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US Supreme Court snubs bid to revive plea deal for accused 9/11 mastermind - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 PST

The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks, to revive a 2024 agreement that would have spared him the death penalty in exchange for a guilty plea — a deal scrapped by former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

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US Supreme Court to review 1868 federal ban on home distilling of liquor - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 PSTThe Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide the legality of a federal ban on the home distilling of alcoholic spirits that was enacted in 1868 after the US Civil War to crack down on liquor tax evasion.

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SCOTUS Takes Up Cases On Race and School Admissions, Federal At-Home Distilling BanThe U.S. Supreme Court added to its 2026 docket on Monday two high-profile cases dealing with race and school admissions and a Reconstruction-era federal ban on at-home distilling. In its latest order list, the high court revealed that it has agreed to take up and hear arguments in Association for Education Fairness (AEF) v. Montgomery […]

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Slotkin accuses Trump ally of 'mobilizing death threats' against her, staffSen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) accused Mike Davis, a close legal ally of the president, of “mobilizing death threats” against her and her staff. Slotkin wrote on social media Monday that Davis had originally been in the mix to be President Trump’s next attorney general after former Attorney General Pam Bondi left her post but “is...

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Senators Blast Trump’s Plan to Rig Child Deportation ProceedingsCongressional Democrats sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday, urging him to rescind a new policy they say violates the rights of unaccompanied immigrant children and makes them vulnerable to deportation. Under the policy, unaccompanied minors would be represented in court by HHS lawyers instead of […]

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