Wednesday, October 22nd
⏳ THE SPEED READ
🚨NATION
Democratic senator delivers overnight filibuster speech to protest Trump, at 20 hours and counting (MO NEWS)
Trump’s nominee for whistleblower office withdraws after reports of racist texts (CNN)
Immigrant rights group calls for removing pregnant women from detention (AP)
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner says he’s covered up a tattoo that was recognized as a Nazi symbol (AXIOS)
Mother of baby abandoned at Penn Station found and arrested in Queens (ABC)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
Russia launches deadly strikes on Ukrainian civilians, nuclear tests hours after Trump-Putin summit is cancelled (MO NEWS)
Israeli settlers beat Palestinian farmers on video as attacks mount during West Bank olive harvest (AP)
Dublin protesters clash with police, burn vehicle after migrant accused of sexually assaulting Irish girl (FOX)
Meth, cocaine worth nearly $1 billion seized from 2 sailboats in the Arabian Sea, U.S. confirms (CBS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
Trump prods American cattle ranchers to ‘get their prices down’ amid tariff battle (ABC)
Trump administration pledges to speed some student loan forgiveness after lawsuit (AP)
Beyond Meat shares slash gains, briefly dipping into the red as meme rally falters (CNBC)
Samsung takes on Apple’s Vision Pro with new Galaxy XR headset (TECH CRUNCH)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
NFL boss stands by Bad Bunny and won’t change Super Bowl halftime show amid MAGA outrage (VARIETY)
Misty Copeland will take to the ballet stage one last time, before hanging up her pointe shoes (AP)
Charli XCX, Jessica Alba to star in Dakota Johnson’s directorial debut ‘A Tree Is Blue’ (THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)
‘Group 7’? viral trend has many feeling excluded and confused (NEW YORK POST)