A federal appeals court determined that former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin “indisputably” had the authority to cancel plea ...

WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court's ruling Friday allows the federal government to set aside a plea bargain that would ...

A divided federal appellate court panel canceled plea deals for three defendants who are accused to plotting the 9/11 ...

A federal appeals court has canceled plea deals with three men accused of orchestrating the 9/11 attacks, deepening the legal ...

The split 2-1 D.C. Circuit appeals court decision ruled in favor of former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who had attempted ...

Federal judges ruled 2-1 that Defense Secretary Austin had legal authority to cancel the Guantánamo Bay plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in the 9/11 case.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Rick Scott say the former Defense secretary is violating the public trust by going into the influence business.

The court found that Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III had the authority to invalidate a contract reached between the ...

A plea deal that would have meant life in prison for accused 9/11 architect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was tossed out by a federal appeals court Friday.

The United States' long legal case against accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed remains in limbo after an appeals court this week scrapped a plea deal that the government had negotiated ...

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks to cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. CBS News When the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, Austin was giving the orders for the lead Army division.

An appeals court affirmed that former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had the authority to revoke a plea agreement with three alleged 9/11 terrorists.