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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 584

Charlotte Plantive

Newly-elected Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, Republican-California, talks to reporters after a contentious battle to lead the GOP majority in the 118th Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, January 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
January 7, 2023, 7:46 pm
From slapstick comedy to political thriller: Crazy week in US House resembles movie
Normally a routine formality, election of new speaker for House of Representatives sent off the rails by 2 dozen right-wing rebels before McCarthy selected on 4th day of voting
By Camille CAMDESSUS and Charlotte Plantive
A video of former US president Donald Trump speaking is displayed as the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, June 13, 2022. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)
July 26, 2022, 6:56 pm
After January 6 hearings, will US attorney general seek to prosecute Trump?
Merrick Garland has reputation for being cautious and scrupulously fair, leading to speculation he may appoint a special prosecutor to avoid perception of conflict of interest
By Chris Lefkow and Charlotte Plantive
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on May 26, 2022. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
May 26, 2022, 3:29 pm
Germany’s Scholz vows Putin ‘won’t win’ as Zelensky implores West for unlimited aid
Berlin faces accusations from Ukraine that it could do more to help; Russia presses its slow advance into neighbor’s east
By Charlotte Plantive, Dmitry Zaks and David Stout
A destroyed tank is seen near the village of Biskvitne near Kharkiv on May 19, 2022, amid Russia's military invasion launched on Ukraine. (Sergey Bobok/AFP)
May 21, 2022, 4:20 pm
Zelensky: Only diplomacy can end conflict with Russia
Ukrainian president warns continued fighting ‘will be bloody’; Moscow cuts gas supplies to Finland following NATO application
By Charlotte Plantive, Dmitry Zaks and Patrick Fort
Russian soldier Vadim Shishimarin sits in the defendant's box at the opening of his trial on a charge of war crimes for having killed a civilian, in the Solomyansky district court in Kyiv on May 18, 2022. (AFP/Genya SAVILOV)
May 19, 2022, 4:45 pm
Facing wife of man he killed, Russian soldier on trial in Ukraine asks ‘forgiveness’
21-year-old sergeant Vadim Shishimarin, in court for war crimes, has admitted he deliberately shot dead civilian, 62, as he and several others were retreating to rejoin their units
By Charlotte Plantive and Dmytro Gorshkov
Russian army Sergeant Vadim Shishimarin, 21, is seen behind a glass during a court hearing in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
May 19, 2022, 3:01 am
First Russian soldier charged with Ukraine war crimes pleads guilty
Soldier faces life in prison for shooting a 62-year-old man in the head just four days into the Russian invasion; officials planning hundreds more trials
By Charlotte Plantive and Dmytro Gorshkov
File - El Shafee Elsheikh, one of the Islamic State Beatles,' speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at a security center in Kobani, Syria March 30, 2018. (Hussein Malla/AP)
March 30, 2022, 10:12 am
US trial begins of Islamic State ‘Beatle’ accused of kidnapping and murder
El Shafee Elsheikh one of four UK members of IS cell believed behind killing of journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, aid workers Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller
By Charlotte Plantive
Protesters, demonstrators and activists gather in front of the US Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, a case about a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, on December 1, 2021 in Washington, DC. (CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
December 1, 2021, 10:29 pm
Conservative-dominated US Supreme Court appears likely to roll back abortion rights
Hundreds of demonstrators gather outside as nine justices hear arguments for and against Mississippi law that bans the procedure after 15 weeks
By Charlotte Plantive and Chris Lefkow
In this file photo pro-life protesters stand near the gate of the Texas state capitol at a protest outside the Texas state capitol on May 29, 2021 in Austin, Texas. (SERGIO FLORES/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP)
September 3, 2021, 7:12 pm
Letting Texas ban most abortions, US top court deals major blow to choice camp
Abortion opponents celebrate law the prevents procedure after six weeks of pregnancy, even in cases of rape or incest; Biden lashes out at the court decision
By Charlotte Plantive and Chris Lefkow
In this image from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin listens as the verdict is read in his trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd, on April 20, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Court TV via AP, Pool)
June 24, 2021, 9:45 pm
Minneapolis ex-cop set to be sentenced for George Floyd murder
Derek Chauvin faces up to 30 years in prison, after being convicted of the African-American man’s killing, which set off major US protests against racism last year
By Kerem YUCEL and Charlotte Plantive
In this file photo taken on June 11, 2018 a two-year-old Honduran asylum seeker cries as her mother is searched and detained near the US-Mexico border in McAllen, Texas (JOHN MOORE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
February 3, 2021, 5:29 am
Biden plans to undo ‘national shame’ of Trump child separations
Administration says president committed ‘to remedy this awful harm the Trump administration inflicted on families’
By Charlotte Plantive
US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks after receiving the American Law Institute's Henry J. Friendly Medal in Washington on May 21, 2018. (Jim Watson/AFP)
September 20, 2020, 3:02 am
US feminists fear setbacks after loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Women’s groups hail the late Supreme Court justice as ‘an icon, a pioneer, a hero and a legend,’ vow ‘to get to work to preserve the ideals she spent her life’s work defending’
By Charlotte Plantive
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg poses for the official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington on November 30, 2018. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)
July 31, 2020, 8:11 am
Health of Ruth Bader Ginsburg fuels anxiety, preparations
Repeated hospitalizations of US Supreme Court justice thrust her into presidential race, with makeup of bench on the line
By Charlotte Plantive
US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the BOK Center on June 20, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP)
June 21, 2020, 8:54 am
Supreme Court losses a blow to Trump after bid to stock bench with conservatives
Recent rulings favoring progressives belie president’s campaign promise to tilt court rightward for years to come, possibly spelling trouble at ballot box
By Charlotte Plantive
Illustrative: Demonstrators in favor of LGBT rights rally outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, October 8, 2019. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
June 15, 2020, 10:31 pm
US Supreme Court extends civil rights protections to LGBT workers
Justice Neil Gorsuch, a conservative appointed by Trump, writes in majority decision that homosexuals, transgenders also protected by workplace discrimination laws
By Charlotte Plantive
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