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Fred Lucas

Fred Lucas is chief news correspondent and manager of the Investigative Reporting Project for The Daily Signal.

Government
Justices Barrett, Kagan to face House grilling: What to expect

​(The Daily Signal) – While two Supreme Court justices are scheduled to field questions from a House panel Tuesday about the court’s budget, it’s plausible, if not likely, that members… Read More

July 14, 2026
Courts
Conservative watchdog sues DHS for deportation count

(The Daily Signal) – A conservative watchdog group has sued the Department of Homeland Security seeking data on the “actual” number of deportations of illegal immigrants. The Oversight Project filed… Read More

July 9, 2026
Courts
Supreme Court to decide fate of state and local gun bans in major second amendment showdown

(The Daily Signal) – The Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will consider whether states and local governments can ban semiautomatic rifles like the AR-15. The court will review two challenges… Read More

July 1, 2026
Courts
Bolton pleads guilty in classified information case

John Bolton, a former national security adviser to President Donald Trump who became a critic of the president, pleaded guilty Friday to one count of retaining national security information. Read More

June 26, 2026
Government
‘Knew people would die’: New Mexico Democrat governor erupts at Biden DEA program allowing fentanyl into state

(The Daily Signal) – New Mexico’s Democrat Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham blasted a Drug Enforcement Administration program that began in the Biden administration and allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl… Read More

June 26, 2026