A top Dem wants 9/11 mastermind and his cronies to be spared the death penalty
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., pleaded with Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to reinstate plea deals that were struck with three accused masterminds behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks after they were revoked last week.
“I urge Secretary Austin to reverse this deeply disappointing decision, which denies finality and justice to 9/11 families and exposes yet again the lack of independence that has haunted the military commissions from the outset,” Durbin wrote on X.
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The Department of Defense initially revealed last week that pre-trial agreements were entered with Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi.
The details of the plea deals were not public, but it was reported that they involved the alleged terrorists each avoiding the death penalty, according to the New York Post. Relatives of 9/11 victims were reportedly told as much by the Office of Military Commissions (OMC).
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The news was followed by significant backlash, with family members of 9/11 victims reacting in fear.
“You know, after seeing this, like, I’m so afraid we’re not going to get justice for my cousin and all the thousands killed that day and their families,” Joe Connor, whose cousin, Steve Schlag, was killed on 9/11 and whose father, Frank, was killed in the 1975 FALN terrorist attack on the Fraunces Tavern in New York City, told Fox News Digital.
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“A slap in the face to America and her honored dead,” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, described the deal.
By Friday of last week, Austin announced he was withdrawing the plea agreements and relieving the official who had coordinated the deals under his authority.
“I have determined that, in light of the significance of the decision to enter into pre-trial agreements with the accused in the above-referenced case, responsibility for such a decision should rest with me as the superior convening authority under the Military Commissions Act of 2009,” Austin wrote in the order.
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“Effective immediately, I hereby withdraw your authority in the above-referenced case to enter into a pre-trial agreement and reserve such authority to myself. Effective immediately, in the exercise of my authority, I hereby withdraw from the three pre-trial agreements that you signed on July 31, 2024 in the above-referenced case,” Austin said.
Harris just hours away from announcing one of the biggest decisions of her political career
Vice President Kamala Harris is facing the most significant decision of her quarter-century political career – choosing a running mate to join her on the Democratic Party’s national ticket.
And an announcement of her decision is expected in the coming hours – ahead of the first rally by Harris and her running mate Tuesday evening in Philadelphia.
It’s the crucial moment in the most consequential stretch for Harris in the two weeks since she replaced President Biden at the top of the Democrats’ 2024 ticket.
The vetting, screening and interviewing of running mates normally takes months. But these are far from normal times for the Democrats, and Harris is facing an extremely compressed timetable.
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Harris stayed in the nation’s capital this weekend, meeting in-person with Govs. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and Tim Walz of Minnesota, and Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, three of the roughly half-dozen running mate contenders, Democratic sources confirmed to Fox News.
Among those also in contention, according to sources, are Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky and JB Pritzker of Illinois, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
Ahead of her meetings with the contenders, Harris was briefed by a vetting team led by former Attorney General Eric Holder.
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The rollout of the announcement is not known, but it’s likely it could come through a video introduction, similar to how Biden announced Harris as his running mate four years ago. But the Harris campaign’s plans could be upended on Monday or Tuesday by a media leak of the announcement.
It’s been mostly smooth sailing for Harris since Biden’s blockbuster announcement amid a rising chorus of calls from fellow Democrats to end his re-election bid following a disastrous debate performance in late June against former President Trump.
A party eager to keep Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, from returning to the White House quickly unified behind Harris. The vice president experienced a surge in contributions and more than doubled Trump in July fundraising, and volunteers flocked to Biden-turned-Harris campaign offices.
And the small but telling lead that Trump had built over Biden in the weeks following the late June debate instantly vanished, as the latest national and key battleground state polls indicated a margin-of-error race between Harris and the former president.
But the smooth sailing could potentially turn into choppier seas.
While Harris and her team have remained mostly quiet about the naming of a vice presidential nominee, allies of the contenders have been advocating on their behalf and interest groups within the party have been increasingly making their wishes known.
