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 first head of the ATF confirmed by the Senate in seven years starts work Tuesday. Steve Dettelbach will lead the federal agency that regulates firearms amid a spike in gun violence.
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The former Trump adviser faces two counts of contempt for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
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The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol covered heated meetings inside the White House. NPR Justice Correspondent Ryan Lucas reports.
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Behind closed doors, former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone is expected to talk to the House Jan. 6 panel on Friday. He's considered a key witness to attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
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John Durham's probe led to a single false statements count against Michael Sussmann for allegedly lying to the FBI about possible ties between a Russian-bank and Donald Trump's company.
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The U.S. and European allies have accused Russia of war crimes in Ukraine. The Biden administration says it's helping Ukraine investigate. The Justice Department and State Department are assisting.
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Four weeks into the war, two women in Ukraine share their stories as the struggle to stay in touch with their children, who are living in cities at the front line of Russia's assault.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed Congress via video from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Wednesday. The city is currently under bombardment from Russia.
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Ukrainians across the country are contributing to the war effort in different ways, including manning checkpoints far from the front lines.
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Russian forces conducted strikes against two cities in western Ukraine. That's far from the main fighting fronts in the two-week-old war. Is it signaling a shift in Russia's strategy?