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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 570

Michael Mathes

A composite photo showing US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (left) speaking during a church service at Koinonia Christian Center in Greenville, North Carolina, on October 13, 2024. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP); and former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Calhoun Ranch in Coachella, California, on October 12, 2024. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP)
October 13, 2024, 11:30 pm
Harris, Trump seek to get ahead as polls show dead heat in race for White House
VP, who is underperforming with traditional Democratic voters, visits hurricane-hit North Carolina, as GOP nominee threatens to use military against ‘the enemy from within’
By Michael Mathes and Brendan Smialowski
Former US president and 2024 presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally with US Senator and vice presidential nominee JD Vance at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on July 20, 2024. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
July 21, 2024, 3:25 am
‘I took a bullet for democracy,’ Trump says at first rally since assassination attempt
In fiery but typically rambling speech, Republican presidential nominee riffs on his hardline immigration views, while espousing falsehoods about migrant crime
By Michael Mathes
US former president and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, a bandage on his ear after being wounded in an assassination attempt, pumps a fist during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15, 2024. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
July 16, 2024, 1:49 pm
Trump, with ear bandaged after shooting, gets hero’s welcome at convention
Having narrowly survived assassination attempt, Republican presidential candidate marches into Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum on opening day of party’s national summit
By Frankie TAGGART and Michael Mathes
Former US president and 2024 Republican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump dances after speaking at a Republican volunteer recruitment event at Fervent, a Calvary Chapel, in Las Vegas, Nevada, July 8, 2023. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)
August 3, 2023, 3:38 am
Undeterred Trump says January 6 indictment is energizing his supporters
Mike Pence, who is likely to be star witness in ex-president’s eventual trial and is now running against him, slams Trump for pressuring him to thwart will of voters on January 6
By Michael Mathes
Former US ambassador to the United Nations and Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley addresses a town hall event at an American Legion center in Laconia, New Hampshire on April 28, 2023. (Michael Mathes / AFP)
April 29, 2023, 8:15 am
Nikki Haley, other potential Republican candidates struggle to dent Trump’s 2024 lead
While publicly saying they are in the race to win, some believe contenders expect former US president to be on top of ticket and are instead using platform to vie for VP position
By Michael Mathes
Local law enforcement officers are seen in front of the home of former president Donald Trump at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, August 9, 2022. (Giorgio Viera/AFP)
August 12, 2022, 10:48 pm
Report: 11 sets of ‘top secret’ documents recovered in raid on Trump home
Wall Street Journal reports some documents ‘meant to be only available in special government facilities,’ others included information about the ‘President of France’
By Chris Lefkow and Michael Mathes
The Oak Fire outside Yosemite National Park burns through trees near Jerseydale, California, July 24, 2022. (JUSTIN SULLIVAN/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFP)
July 25, 2022, 12:40 am
6,000 evacuated as ‘explosive’ California blaze remains out of control
2,000 firefighters and 17 helicopters deployed to fight fire that has burned through 14,200 acres and destroyed 10 properties; ex-VP Gore warns against US ‘inaction’ on climate
By David McNew and Michael Mathes
A couple examines a rifle at the George R. Brown Convention Center during the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention on May 27, 2022 in Houston, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images/AFP)
May 28, 2022, 4:43 am
‘You can’t blame the gun’: NRA supporters react to Uvalde slaughter
Pro-gun lobby holds annual conference hours from scene of massacre earlier this week; attendees decry killing, but oppose weapons control
By Michael Mathes
US President Joe Biden speaks about COVID-19 vaccine requirements for federal workers in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
July 30, 2021, 6:07 am
Biden urges $100 payments to tempt vaccine holdouts, tough rules for fed workers
US administration stepping up efforts to boost vaccination rates to combat the spread of COVID-19’s surging Delta variant; Pentagon to examine mandatory shots for soldiers
By Michael Mathes
From left to right: Democratic Representative Hank Johnson of Georgia, Democratic Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler of New York and Democratic Representative Mondaire Jones of New York hold a press conference in front of the US Supreme Court to announce legislation to expand the number of seats on the Supreme Court, on April 15, 2021, in Washington. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
April 16, 2021, 6:40 am
Democrats launch long-shot bid to expand US Supreme Court
Proposal appears to have little chance of passing at moment, with Pelosi saying ‘no’ when asked if she backs it; House GOP leader: ‘This is about power and control’
By Michael Mathes
In this image from video, senators stand and applaud support staff, before the final vote on the Senate version of the COVID-19 relief bill in the Senate at the US Capitol in Washington, March 6, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)
March 9, 2021, 9:58 pm
‘Transformative’ COVID stimulus plan on verge of passing US Congress
House of Representatives expected to give final approval to $1.9 trillion spending package on Wednesday, clearing it to be signed by Biden
By Michael Mathes
A demonstrator raises his fist during a protest of the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis, in downtown Los Angeles, May 27, 2020. (Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP)
March 4, 2021, 8:55 am
US House passes police racial profiling reform, days ahead of Floyd murder trial
Measure banning chokeholds, as well as separate bill expanding voting rights, face uncertain future in divided Senate
By Michael Mathes
Members of the Michigan National Guard and the US Capitol Police keep watch as heightened security remains in effect around the Capitol grounds since the Jan. 6 attacks by a mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump, in Washington, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. The US Capitol Police say they have intelligence showing there is a "possible plot" by a militia group to breach the Capitol on Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
March 4, 2021, 2:20 am
US House cancels Thursday session amid threats of new Capitol ‘breach’
Intelligence intercepts chatter from conspiracy theorists who believe March 4 is the day Trump will return to be inaugurated for a second term
By Michael Mathes
Rioters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington, January 6, 2020. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
February 10, 2021, 2:49 am
US senators transfixed by riot footage shown at Trump impeachment trial
Many Republican senators act detached from most of proceedings, but entire chamber is riveted by chilling montage of January 6 attack on Capitol
By Michael Mathes
US President Donald Trump speaks before boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, January 20, 2021.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
January 27, 2021, 11:24 pm
With Trump conviction increasingly unlikely, some senators eye censure
Such a resolution easier to pass in Senate, only needing 10 Republicans, but would not involve vote on whether to bar former president from holding future public office
By Michael Mathes
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