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Luigi Mangione appears for a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on June 17, 2026. (Angelina Katsanis/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo)
Aug 14, 2026

Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in federal case, admits killing insurance CEO

Maryland native Luigi Mangione admitted in court to killing a health insurance executive and pleaded guilty to federal charges of stalking.

Luigi Mangione appears for a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on June 17, 2026. (Angelina Katsanis/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo)
Jun 29, 2026

Mangione’s federal trial over CEO killing moved to January as state murder trial looms

Luigi Mangione's federal trial for killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is delayed to January to avoid conflict with his state trial.

Luigi Mangione appears for a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on June 17, 2026. (Angelina Katsanis/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo)
Jun 18, 2026

Mangione, accused CEO killer, withdraws mental health defense plans for now

Luigi Mangione withdraws plans to use mental health defense in the trial for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO in Manhattan.

Luigi Mangione attends an evidentiary hearing in the murder case of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, at the Manhattan Supreme Court in New York on Dec. 18, 2025. (REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/Pool/File Photo)
Jun 17, 2026

Luigi Mangione seeks ‘extreme emotional disturbance’ defense in CEO killing case

Luigi Mangione plans to argue he was in a state of "extreme emotional disturbance" when he allegedly gunned down a health insurance executive in Manhattan.

A memorial sits outside the Minnesota State Capitol in honor of murdered Democratic state assemblywoman Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, in St. Paul, Minnesota, June 15, 2025. A 57-year-old named Vance Luther Boelter is suspected in the double murder, which, according to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, is thought to be a politically targeted assassination. (REUTERS/Tim Evans)
Jun 11, 2026

Minn. man pleads guilty to charges in lawmaker shooting case

The man accused of assassinating a former speaker of the Minnesota House and her husband last year in what authorities have described as an act of targeted political violence pleaded guilty Thursday after federal prosecutors said they would not seek the death penalty against him.

Maryland Federal Public Defender Jim Wyda stands outside U.S. District Court in Baltimore on May 21, 2026. (Ian Round/The Daily Record)
Jun 5, 2026

MD federal public defender set to retire: ‘I’ve loved it’

Jim Wyda intends to retire in November, after nearly three decades leading Maryland’s federal public defender’s office.

A lethal injection chamber at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington, on Sept. 6, 2024. (REUTERS/Matt Mills McKnight/File Photo)
Apr 24, 2026

US adding firing squads, electrocution, gassing to federal execution methods

President Donald Trump's administration plans to add firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation as alternative methods of executing people convicted of the gravest federal crimes.

Luigi Mangione appears in good spirits as the suppresion hearing for the murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson goes into another week, in New York, December 12, 2025. (Curtis Means/Pool via REUTER)
Apr 1, 2026

Luigi Mangione’s federal trial over CEO killing delayed

A U.S. judge delayed the federal trial of Maryland native Luigi Mangione on charges stemming from the killing of a health insurance executive in New York.

Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Supreme Court for a suppression hearing December 18 2025. (Curtis Means/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo)
Feb 6, 2026

Luigi Mangione gets trial date in state case over CEO killing

Luigi Mangione, the Maryland native accused of fatally shooting a health insurance executive, got a trial date in state court in New York.

Luigi Mangione appears in good spirits as the suppresion hearing for the murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson goes into another week, in New York, December 12, 2025. (Curtis Means/Pool via REUTER)
Jan 30, 2026

Luigi Mangione won’t face death penalty after judge dismisses murder charge

A New York federal judge dismissed murder and weapons charges against alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione.

Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Supreme Court for a suppression hearing December 18 2025. (Curtis Means/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo)
Jan 29, 2026

Man allegedly tied to free Mangione from prison, posing as FBI

A Minnesota man is accused of impersonating an FBI agent in a bid to free accused health insurance CEO killer Luigi Mangione from prison. 

Luigi Mangione appears in good spirits as the suppresion hearing for the murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson goes into another week, in New York, December 12, 2025. (Curtis Means/Pool via REUTER)
Jan 26, 2026

Judge sets jury selection date in Luigi Mangione CEO killing trial

Jury selection is set for September in the federal murder trial of Luigi Mangione, accused of killing an insurance executive in New York.