EXCLUSIVE: Bondi DOJ transfers death row inmates commuted by Biden ‘supermax’ prison
FIRST ON FOX — Two federal inmates previously on death row, one a crooked New Orleans cop and the other the man behind a multi-state killing spree, have been transferred to a notorious “supermax” prison in Colorado, the Justice Department told Fox News Digital. News of their transfers comes as U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi looks to crack down on the previous administration’s sweeping clemency actions, especially those against violent crime. The former death row inmates were transferred Thursday to the U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility in Florence, Colorado, also known as “ADX,” Justice Department officials confirmed. They are among the 37 death row inmates whose sentences Biden commuted shortly before leaving office last December. The news prompted criticism and complaints that the record clemency and commutation actions were done as a political “Hail Mary,” and without proper vetting. Eight death row inmates have already been transferred to ADX, the Justice Department told Fox News Digital, bringing to 10 the number of death row inmates that have been transferred to the facility since mid-September. TONY HAWK, TAIWAN AND A FLASHLIGHT: TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT SUSPECT’S BIZARRE DEFENSE More are expected soon, as all 37 death row inmates commuted by Biden are expected to be moved to the facility by “early next year,” the Justice Department told Fox News Digital. The effort comes as Bondi and the Trump administration have sought to reverse some of the Biden administration’s efforts on criminal justice reform, with an emphasis on cracking down on violent crime. Though sentence commutations cannot be fully reversed, Justice Department officials told Fox News Digital, Bondi has prioritized ways to penalize these individuals, in coordination with directives from Trump, and to ensure that the “conditions of confinement” are “consistent with the security risks those inmates present because of their egregious crimes, criminal histories, and all other relevant considerations,” according to an earlier DOJ memo. “Two more monsters who plotted and violently murdered innocent people will spend the rest of their lives in our country’s most severe federal prison,” Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News Digital in a statement. “This Department of Justice will continue to seek accountability for the families blindsided by President Biden’s reckless commutations of 37 vicious predators,” she added. Like the eight former death row inmates that were sent to Colorado’s supermax prison, the two criminals processed in ADX on Thursday have been convicted of particularly heinous crimes. One individual chased down his ex-girlfriend from Roanoke, Virginia, to Charlotte, North Carolina, where he cut the phone lines to the apartment she was living in before using cans of gasoline to set the building on fire. BIDEN CLEMENCY ANNOUNCEMENT GETS MIXED REVIEWS ON CAPITOL HILL: ‘WHERE’S THE BAR?’ Though she escaped via a second-story window and was hospitalized for second-and third-degree burns, he followed her back to her family’s home in Virginia two months later, where he gunned her down on the streets of her neighborhood and just steps from her mother. Another inmate, a former New Orleans police officer dubbed “Robocop” for his large physical demeanor and aggressive law enforcement style, was caught on tape by the FBI as he ordered and orchestrated the killing of a mother of three who had come to the precinct hours earlier to submit a supposedly confidential brutality complaint about his behavior that she witnessed on her way home the night before. The FBI had stumbled upon the conversation as part of a broader probe they had started to investigate a so-called “protection racket” between cocaine dealers in New Orleans and the city’s police force, which had been guarding a warehouse stocked with the drug. The same officer was later revealed as one of the chief conspirators in the protection racket. BIDEN STIRS OUTRAGE IN SCRANTON BY COMMUTING ‘KIDS FOR CASH’ JUDGE’S SENTENCE He was also found to have falsely testified in two murder cases, including one murder he has since been linked to. The statements were used to exonerate four men from prison, including three teenagers who had been wrongfully convicted of a murder 28 years prior. ADX is the only true federal “supermax” prison in the U.S., and its inmates are as notorious as the prison’s reputation. Among them are Ramzi Yousef, convicted in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the Boston Marathon bombers; former Sinola Cartel leader Joaquín Guzmán, or “El Chapo”; and Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, the co-founder of al-Qaeda. Shortly after her confirmation as attorney general, Bondi issued a memo aimed at “restoring a measure of justice” to the victims’ families. The measures granted by Biden earned more criticism than former President Barack Obama: As Fox News reported at the time, the vast majority of Obama’s clemency actions focused on commuting the sentences of federal inmates who met certain criteria outlined under his administration’s Clemency Initiative. Bondi hosted victims’ families earlier this year to hear their concerns about the commutations, DOJ said. Some said they had been stunned by the eleventh-hour commutations, and that they not been given a heads-up by the Biden administration. In February, Bondi issued a memo to the Bureau of Prisons ordering an evaluation of where these prisoners should be detained.