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The announcement by Harris in the coming hours will likely disappoint some of those supporting candidates who weren’t named as the running mate, and could exacerbate policy divisions between the moderate and progressive wings of the party that have been papered over the past two weeks.
Harris and her to-be-named running mate will team up on Tuesday at a rally in Philadelphia to kick off an ambitious and jam-packed swing state tour through Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada, the seven battlegrounds that will likely determine the outcome of the presidential election.
The vice president drew over 10,000 at her first major rally since taking over for Biden at the top of the Democrats’ ticket, last week at the Georgia State Convocation Center in Atlanta.
It was the first time this cycle that the Democratic ticket drew a crowd comparable to the large audiences Trump has been regularly drawing for much of his more than year-and-a-half long campaign to return to the White House. And the size and energy of Harris’ crowds during this week’s swing state tour will be closely monitored.
Trump and his running mate – Sen. JD Vance of Ohio – held a rally at the same venue in Atlanta on Saturday, where the former president continued his relentless attacks and insults of Harris.
In social media posts earlier on Saturday and at the rally, Trump charged Harris had a “low IQ” and was “dumb,” and accused her of lacking “mental capacity.”
The Harris campaign, firing back on Sunday morning, claimed that Trump was “weak… struggling… panicking… and Donald Trump is running scared.”
Harris has yet to sit for a major interview since taking over for Biden, and the Trump campaign is turning up the criticism.
“Kamala Harris is too afraid to answer media questions and cannot lead us in these troubled times,” Vance charged in a social media post on Monday.
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Vance plans to tail Harris as part of the Trump campaign’s plan to bracket the vice president and her running mate on their initial swing state tour.
Sources in the senator’s political orbit confirmed to Fox News that Vance will be in Philadelphia on Tuesday as the vice president kicks off her campaign swing.
Harris will start the week by formally landing the party’s presidential nomination, as a virtual roll call run by the Democratic National Committee concludes at 6 p.m. ET. But there’s no drama, as the vice president was the only candidate to qualify for the roll call.
The roll call kicked off on Thursday and DNC Chair Jaimie Harrison announced on Friday that Harris had clinched the nomination by winning the votes of a majority of delegates to the party’s nominating convention, which gets underway in two weeks in Chicago.
While the past two weeks have been smoother than many expected, the Harris campaign is well aware there are still three months to go until the November election.
Battleground states director Dan Kanninen emphasized that “it is the task of the Harris campaign to turn the unprecedented energy behind the Vice President into action.”
‘Squad’ to rally for one of their own as Dem fights for her political life
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., is getting a boost from her allies in the House’s left-wing “Squad” on Monday, as her anti-Israel comments have her fighting for her political life in this week’s primary elections.
“We have just ONE DAY ahead of us before primary Election Day. Come join Cori & some very special guests on Election Day eve to rally together and get out the vote!” Bush’s campaign wrote on Instagram announcing the event.
It’s a virtual rally to be held on Zoom at 5 p.m. Eastern Time alongside Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., and Summer Lee, D-Pa.
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Another notable guest is Hill Harper, an actor who is running in the Michigan Senate Democratic primary against Bush’s more moderate colleague, Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich.
Bowman’s appearance comes after he lost his own primary re-election bid to a more moderate, pro-Israel Democrat, Westchester County Executive George Latimer.
Bush has been viewed as the second-most embattled Squad member after Bowman, with pro-Israel groups actively campaigning against both progressive leftists.
The two-term progressive Democrat is one of Congress’ harshest critics of Israel and its operation in Gaza. She has accused Israel’s government of waging a genocide on Palestinians and consistently voted against emergency funding for the Middle Eastern ally.
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It has earned her opposition from within her own party, with the group Democratic Majority for Israel backing her opponent, Wesley Bell. He has also got the support of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a bipartisan pro-Israel lobbying group.
