The move comes after years of legal battles over the case, which remains in pretrial hearings 17 years after charges were first filed.

The Biden administration has succeeded in temporarily blocking a plea deal for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that would spare him the risk of the death penalty for al-Qaida's Sept. 11,

The Biden administration succeeded in blocking a plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on Thursday after a federal court issued an administrative stay of a hearing set for Friday. "The purpose of this administrative stay is to allow the court time to receive full briefing on the mandamus petition,