but more broadly, he remains… Read More

LawNews

Here Are 12 Possible Comey Replacements at FBI

Fred Lucas | May 11, 2017

There’s no shortage of familiar names floating to be the next FBI director, after President Donald Trump’s controversial firing of James Comey earlier this week…. Read More

LawNews

Trump Establishes Panel to Probe Voter Fraud

Fred Lucas | May 11, 2017

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday establishing a panel to investigate voter fraud, a commission he first talked about in early February. “The… Read More

LawNews

Veteran Justice Department Officials Weigh Need for Special Prosecutor in Russia Probe

Fred Lucas | May 10, 2017

President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey gave more fodder to Democrats, many of whom were already calling for a special prosecutor to… Read More

LawNews

A 2016 Election Battleground State Is Investigating Potential Voter Fraud

Fred Lucas | May 10, 2017

New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate race was decided by little more than 1,000 votes in November, while the spread between the top two presidential candidates was… Read More

PoliticsNews

Trump Fires FBI Director James Comey

Fred Lucas | May 09, 2017

President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening fired FBI Director James Comey, amid rising controversy over what Comey told Congress regarding a top Hillary Clinton aide… Read More

LawNews

Younger Judicial Nominees Give Trump Chance for Legacy in Courts

Fred Lucas | May 08, 2017

President Donald Trump will begin to leave his mark on the lower courts of the federal judiciary with 10 nominees named Monday, many of them… Read More

InternationalNews

Trump’s First International Trip Reveals Middle East a Priority

Fred Lucas | May 05, 2017

President Donald Trump could be indicating his highest international priority in traveling to the Middle East ahead of European summits later this month, experts say,… Read More

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