Tlaib, one of the Bush allies rallying for her Monday night, is Israel’s most outspoken critic in the House, having been censured over her verbal attacks against the Middle Eastern country. She also held up a sign accusing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being a “war criminal” during his speech to Congress last month.
Bell, Bush’s opponent, is prosecuting attorney for St. Louis County. He’s leaned to the center with his campaign, contrasting with the Democratic incumbent’s progressive policies.
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She and her allies have sought to paint him as a right-wing operator, however, citing his past volunteer work for anti-abortion conservative Mark J. Byrne.
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Bush is also going into Tuesday with the backing of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and his top two deputies.
Bell was endorsed by the editorial board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, one of the district’s largest newspapers, late last month.
Teacher’s 20 stab wounds ruled ‘suicide’ may be reexamined as family secures win
A pathologist’s controversial ruling that Ellen Greenberg, a 27-year-old Philadelphia woman whose death by 20 stab wounds was a suicide, will receive a new review after Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments from her parents and their attorney.
The family learned the court had agreed to hear their case on Tuesday, Greenberg’s mother, Sandee Greenberg, told Fox News Digital. The court will examine whether the parents, as executors of her estate, have legal standing to challenge the medical examiner’s findings.
Last year, a panel of appellate court judges ruled against the parents’ request to force the Philadelphia medical examiner to reclassify Greenberg’s death from suicide to homicide or undetermined. The panel found that the parents lacked standing.
But the judges also slammed the city, police and the medical examiner’s office for the investigation.
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Greenberg’s parents alleged a murder cover-up and vowed to take their fight to the state’s Supreme Court, finally succeeding last week after outside experts warned them they would face an uphill battle.
“We always wondered why we didn’t have standing, Ellen’s mother and father,” her father, Dr. Joshua Greenberg, told Fox News Digital. “We started it as a fight for Ellen, but… we are fighting on standing and on the ability to challenge the medical examiner. Right now the medical examiner’s conclusion cannot be challenged.”
This is a big win for us.
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After Greenberg’s death, a forensic pathologist with the city medical examiner’s office named Dr. Marlon Osbourne ruled it a homicide, according to court documents. Then he reversed course after meeting with police behind closed doors and dubbed it officially a suicide.
Greenberg was discovered dead in her kitchen in January 2011 with 20 stab wounds, including 10 from behind, at least one of which could have been inflicted after she was already dead, according to court documents. Her body was also covered in bruises in different stages of healing.
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Investigators found a half-made fruit salad on the countertop and signs of a struggle, including that the knife block had been knocked over.
There was evidence the door lock had been tampered with and that her body had been moved, according to her parents’ lawyer, Joe Podraza. He told Fox News Digital the knife found at the scene had never been fingerprinted.
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The crime scene was cleaned up before detectives arrived with a search warrant, according to court documents. And the appellate court judges said they had not been given any record of police interviews with the building security guard or with Greenberg’s fiance, who called 911 to report finding her slumped over in their apartment.
But city police and prosecutors have repeatedly insisted the death was a suicide.
“They never talk about the big gash to Ellen’s head,” Dr. Greenberg said Monday. “They never talk about the restraint on the wrists, how she was restrained, only that there was no defensive wounds.”
There’s also missing video evidence, he said.
“This is such a bogus case,” he added. “It’s a cluster—-.”
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A lot of evidence in the case deserves scrutiny, according to Podraza and the family’s private investigator, Tom Brennan. Despite collapsing with nearly two dozen stab wounds in a bloodstained kitchen, Greenberg was found clutching a “pristine” white towel in her left hand.
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Dr. Cyril Wecht, a famed forensic pathologist who conducted an independent review of the autopsy, found the evidence “strongly suspicious of homicide.”
Wecht, who died in May, previously told Fox News Digital that after looking at the forensic evidence, he believed the idea that Greenberg could have committed suicide was “highly, highly unlikely.”
