TODAY  Guilty, But Not of Murder

GUILTY AS CHARGED: Twenty-eight-year-old Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty yesterday to federal charges of interstate stalking resulting in the death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who Mangione admitted shooting with a gun he made on a 3-D printer.

YESTERDAY  Nine Months at Sea

AT SEA: Some members of Congress say they are increasingly concerned about the crew of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln as it approaches nine months on deployment following a report that a member of the crew jumped overboard. The crewman was rescued after about an hour.

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  “I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan,” Mangione told the judge in his allocution, a formal admission of guilt. “I understood that my actions would place him in fear of death or bodily injury,” he said. “I knew what I was doing was illegal.”

  Mangione is eligible for a life sentence and Judge Margaret Garnett told him he could expect to serve 85 percent of whatever sentence she gives him in December.

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It's Been Said

"Christians, get out and vote, just this time. You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what, it will be fixed, it will be fine, you won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians. I love you Christians. I'm a Christian. I love you, get out, you gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don't have to vote again, we'll have it fixed so good you're not going to have to vote."

  • Donald Trump courting the vote of the Christian right