The day was dominated by Luigi Mangione's guilty plea in federal court for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Coverage began in the morning with reports of a possible plea deal and intensified in the afternoon as Mangione admitted to the shooting, with the victim's widow present. Concurrently, the deteriorating conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln drew sustained attention, with Trump's dismissive comments about the deployment length and his threat to declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory becoming a secondary focus in the evening. The Navy's decision to replace the carrier and the White House ballroom Supreme Court appeal also received coverage.