“In all my years of experience, and all of the homicides that I’ve done, and suicides, I’ve never seen anything like this,” he said.
Another highly respected forensic pathologist, Dr. Henry Lee, also reviewed the case. He found that the angle of the wounds on the back of Greenberg’s head “would have been difficult to inflict herself” and that her injuries were “consistent with a homicide scene,” according to court documents.
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The Chester County District Attorney’s Office is conducting another outside investigation after Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner stepped away due to a conflict of interest and former Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who is now the governor, was accused of having another conflict of interest.
Dr. Osbourne has since moved to Florida, where he works in the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner’s Office. He has not responded to requests for comment on the Greenberg case.
The risks, symptoms, and life-saving treatments for the deadliest cancer in the world
Lung cancer is the leading cause of all cancer deaths in the United States.
There are several different risk factors for the disease, but above all, smoking remains the biggest contributor to lung cancer.
Most people who are diagnosed with lung cancer are 65 or older, according to the source, with the average age of diagnosis around 70.
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Read on to learn about more risk factors associated with the disease, how it is found and common signs to look out for.
- What is lung cancer?
- Is lung cancer usually fatal?
- How is lung cancer found?
- What are the common signs of lung cancer?
- What are treatments for lung cancer?
- What are the biggest risk factors for lung cancer?
1. What is lung cancer?
An individual is diagnosed with cancer when cells begin to grow out of control in the body. For lung cancer, this cell growth starts in the lungs.
There are two main types of lung cancer.
The most common is non-small cell lung cancer, which accounts for 80%-85% of all cases, according to the American Cancer Society.
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There are different subtypes that fall under non-small cell lung cancer, which include adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, large cell (undifferentiated) carcinoma and large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma. Each of the subtypes starts from different types of lung cells, according to the source.
The other type is small cell lung cancer. This type makes up around 10%-15% of lung cancer cases, according to the American Cancer Society.
This type of lung cancer will usually grow and spread faster than non-small cell lung cancer does.
2. Is lung cancer usually fatal?
Lung cancer is typically a fatal disease.
The national average of people who survive five years following a lung cancer diagnosis is 26.6%, according to the American Lung Association.
When the disease is caught early, the survival rate is higher than when it isn’t caught until later on in life, since at later stages it is likely the disease has spread.
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In 2024, there were about 234,580 new cases of lung cancer reported in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society, and about 125,070 deaths from lung cancer.
3. How is lung cancer found?
Lung cancer is usually found in an individual through the use of imaging tools.
This could be through a chest X-ray or a CT, MRI or PET scan.
A CT scan allows doctors to see lung tumors that are present.
An MRI is usually used to see how and whether the cancer has spread to other parts of the body.
Scans like these help doctors spot the cancer, determine the degree of spread and assess whether a certain treatment option is effective.
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4. What are the common signs of lung cancer?
There are many symptoms an individual can experience if diagnosed with lung cancer.
The most common sign of lung cancer, according to the American Cancer Society, is a cough that will not go away or gets progressively worse.
Other symptoms include coughing up blood, chest pain, hoarseness, loss of appetite, unexplained weight loss and shortness of breath.
Those with lung cancer may also get recurring cases of bronchitis and pneumonia.
5. What are treatments for lung cancer?
There are many different treatment options for lung cancer that can be discussed between a patient and their doctor.
Treatment options include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, clinical trials and targeted therapy, according to the American Lung Association.
The treatment chosen by doctors will depend heavily on both the type of lung cancer, small cell or non-small cell, and how severe the case may be.
There are a different set of possible side effects that could come about, depending on the treatment option chosen.
6. What are the biggest risk factors for lung cancer?
Several different factors could contribute to lung cancer risk.
The leading risk factor for lung cancer is undoubtedly smoking, according to the American Cancer Society, with around 80% of deaths due to lung cancer thought to come from smoking.
The more a person smokes, and the longer they smoke in their life, increase the risk.
