Wednesday, October 15th

⏳ THE SPEED READ

🚨NATION

• Young GOP chat roils New York, Washington, beyond (POLITICO)

• Judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing workers during the government shutdown (AP)

• Tear gas released on Chicago crowd as Border Patrol describes chase, crash and arrests (NBC)

• Major airports refuse to show DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s video blaming Democrats for the government shutdown (ABC)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

• Masked Hamas militants seen executing men in Gaza City as the group fights with rival powers (CNN)

• Afghanistan’s Taliban and Pakistan agree short truce after deadly clashes (BBC)

• Australia’s highest court rejects Candace Owens’ challenge to government barring her from visiting country (AP)

• Police clash with protesters as huge strike takes place in Brussels (POLITICO)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

• Trump administration slams China’s ‘global power grab’ on rare earths, threatens triple-digit tariffs (FOX)

• ‘Toxic’ amount of lead found in protein powders and shakes (NEW YORK POST)

• New York health officials confirm state’s first locally acquired case of chikungunya virus (NBC)

• Smucker’s sues Trader Joe’s over product its says mimics Uncrustables (CBS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

• ‘One Battle After Another’ projected to lose $100 million theatrically (VARIETY)

• Drew Struzan, poster designer for Star Wars and Indiana Jones films, dies aged 78 (GUARDIAN)

• Broadway musicians vote to authorize a strike (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

• Kim Kardashian admitted it was not “appropriate” to pose in lingerie next to 16-Year-Old Justin Bieber as she reflects on their 2010 photoshoot (BUZZFEED)

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