Tennessee execution staff failed multiple times to establish working IV lines in Christa Pike’s arms before her attempted execution and warned that some of her veins may have ruptured before she was injected, her attorney wrote in a court document. cnn.com/2026/10/22/us/christ…

The Supreme Court ruled that New Hampshire can limit the use of student IDs for voting, siding with Republicans who argued that a lower court ruling that blocked enforcement of the policy came too close to Election Day. cnn.it/4iB8DiZ

Tom Skerritt, the plucky and handsome actor who charmed audiences on both the big and small screen in titles ranging from “Top Gun” to “Picket Fences,” has died. He was 93. cnn.it/4k5cciE

Justice Department prosecutors are investigating allegations of contract misconduct at the Department of Homeland Security, including the role of Corey Lewandowski who worked as de facto chief of staff to former Secretary Kristi Noem, according to multiple people familiar with the investigation. cnn.it/4kaRON5

Judge warns Trump his $10B lawsuit against the BBC could be tossed over a fight for records and insists the president must sit for a deposition. cnn.it/4zMUogP

Airbnb has revised its rules to reduce the tasks a host can expect a guest to perform at the end of their stay. cnn.it/4Bkiykf

Ukraine's President Zelensky tells CNN there is nothing personal between him and Trump despite a bitter spat that sent relations plummeting. cnn.it/4hZ1V6j

Premiums are expected to skyrocket for the fourth year in a row, and employees will likely pay more when they receive care, too. The increased costs will put an additional squeeze on Americans' already-tight budgets, adding to the nation's affordability crisis. cnn.it/488Apxi

Democrats have a 10-point advantage over Republicans nationwide in voters' choice in their own congressional district, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. President Donald Trump's approval rating sits at 33% among US adults, the CNN Poll of Polls average shows, and cost-of-living concerns, including the economic fallout from the war with Iran, weigh heavily on many voters' minds. But the red makeup of this year's Senate map should not be underestimated. cnn.it/3Wo0gP7

The Trump administration told a judge that construction on the president's controversial 250-foot triumphal arch could begin in just two weeks, days after the midterm elections. cnn.it/4BliMrp

Michigan and Kansas held some of the final major Senate debates of the 2026 midterm elections on Wednesday night. And they were a study in contrasts. Takeaways from the two crucial debates: cnn.it/4BrQbkv

A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after the company was found to have misled users about its privacy practices in a case related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. cnn.it/4jvalU9

Subtropical Storm Josephine just formed off the coast of the Mid-Atlantic, but will largely be nothing more than a nuisance for coastal areas as it moves north. cnn.com/2026/10/21/weather/s…

The State Department publicly warns Americans about violence in parts of Latin America. Privately, it tells officers reviewing asylum claims a different story, according to internal documents reviewed by CNN. cnn.it/487Hb6n

Pope Leo XIV’s lung cancer surgery last week was a success and no further treatment is required, the Vatican press office said in a bulletin. cnn.it/4jzPpvk

Scandals about suspected AI use have spread up and down the writing industry this year. cnn.it/4yWsX45

Supreme Court blocks President Trump from suspending hormone therapy and other treatments for transgender inmates in federal prisons. cnn.it/4yWvX0o

France's President Emmanuel Macron has slammed what he called "stupid comments" from some foreign leaders over the protests sweeping the country, after his US counterpart Donald Trump claimed migrants were fueling the unrest. cnn.it/4yFrb6B

The Stanford Prison Experiment lasted less than a week in 1971, but its claims about human nature endured for decades. Now, a new Netflix series is bringing one of psychology's most controversial studies, and some of the biggest concerns surrounding it, back into the spotlight. cnn.it/3UITLGd

There were many times that CNN's Lisa Eadicicco didn't want to put the new iPhone Duo down. But for her, there was just one issue. cnn.it/4seQWsG