Ryan Lucas
Ryan Lucas covers the Justice Department for NPR.
He focuses on the national security side of the Justice beat, including counterterrorism and counterintelligence. Lucas also covers a host of other justice issues, including the Trump administration's "tough-on-crime" agenda and anti-trust enforcement.
Before joining NPR, Lucas worked for a decade as a foreign correspondent for The Associated Press based in Poland, Egypt and Lebanon. In Poland, he covered the fallout from the revelations about secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe. In the Middle East, he reported on the ouster of Hosni Mubarak in 2011 and the turmoil that followed. He also covered the Libyan civil war, the Syrian conflict and the rise of the Islamic State. He reported from Iraq during the U.S. occupation and later during the Islamic State takeover of Mosul in 2014.
He also covered intelligence and national security for Congressional Quarterly.
Lucas earned a bachelor's degree from The College of William and Mary, and a master's degree from Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.
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The Justice Department's case against former FBI Director James Comey faced a new setback Wednesday, as questions mount over how prosecutors presented the indictment to the grand jury.
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President Trump has already issued an order designating antifa a "domestic terrorist organization." Now his administration is talking about also labeling it as a foreign terrorist organization.
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President Trump has already issued an order designating antifa a "domestic terrorist organization." Now his administration is talking about also labeling it as a foreign terrorist organization.
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John Bolton, who was President Trump's national security adviser before becoming a vocal critic, was indicted Thursday on charges related to the mishandling of classified documents.
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John Bolton, who was President Trump's national security adviser before becoming a vocal critic, was indicted Thursday on charges related to the mishandling of classified documents.
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A federal grand jury indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James Thursday. The charges, which include bank fraud, come after pressure from President Trump to prosecute his political foes.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi will testify before Congress Tuesday. The hearing comes as concerns the Justice Department is being weaponized to target President Trump's political adversaries grow.
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President Trump says the U.S. is in an "armed conflict" with unspecified drug cartels. That's according to a document sent to Congress about the military strikes on suspected drug boats.
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We examine the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey after President Trump called for several of his political enemies -- including Comey -- to be prosecuted.
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We examine the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey after President Trump called for several of his political enemies -- including Comey -- to be prosecuted.