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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 539

Eric Tucker

Kash Patel, US President Donald Trump's choice to be director of the FBI, arrives for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP/Ben Curtis, File)
February 20, 2025, 10:26 pm
Fierce Trump loyalist Kash Patel confirmed 51-49 as FBI director by Senate
Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin says he ‘cannot imagine a worse choice’ for the job than Patel, who has promised to ‘come after’ those he sees as acting against the president
By Eric Tucker
US President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
February 12, 2025, 11:35 pm
Upending US policy on Ukraine, Trump says he and Putin agreed to start talks to end war
US president says he and Russian leader agreed in a phone call to work closely to wrap up conflict, potentially meet in person; Hegseth says Ukraine NATO membership ‘unrealistic’
By Matthew Lee, Eric Tucker and Zeke Miller
This undated passport photo provided by the FBI on Wednesday, January 1, 2025, shows Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, who died after killing 14 people celebrating New Year's on New Orleans' Bourbon Street. (FBI via AP)
January 2, 2025, 10:01 pm
FBI: Driver in New Orleans rampage acted alone, was ‘100%’ inspired by Islamic State
US army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar shot dead by cops after ramming into New Year’s revelers on Bourbon Street, killing 14, in deadliest IS-inspired assault in US in years; no link seen to Vegas blast
By Eric Tucker, Jim Mustian, Kevin McGill and Jack Brook
The FBI investigates the area on Orleans St and Bourbon Street by St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter where a suspicious package was detonated after a person drove a truck into a crowd earlier on Bourbon Street on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
January 2, 2025, 3:28 pm
Officials probe terror links, possible accomplices in ISIS-inspired New Orleans attack
US Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, posted clips online praising Islamic State hours before driving truck into New Year’s Eve crowd, killing 15
By Eric Tucker, Jim Mustian, Kevin McGill and Jack Brook
US President Joe Biden, right, stands as an Army carry team moves the transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army Sgt. Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, of Waycross, Georgia, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, February 2, 2024, after Sanders was killed in a drone attack in Jordan. (Matt Rourke/AP)
December 17, 2024, 7:56 am
Two charged over Iran-backed drone strike that killed 3 US troops in Jordan
One defendant is an Iranian-American citizen; pair accused of conspiring to export sensitive technology to Iran used in fatal attack on outpost near Iraqi border
By Steve LeBlanc, Eric Tucker and TARA COPP
Charles Kushner arrives for the funeral of Ivana Trump, July 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
December 1, 2024, 12:17 am
Trump names Jared Kushner’s father as US ambassador to France
Real estate developer Charles Kushner was pardoned by former president in 2020 after being convicted of witness tampering for luring his brother-in-law to meet with prostitute
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and Eric Tucker
Pam Bondi, former Florida attorney general, speaks to reporters outside an election integrity volunteer training, June 18, 2024, in Newtown, Pennsylvania. (AP/Derik Hamilton)
November 22, 2024, 6:35 am
Trump picks Pam Bondi for US attorney general hours after Gaetz withdraws nomination
Former Florida AG, who has said Israel is one of America’s top allies, is a loyalist of the US president-elect who served as one of his lawyers during first impeachment trial
By Eric Tucker, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and Colleen Long
Attorney General Merrick Garland, flanked by Matt Graves, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, left, and Ronald Davis, director of the United States Marshals Service, holds a news conference as the Justice Department announced criminal charges against Iranian operatives suspected of hacking Donald Trump's presidential campaign and disseminating stolen information to media organizations, at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
September 28, 2024, 1:59 pm
Iranian operatives charged in the US with hacking Trump’s presidential campaign
Three hackers employed by Revolutionary Guards sought to sow chaos, also accused of trying to hack former Israeli envoy, ex-CIA and State Department officials
By Eric Tucker
A handout image released on September 16 by the Martin County Sheriff's Offfice shows Ryan Wesley Routh following his arrest in Martin County, Florida on September 15, 2024. (Handout via AFP)
September 16, 2024, 10:11 pm
Suspect in apparent assassination attempt on Trump charged with federal gun crimes
US Justice Department says Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, lay in wait almost 12 hours for former president before getting noticed, does not allege he fired any shots
By Stephany Matat, Eric Tucker, TERRY SPENCER, Alana Durkin Richer and Colleen Long
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, separated by heavy wire screen as they leave US Court House after being found guilty of by jury of spying for the Soviet Union, 1951. (Roger Higgins for the New York World-Telegram and the Sun/Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
September 10, 2024, 9:03 pm
Unsealed memo from 1950 says Ethel Rosenberg ‘did not engage’ in atomic espionage
While historians have long agreed husband Julius was Soviet spy, they have been divided over whether Ethel took part in activities; both were executed by US in 1953
By Eric Tucker
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listens at a business roundtable discussion at a campaign event at Precision Components Group, August 19, 2024, in York, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
August 20, 2024, 3:24 am
US intel community formally blames Iran for hack of Trump campaign
FBI and other federal agencies indicate Tehran also behind attempted targeting of Harris campaign, warn of ‘increasingly aggressive Iranian activity’ this US presidential election
By Eric Tucker
Former US president Donald Trump walks outside of a Manhattan courtroom after a jury convicted him of felony crimes for falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election, May 30, 2024, in New York. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool)
May 31, 2024, 1:13 am
First-ever convicted US president: Trump guilty on all 34 counts in hush money trial
Former president falsified business records in scheme to illegally influence 2016 election through payments to porn actor who said the two had sex; could face prison time
By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker and Michelle L. Price
Defense attorney Todd Blanche cross examines Michael Cohen in Manhattan criminal court, May 14, 2024, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
May 15, 2024, 9:23 am
Star witness in Trump’s hush money trials testifies as defense tries to discredit him
Michael Cohen describes how payments were disguised, explains why he finally decided to testify against the former US president
By Michael R. Sisak, Eric Tucker, Michelle L. Price and Colleen Long
File: Donald Trump, left, and his then-attorney Michael Cohen (right) are pictured at a stop at the Roundabout Diner, April 27, 2011, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
May 13, 2024, 12:22 pm
Star witness Michael Cohen to take stand in critical moment at Trump trial
Ex-US president’s fixer-turned-foe set to testify about hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels; prosecutors say reimbursements he got were falsely labeled legal expenses
By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker and Jake Offenhartz
In this courtroom sketch, porn star Stormy Daniels testifies on the witness stand as Judge Juan Merchan looks at a Manhattan, New York criminal court, May 7, 2024. A photo of Donald Trump and Daniels from their first meeting is displayed on a monitor. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
May 8, 2024, 3:55 am
At NY hush money trial, Stormy Daniels shares salacious details about Trump encounter
Judge denies request by the former US president’s defense attorney for a mistrial, after the latter argued the porn actor’s graphic testimony was prejudicial and irrelevant
By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker and Jake Offenhartz
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