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 2-1 D.C. Circuit appeals court decision upheld then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s decision to undo the plea deal approved by military lawyers and senior Pentagon staff.

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

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

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 court ruled 2-1 against allowing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants to plead guilty under agreements that would ...

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.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin rebuked an argument from his possible successor, Pete Hegseth, that women should not be in combat while addressing West Point cadets. “It isn’t 1948. It is ...