Trump reacts to Marjorie Taylor Greene resignation, says he ‘refused to return’ her ‘barrage of phone calls’
President Donald Trump once again called Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene a “traitor” on Saturday as he reacted to her resignation announcement, adding that she “went BAD” after he “refused to return her never ending barrage of phone calls.” In a Saturday morning post on Truth Social, Trump said, “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Brown, because of PLUMMETING Poll Numbers, and not wanting to face a Primary Challenger with a strong Trump Endorsement (where she would have no chance of winning!), has decided to call it ‘quits.’” “Her relationship with the WORST Republican Congressman in decades, Tom Massie of Kentucky, also known as Rand Paul Jr. because he votes against the Republican Party (and really good legislation!), did not help her,” the president continued. “For some reason, primarily that I refused to return her never ending barrage of phone calls, Marjorie went BAD. Nevertheless, I will always appreciate Marjorie, and thank her for her service to our Country!” Greene, R-Ga., announced late Friday she will resign her seat in Congress, one week after Trump publicly pulled his endorsement of the outspoken Georgia lawmaker. TRUMP DROPS MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE ENDORSEMENT, CALLS HER A ‘RANTING LUNATIC,’ HINTS AT BACKING PRIMARY RIVAL In a lengthy statement posted to X, Greene cited her growing disillusionment with Washington politics, blasting what she called a corrupt “Political Industrial Complex” that she said uses Americans as “pawns in an endless game of division.” “Americans are used by the Political Industrial Complex of both political parties, election cycle after election cycle, in order to elect whichever side can convince Americans to hate the other side more,” Greene wrote. “And the results are always the same — nothing ever gets better for the common American man or woman.” Greene, once one of President Trump’s fiercest defenders, acknowledged that his recent public break was “hurtful” but said her faith and convictions remain intact. Trump has called Greene “Wacky” and “a ranting lunatic.” TRUMP CONTINUES HAMMERING MTG AFTER SHE LABELS HIS ATTACKS ‘A DOG WHISTLE TO DANGEROUS RADICALS’ “My heart remains filled with joy, my life is filled with happiness, and my true convictions remain unchanged because my self worth is not defined by a man, but instead by God who created everything in existence,” she wrote. “I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026,” she wrote. “I’m going back to the people I love.” With Greene’s resignation, a special election will be triggered in Georgia’s 14th district, which the Cook Political Report rates as “Solid R.”
Trump’s ‘America First’ collides with Macron’s ‘Europe First’ in face-off over Western dominance
From the start, Emmanuel Macron believed he could manage Donald Trump. In private conversations with European counterparts early in Trump’s first term, Macron reportedly boasted that he could “handle” the American president — flatter him, reason with him and keep him inside the Western fold. For a time, it worked: Trump was treated to a red-carpet Bastille Day parade in Paris and called the young French leader a “great friend.” But the relationship soon turned into a running spectacle. The two leaders’ chemistry has always mixed cooperation with rivalry. TRUMP’S SWIPE AT ‘WEAK’ LEADERS HIGHLIGHTS THE SHIFTING GLOBAL INFLUENCE OF WESTERN NATIONS Macron’s sparring with Trump is more than personality — it’s projection. Each clash, phone call or quip feeds a larger mission: to show that Europe can act like a power again. As Trump reasserts “America First,” Macron is trying to define what “Europe First” might look like — an alliance that can stand up to Washington, Moscow or Beijing without flinching. While the U.S. plans to boycott the 2025 G-20 leaders’ summit because South Africa is hosting, Macron is visiting Johannesburg — a sign of his willingness to go where Washington won’t. Earlier in the week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Macron signed a deal for Kyiv to buy 100 French Rafale jets instead of U.S.-made fighters, a move that underscored France’s push for European defense autonomy and sidelined American manufacturers at a politically sensitive moment. “Zelenskyy slaps the face of a nation that saved him,” said former Rep. Mike Garcia, a U.S. Navy fighter pilot. “After receiving nearly $180 billion in American aid, including free aircraft, Zelenskyy turns to others when it’s time for Ukraine to actually pay for weapons systems.” Before that, Macron recognized a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly over U.S. objections, prompting Trump to accuse him of “honoring Hamas.” “As if to encourage continued conflict, some of this body is seeking to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state,” Trump said during his U.N. General Assembly address. And in June, Macron visited Greenland in a show of European unity — a symbolic warning to Trump to step back from his