Making whiskey at home has been a federal crime since 1868. Now the Supreme Court will decide whether that ban is constitutional. The justices on Monday agreed to hear the Justice Department's appeal of a Fifth Circuit ruling that struck the law down, finding it goes beyond Congress's power to tax. The challengers include a hobby distillers group with about 1,300 members.

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to revive plea deals that would have spared accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants from the death penalty. The order leaves in place a ruling that then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin could throw out the agreements in 2024, two days after they were signed. A military judge has set the trial for June 2028.

Prosecutors say a 27-year-old Arizona man planned bombings at a Jewish or Muslim house of worship, with an accomplice shooting survivors, and called "The Anarchist Cookbook" his "Bible." His lawyer says the case rests on the word of a man he once let sleep on his couch, and that an FBI search weeks earlier turned up nothing. The judge set bond at $100,000, a fifth of what prosecutors asked. Here's what was said in court.