Updated: June 7, 2010 at 4:41 PM
Helen Thomas retires (19 images)
Veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas announced her retirement Monday, just days after she made controversial remarks about Israel and Palestine.
Thomas, 89, who covered the White House for decades, made her comments during an interview that later was posted online.
Thomas wrote for United Press International for more than a half-century and later for Hearst newspapers, covering every president from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama.
UPI White House Bureau Chief Helen Thomas celebrates her 75th birthday, August 4, with President Bill Clinton. Thomas joined then United Press in 1943 as a radio writer and an editor for the old Washington City News wire. In January 1961, she began covering the White House with the advent of the Kennedy administration and has covered every President since. cc/L. Mark UPI
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White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer chats with Helen Thomas during a mini party after his daily gaggle on July 14, 2003 at the White House. Today marks his last day on the job. Fleischer said their dirty little secret is that they both actually like each other. mk/Michael Kleinfeld UPI
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Sam Donaldson and Woman of the Year Helen Thomas pose for photographers at the Glamour Magazine 2004 "Women of the Year" awards on November 8, 2004 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. (UPI Photo/Robin Platzer)
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Sam Donaldson and Woman of the Year Helen Thomas pose for photographers at the Glamour Magazine 2004 "Women of the Year" awards on November 8, 2004 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. (UPI Photo/Robin Platzer)
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Sam Donaldson and Woman of the Year Helen Thomas pose for photographers at the Glamour Magazine 2004 "Women of the Year" awards on November 8, 2004 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. (UPI Photo/Robin Platzer)
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Helen Thomas signs copies of her new book "Watchdogs of Democracy?" The Waning Washington Press Corps and How It Has Failed The Public" at Barnes & Noble in New York on June 26, 2006. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh)
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