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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 465

Ben Fox

A Belarusian volunteer receives military training at the Belarusian Company base in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
March 11, 2022, 2:41 am
Americans turn to Ukrainian embassy in bid to join fight against Russia
Kyiv says that 20,000 foreigners from various nations have joined to help beat back invasion, including about 100 Americans, some of them veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan
By Ben Fox
In this August 29, 2021, file photo reviewed by US military officials, a flag flies at half-staff in honor of the US service members and other victims killed in the terrorist attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, as seen from Camp Justice in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. (AP/Alex Brandon, File)
September 13, 2021, 12:28 am
Planned closure of Guantanamo prison, a legacy of 9/11, remains unresolved
Unclear what US will do with infamous detention center or with the inmates it isn’t ready to release; Biden administration says it has no timeline for the ongoing process
By Ben Fox
Rioters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington, January 6, 2021. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
April 27, 2021, 4:58 am
US Homeland Security launches review of extremists within its ranks
Probe part of a broader assessment of the threat of violent extremism following January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol
By Ben Fox
A guard stands duty in a tower over Guantanamo Bay's Detention Camp Delta, in 2007. (Army Sgt. Joseph Scozzar/Public Domain)
February 13, 2021, 2:13 am
Biden administration says it intends to close Guantanamo prison
Obama said he would close notorious facility at start of his term, but failed to do so; Biden faces some Republican opposition
By Ben Fox
A National Guard stands at a road block near the Supreme Court ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony, January 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
January 20, 2021, 11:17 pm
Despite fears, Biden’s inauguration goes off with no security issues
With Washington on high alert, new president is safely sworn in, two weeks after mob loyal to Donald Trump besieged the Capitol in deadly riot
By Ben Fox, Colleen Long and MICHAEL BALSAM
Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Christopher Krebs testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
November 18, 2020, 3:25 am
Trump fires US election security official who rejected fraud claims
Christopher Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, removed after defending integrity of vote amid president’s unsubstantiated allegations
By Ben Fox
US President Donald Trump during a signing ceremony with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovar Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti, in the Oval Office of the White House, September 4, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
September 10, 2020, 1:34 pm
US intel official: I was told to downplay threats by white supremacists, Russia
In whistleblower complaint, former DHS official alleges he was pushed to alter reports so they’d reflect administration policy goals, was reassigned for refusing to go along
By Ben Fox
People hold signs as they listen to a speaker in front of city hall in downtown Kansas City, Missouri., Friday, June 5, 2020 (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
June 6, 2020, 2:47 am
As US protests calm, demonstrators vow to sustain momentum until change happens
With rallies entering a more subdued phase, activists are working to convert anger and grief into long-term action
By Ben Fox, Corey Williams and Jeff Amy
US President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House, with the US Capitol in the background, Jan. 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP/Alex Brandon)
January 25, 2020, 5:27 am
Plurality of Americans approve of Soleimani strike, poll finds
Survey shows 41% of respondents support Trump decision to kill Iranian general, 30% disapprove; widespread skepticism about White House foreign policy lingers
By Ben Fox and EMILY SWANSON
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, right, and US President Donald Trump cross south of the Military Demarcation Line that divides North and South Korea, after Trump briefly stepped over to the northern side, in the Joint Security Area (JSA) of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized zone (DMZ) on June 30, 2019. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)
September 30, 2019, 10:28 pm
In first speech since firing by Trump, Bolton says North Korea still wants nukes
Hawkish former national security adviser challenges centerpiece of US president’s foreign policy; refuses to answer question on ‘bromance diplomacy’
By Ben Fox
In this photo from June 12, 2017, then-secretary of state Rex Tillerson, left, and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner listen as US President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
June 28, 2019, 7:48 am
Tillerson says Kushner conducted foreign policy behind his back
Ex-secretary of state tells congressional hearing that Trump’s son-in-law ‘met often’ with Saudi crown prince, took Mexican FM out to dinner in Washington without telling him
By Ben Fox
US President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, May 8, 2019. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
May 9, 2019, 1:17 pm
Trump’s Iran policy put to test as end to nuclear deal looms
Iranians have threatened to undermine 2015 pact by restarting uranium enrichment if world powers fail to negotiate new terms. Will Washington’s tough posturing pay off?
By Deb Riechmann and Ben Fox
Martin Levine protests near the US Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, in Homestead, Fla. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
June 20, 2018, 5:24 am
Nazi comparisons as Dem. lawmakers barred from child migrant facility in Florida
Trump administration accused of ‘cover-up’ after blocking elected officials at detention center; one protester holds sign showing Nazi guard pulling child from Jewish mother
By JOSHUA REPLOGLE and Ben Fox
The sun rises at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba. (Brennan Linsley/AP)
December 13, 2017, 7:41 am
Men due to leave Gitmo under Obama seem stuck under Trump
Five prisoners were cleared by the previous administration but release procedure wasn’t completed in time; White House has not made clear its plans for Cuban detention facility
By Ben Fox
This undated photo taken by the International Red Cross and released by lawyer Walter Ruiz, shows his client Mustafa al Hawsawi posing for a portrait while he's a detainee at the Guantanamo US Naval Base in Guantanamo, Cuba. (Mustafa al-Hawsawi via AP)
December 7, 2017, 10:07 am
Saudi at Guantanamo said to have admitted helping 9/11 plot
Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi allegedly purchased plane tickets and facilitated money transfers for hijackers who killed nearly 3,000
By Ben Fox
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