long-voiced ambitions to control the island. Trump repeatedly has floated the prospect of purchasing Greenland from Denmark, drawn by its wealth of oil and minerals locked deep below ice and Arctic defense positioning. “Macron has always seen himself in the European context as the leader of European defense efforts,” said Liana Fix, senior fellow for Europe at the Council on Foreign Relations. Each move, she said, asserts Europe’s autonomy and “at times seems designed to remind Trump that America no longer dictates every script.” Still, the two leaders agree on one key point: Europe must shoulder more of its own defense. “Years ago, Macron proposed the idea that Europe should become more independent from the United States,” Fix said. “Now, with the election of Donald Trump, the reaction of many Europeans was — perhaps Macron was right.” Their rapport swings between camaraderie and confrontation. “I want to be able to get along with the world — not the French, though,” Trump told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham Nov. 10. “The Chinese, they spy on us, they steal our intellectual property,” Ingraham replied. “Do you think the French are better?” “Yeah,” she said. “I’m not so sure,” Trump shot back, citing French tariffs. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about the Trump–Macron relationship Thursday. “The relationship remains very strong,” she said at a White House press briefing. “President Trump speaks quite frequently with Emmanuel Macron. I think they have a good working relationship. But the president is not shy to point out when he has disagreements with world leaders as well. And he’s done that with respect to Mr. Macron.” At September’s U.N. General Assembly, Macron phoned Trump from the sidewalk to complain that the president’s motorcade was causing a traffic jam. “Guess what, I’m waiting in the street because everything is frozen for you,” Macron said in a moment caught on video. France’s embassy in Washington joined the fun on X, posting: “It’s a good thing our presidents have each other on speed dial… If you’ve ever had to walk through NYC during UNGA, this is 110% relatable content.” FRANCE SAYS UN RECOGNITION OF PALESTINIAN STATE IS A BLOW TO HAMAS NOT A GIFT With Germany distracted by domestic politics and Britain outside the European Union, Macron has seized the space to lead. He casts France not just as a nation but as Europe’s voice of resolve, urging the continent to “think for itself” and invest in its own defense. “Macron sees himself as the leader of Europe’s defense efforts,” Fix said. “He’s been consistent about wanting Europeans to buy less off the shelf from the United States and invest more in their own defense industry.” But that vision runs into Europe’s limits. Fix noted that Germany is on track to surpass France in defense spending, projected to reach 162 billion euros by 2029 — levels France “simply doesn’t have the financial flexibility to match.” Even within the EU, she said, leadership is more collective than Macron sometimes portrays. “It’s a shared effort. Macron sees himself as one among many — but the most important among many.” At home, his authority is under strain. Fix said Macron’s “leadership ambition in Europe and with the United States is undermined by domestic instability,” pointing to his struggles to form a government and his party’s poor outlook in upcoming elections. That political weakness “inevitably weakens his hand abroad.” Still, Macron remains one of the few European leaders willing to trade punches — and pleasantries — with Trump in full view of the world. “It’s a difficult line for all European leaders,” Fix said. “They have to charm Trump to fulfill Europe’s security needs, even though the Trump administration is hugely unpopular at home. They have to swallow some bitter pills.” For Macron, that line between charm and challenge has become the essence of
Sanctuary state under fire for granting license to illegal alien who killed young girl with car
FIRST ON FOX: An illegal alien released into the country by the Obama administration, provided a driver’s license by a sanctuary state, and eventually ordered to be deported was arrested earlier this month for killing an 8-year-old girl during a fatal car crash in Boise, Idaho. Elvin Elgardo Ramos-Caballero was driving a pickup truck legally via a driver’s license granted to him by the state of Oregon, attempting to make a right-hand turn at an intersection in Boise on Tuesday, Nov. 11. As he was attempting to make the turn, 8-year-old Mora Gerety was also attempting to crossing the street. The pair ultimately collided, killing Gerety, an 8-year-old girl. At the time of the incident, Ramos-Caballero had an outstanding federal warrant with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for his failure to appear for an immigration hearing, which ultimately resulted in a judge ordering him to be removed from the country in absentia in May 2019. TRUMP ADMIN THREATENS TO SLASH $75M FROM PENNSYLVANIA AMID TERROR SUSPECT CDL SCANDAL “8-year-old Mora Gerety’s precious life was taken by an illegal alien who should have never been in our country, let alone issued a driver’s license by the sanctuary state of Oregon,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “Mora Gerety’s classmates, teachers, friends, and our nation will carry this loss forever. We ask every American to lift this family up in prayer and we ask God to grant them the courage as they face the hardest days a family can endure. Decades of open border policies have turned every community into a border town. These policies have deadly consequences.” Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., called for a federal crackdown on sanctuary-state policies that allow illegal immigrants to obtain commercial drivers licenses this week during an interview with Fox News Digital. Donalds’ call came after a joint ICE and Oklahoma Highway Patrol operation arrested 70 illegal immigrants, including 34 accused of driving big rigs while in the U.S. unlawfully. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CAUGHT DRIVING COMMERCIAL TRUCK WITH VALID NEW YORK CDL AT CALIFORNIA CHECKPOINT A tragic incident earlier this summer led to three deaths after an illegal immigrant who received his commercial driver’s license (CDL) from the state of Washington, which was granted after failing his CDL 10 times in just two months, made an illegal U-turn on the highway in Florida. Bodycam footage of the scene after the incident showed the driver had limited English proficiency, even though the company in Washington state that trained the illegal immigrant driver for his CDL attested that he could speak English. Donalds said the Oklahoma Highway Patrol investigation and incidents like what happened in Florida underscore a growing national safety risk. “You have the American people, they’re doing the right thing, and now they’re subject to losing their lives or being in an auto accident with a CDL driver who cannot read our signs, who doesn’t know our laws,” he said. “This is one of the reasons why I sponsored the WEIGH Act here in D.C.,” Donalds explained. “It would actually give broader authority for the Department of Transportation to not just hold other states accountable that are letting these CDL licenses be issued, but would also give the Department of Treasury the ability to withhold federal funds in the process.”
Aftershock shakes Bangladesh as earthquake death toll rises to 10
Friday’s earthquake was felt in the capital Dhaka and neighbouring districts, causing destruction and panic. A low-magnitude tremor shook Bangladesh, the national meteorological service has said, a day after a powerful earthquake struck near the capital, Dhaka, killing at least 10 people. Updating earlier tolls from Friday’s magnitude 5.5 earthquake, disaster management official Ishtiaqe Ahmed said on Saturday that “the number of casualties has reached 10, while a few hundred were injured”, according to the AFP news agency. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Friday’s earthquake was felt in Dhaka and neighbouring districts, causing widespread destruction and panic. Omar Faruq of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said another minor jolt was recorded on Saturday at 10:36am (04:36 GMT). The epicentre of the magnitude 3.3 tremor was in Ashulia, just north of the capital, the meteorologist told AFP. Aftershocks are common after powerful earthquakes, but for some in Bangladesh, it has added to fears of an even greater disaster. “I don’t feel safe yet, as there was another jolt this morning in Ashulia. Maybe we are next,” said Shahnaj Parvin, who lives near the epicentre of Friday’s earthquake and had never experienced anything like that before. Cracks have developed in dozens of houses in her area, she said. “I was hanging my children’s clothes on the washing line when the tremor struck,” added Parvin. The government has activated Bangladesh’s emergency operation centre to assess the scale of the damage and to coordinate relief and rescue operations. Rubayet Kabir of the Meteorological Department’s Earthquake Observation and Research Centre said Bangladesh’s geography makes the country of 170 million people prone to earthquakes. Advertisement “Some small tremors are expected after any major earthquake,” Kabir said. “There has been no massive earthquake in the last 100 years or more, but Bangladesh has been vulnerable for quite some time,” he told AFP. On Friday, after the earthquake struck, Shadman Sakif Islam, a Dhaka resident, told Al Jazeera that “small ripples” he noticed in his coffee were followed by a “massive shake that started occurring without any warning” as the earth shook. “My chair and the table started shaking wildly, and I was stuck there for 10-15 seconds without processing what was going on,” he added. “I never felt anything like this in my whole life … I felt like riding on a boat, riding massive waves one after another,” the resident added. Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury, reporting from Dhaka, said on Friday, “It was one of the biggest earthquakes in recent history and was very close to the capital city. The entire city was in panic.” Adblock test (Why?)
