Welcome to the daily Inside Scoop newsletter. Luigi Mangione’s federal court hearing tomorrow in New York City is one to watch. A guilty plea, which sources familiar with the planned hearing told NBC News to expect, could have a domino effect on the state case. Let’s get into it.

Mangione is expected to plead guilty tomorrow in the federal case in Manhattan relating to a 2024 killing, just weeks before the scheduled start of his state murder trial. The timing is important.