Secondhand smoke is another risk factor for lung cancer, as well as exposure to radon, according to the source, which is a radioactive gas you can’t see, smell or taste that comes from the breakdown of uranium in soil and rocks.
Exposure to asbestos, which is present in places like mines, mills, textile plants, shipyards and places where insulation is used, is another risk factor, according to the American Cancer Association.
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Air pollution, previous radiation therapy to the lungs and a family history of lung cancer are also risk factors.
Who the USA gymnastics gold medalist is blaming for her balance beam mistakes
Suni Lee and Simone Biles didn’t have the greatest of performances in the balance beam final at the Paris Olympics on Monday and the tense atmosphere received the brunt of the blame.
Lee and Biles were among the handful of competitors who slipped on the beam during their routines. The miscalculations cost both American superstars spots on the podium.
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But Lee, who won a bronze on the uneven bars earlier in the Games, pointed out the quiet and pressure-packed atmosphere.
“We were just talking about how annoying it was to be shushed,” Lee said as she noted how the atmosphere changed with the crowd quieting down to focus their attention on the gymnasts.
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“The pressure was definitely on,” Lee added. “I don’t know if you could tell, but a lot of people were definitely feeling it. I think it was the crowd but also just knowing that we’re so close to being done and just adding that extra stress of wanting to end it off the right way.”
Lee said the lack of sound added to the pressure.
“It adds to the stress, just because it’s like you, yes, you’re the only one up there,” Lee said. “So I was feeling the pressure.”
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It was the first time the Americans were left off the podium in the balance beam since 2000.
King Charles refuses Harry’s calls after committing ‘cardinal sin’ against his father
King Charles is said to not be taking any of Prince Harry’s phone calls – and for one royal author, it’s easy to see why.
“When Harry branded his stepmother Camilla a ‘villain’ in his book and revealed that both he and William initially begged their father not to marry her, Harry committed what Charles regards as a cardinal sin,” Christopher Andersen, author of “The King,” told Fox News Digital.
“No one disses Camilla in royal circles and gets away with it – not even a son of the king,” Andersen warned.
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“When Harry branded his stepmother Camilla a ‘villain’ in his book and revealed that both he and William initially begged their father not to marry her, Harry committed what Charles regards as a cardinal sin.”
Andersen’s statements came shortly after People magazine reported that the estrangement has worsened between the Duke of Sussex and the monarch, who is battling an undisclosed form of cancer.
According to the outlet, father and son had “a positive meeting” in February. However, their communication has since deteriorated. Those close to Harry, 39, claimed that the monarch, 75, isn’t taking any of his son’s calls or responding to his letters.
“He gets ‘unavailable right now,’” claimed a pal to the outlet. “His calls go unanswered. He has tried to reach out about the king’s health, but those calls go unanswered, too.”
The friend claimed there has been “complete silence” from the king.
Sources also told the outlet that Harry’s brother, Prince William, has aligned with his father, making any hope for reconciliation “distant at best.” Some palace insiders claimed to the outlet that Harry’s memoir “Spare” and his public interviews have “compromised the family’s trust in him.”
Those close to Harry insisted that if the prince had proper security, which he lost after he stepped down as a senior royal in 2020, he wouldn’t need to speak publicly in order to pay for it.
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Harry’s pal said that once the security issue is resolved, it’s “swords down.”
A spokesperson for Buckingham Palace didn’t immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Andersen said that Harry’s explosive memoir, which was published in 2023, was a major blow to his father.
“I think Charles could forgive Harry for some of the trouble he’s caused – including bailing on the monarchy … slamming his brother William for bullying behavior and suing for royal protection when visiting the U.K. But Charles is having a hard time forgiving Harry for taking what he sees as gratuitous potshots at his beloved Queen Camilla.”
“This still remains a thorn on the king’s side,” Andersen added.