Israeli violence in the West Bank is spiralling
Violence is out of control in the West Bank – and the few covering it are being assaulted. In the West Bank, record levels of Israeli settler violence against Palestinians are unfolding with little mainstream coverage. The few journalists who try to report on it often face attacks themselves. When the violence is covered, the settlers are often framed as fringe actors, despite clear backing from the Israeli state. A de facto annexation is under way in the West Bank, and yet much of the international media continues to look away. Contributors:Ben Reiff – Senior editor, +972 MagazineJasper Nathaniel – JournalistLeila Warah – Bethlehem-based journalistMariam Barghouti – Ramallah-based journalist On our radar As the rhetoric coming out of the Trump administration calling for the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro intensifies, much of the United States media is echoing that language. And with journalists branding Venezuela a “narco-state,” critics warn that the news media – much like in the lead-up to the Iraq War – is making the case for US military intervention. Defossilising the truth: Fighting fossil fuel disinformation As the COP30 climate summit in Belem wrapped up this week, we spoke with UN Special Rapporteur on climate change and human rights Elisa Morgera about a major barrier to real climate action: disinformation. Her latest report lays out how climate justice activists and policymakers are battling decades of coordinated greenwashing by some of the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies – efforts that continue to delay and undermine meaningful progress at this critical moment. Featuring:Elisa Morgera – UN Special Rapporteur on climate change and human rights Published On 22 Nov 202522 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Adblock test (Why?)
Deadly skies: Why Nepal is one of the most dangerous places to fly
101 East takes to the skies in Nepal and investigates the Himalayan nation’s aviation crisis. Nepal is experiencing an aviation emergency. Nestled in the Himalayas, the South Asian nation is one of the most dangerous places in the world to fly. Since 2010, there have been nearly 40 crashes involving aircraft of all sizes, from helicopters to double-engine planes, resulting in hundreds of deaths. Aviation is critical to Nepal’s tourism industry, one of the country’s main economic drivers, but critics say urgent action is needed before more people are killed. 101 East takes to the skies in Nepal and meets those affected by aviation tragedies to examine an industry in crisis. Published On 22 Nov 202522 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Adblock test (Why?)
Karnataka SHOCKER: Two arrested for sharing Indian navy’s ‘secret’ information to Pakistan through WhatsApp, Facebook
Two people have been arrested in Karnataka for allegedly sharing sensitive Indian Navy intelligence such as confidential list of Indian Navy ships, identification numbers, to Pakistan, through messaging apps like WhatsApp and Facebook.
Delhi-NCR pollution: Air quality remains ‘very poor’ despite slight improvement in AQI
Delhi’s air quality persisted in the ‘very poor’ category, recording an average AQI of 359 on Saturday morning, according to data from the Air Quality Early Warning System. Despite recording a slight improvement from the average of 364 AQI recorded on Friday, a layer of toxic smog continued to envelope parts of the city early in the morning. The ITO area, which recorded an AQI of 370 in the ‘very poor category’, saw commuters going about their day amid the smog.
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat issued BIG statement on Hindus in Manipur, says, ‘If Hindu cease to exist…, Bharat is…’, WATCH
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat is on a three-day visit to Manipur. While speaking at a event in Imphal, he said that Hindu society was immortal, Bharat is the name of an immortal civilisation.