In interviews to promote “Spare,” Harry accused his stepmother of leaking private conversations to the media to burnish her own reputation. Harry also accused members of the royal family of getting “into bed with the devil” to gain favorable tabloid coverage, singling out Camilla’s efforts to rehabilitate her image with the British people after her longtime affair with his father.
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“That made her dangerous because of the connections that she was forging within the British press,” he told CBS. “There was an open willingness on both sides to trade information. And with a family built on hierarchy, and with her on the way to being queen consort, there was gonna be people or bodies left in the street.”
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The allegations about Camilla were particularly sensitive because of her role in the acrimonious breakdown of Charles’ marriage to the late Princess Diana, William and Harry’s mother.
Diana once described Camilla, who carried out a long-term affair with Charles, as the third person in their marriage. While many members of the public initially shunned Camilla, she has won fans by taking on a wide range of charitable activities and has been credited with helping Charles appear less stuffy and more in tune with modern Britain.
“Harry is obviously very concerned about his father’s cancer battle, and there is no doubt he would prefer to check in on the king more frequently,” said Andersen. “But Camilla and others in Charles’ tight circle have convinced the king that it is not in his best interest to once again be sucked into the whole ‘Harry and Meghan mess.’ They want the king to focus on regaining his own health.”
British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard wondered whether palace aides are intervening to ensure that the king remains stress-free during his cancer treatments.
“King Charles does not carry a mobile phone,” Chard claimed. “Maybe his staff have been fielding Prince Harry’s calls as… he brings unnecessary anxiety and drama into the royal family’s life.”
“Without valuable royal family information, Harry will not have the content to give interviews,” Chard claimed. “Thus, it makes sense that the king and his family may want to sever communication… Harry just needs to… bring some common sense to the table and take advice and guidance from the many people that want the best for him and his family.”
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Harry has had a strained relationship with his family and has seen his father infrequently since he and his wife quit royal duties in 2020. At the time, the couple said the unbearable intrusions and racist attitudes of the British press were what had prompted them to step back as senior royals. The father of two has since detailed his rocky relationship with his family in TV interviews, a documentary and his memoir.
Harry’s legal battle with his security following his exit started more than four years ago. The 39-year-old claimed he and his family were endangered when visiting his home country because of hostility towards him and his wife. Harry pointed out that the couple had been faced with ruthless hounding by the British news media.
In response, a government lawyer said Harry had been treated fairly and was still provided protection on some of his visits. The lawyer cited a security detail that guarded the prince in June 2021, when he was chased by photographers after attending an event with seriously ill children in west London.
In February, High Court Judge Peter Lane ruled that the panel’s decision, which provides for “bespoke” security on an as-needed basis, was not unlawful, irrational or unjustified.
The panel decision was made by the Royal and VIP Executive Committee. The group is made up of members of the royal family staff, the Metropolitan Police and several government offices.
Harry’s pal told People magazine that nothing would give him “more happiness than being able to rekindle his bond with his father.”
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“At the end of the day, you can’t undo bloodlines,” the friend told the outlet. “He’s not asking his dad for a nicer house or nicer cars. He’s asking because of the reality of the situation. He is at risk.”
“There may well one day be rapprochement with his father,” royal expert Hilary Fordwich told Fox News Digital.
“No father wants to lose a son,” she shared. “The king is most disappointed, but not holding a grudge. He’s too busy with more important matters.”
“He has never fallen out with Harry, he’s just mostly saddened,” Fordwich claimed. “The king is not very happy with the direction nor way things have gone with Harry in general.”
But peace talks between father and son may not happen anytime soon. People magazine also reported that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were not invited to join the rest of the royal family at Balmoral Castle, their Scottish retreat.
The king is continuing Queen Elizabeth’s tradition of heading to the estate during the late summer where other members of the royal family are expected to join him.
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have not been back to the U.K. with their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, since the late queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 amid the ongoing rift, the outlet shared. The couple have established a new life in California.