Friday, October 23, 2026

Trump Ordered to Testify, Rogue Bank Bots, and a Rampaging Elephant

Friday, October 23, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 2001, Apple introduced the iPod, a portable music player that was advertised with the slogan “1,000 songs in your pocket,” transforming Apple into a consumer electronics leader and revolutionizing the music industry. Watch the keynote here.

The Brewers and Rays open the World Series tonight, and one of them is about to win its first championship. Will you be watching? We’d love to hear who you’re rooting for, so just reply to this email and let us know.

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Iran Claims Strikes on 7 Hormuz Tankers

Iran's Revolutionary Guard said Thursday that it struck four oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and that three more hit mines. If confirmed, it would be the largest single-day attack on ships there since the war began in February.

The Guard also threatened U.S. bases in the region if the American military keeps escorting ships through the strait. A top Iranian security official warned that undersea internet cables and data centers in the region could be targeted if the fighting resumes.

Separately, the State Department ordered nonessential diplomats and their families out of Saudi Arabia after deadly attacks on Saudi airports by Houthi rebels, who are backed by Iran.

Trump Ordered to Testify in BBC Lawsuit

President Trump must answer questions under oath from BBC lawyers by Dec. 11 or risk having his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the network thrown out, a federal judge in Miami ruled Thursday.

Trump’s lawyers had sought to delay the questioning until January. He skipped an earlier Oct. 16 date over “other matters of national importance,” though a BBC attorney said he was campaigning in Georgia.

The suit targets a BBC documentary that spliced together lines from Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021, speech that he delivered nearly an hour apart, making them sound like one statement. The edit also cut his call to march “peacefully and patriotically.”

The BBC apologized for the edit, admitting it gave “the mistaken impression” that Trump “had made a direct call for violent action.” Its director-general and news chief resigned, but the network denies defaming him.

Rays-Brewers World Series Opens Tonight

The Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays, who finished with the best records in their respective leagues, open the World Series tonight in Milwaukee, with both seeking their first-ever Series championship. Here's how to watch.

The 103-win Milwaukee Brewers have lost just once this postseason, sweeping the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers for the National League pennant. The 98-win Tampa Bay Rays rallied past the Cleveland Guardians in the ALCS to capture the American League title 4-2.

This is just the second World Series between two teams with roofed home ballparks, and it caps the Rays' first season back at Tropicana Field since Hurricane Milton heavily damaged the stadium in 2024.

Both League Championship Series MVPs will face their original major league teams in the World Series. Rays pitcher Freddy Peralta spent eight seasons in Milwaukee, while Brewers first baseman Jake Bauers made his big league debut with Tampa Bay.

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➤ Russia is reportedly using fishing trawlers to spy on the undersea cables that keep Britain connected to the world. (Hear Details)

➤ Scientists in 1940s Maine spent 13 years trying to make a super dog, complete with millions in funding and a facility nicknamed the School for Dogs. (Listen Now)

➤ Amazon, UPS, and Spirit Halloween are racing to fill hundreds of thousands of holiday jobs even as broader hiring slows. (Hear Story)

➤ Democratic Party leaders sued the Trump administration Tuesday, asking a federal judge to block it from purging voter rolls or threatening state election officials with prosecution before the Nov. 3 midterms. (More)

➤ A Virginia state senator surrendered Thursday on federal bribery, money laundering, and marijuana charges. Prosecutors say L. Louise Lucas, 82, used her office to shield an illegal pot operation run through her cannabis shop. (See Details)

➤ Politico corrected a story Wednesday to say chief of staff Susie Wiles did not set up the Fox News interview that preceded former press secretary Katie Zacharia’s exit. The White House had threatened consequences over the report. (More)

➤ Meta was ordered to pay $25 billion by a New Mexico judge Wednesday after a jury found it misled Facebook users about data privacy. The judge said the state was entitled to up to $219.5 billion. Meta plans to appeal. (See Ruling)

➤ The Los Angeles Angels fired manager Kurt Suzuki after his only season ended with the first 100-loss campaign in franchise history. (More)

➤ CBS Sports named J.J. Watt its permanent lead NFL game analyst, replacing Tony Romo. The network dismissed Romo after his July arrest on suspicion of operating while intoxicated. (More)

➤ FIFA opened bidding for U.S. media rights to the 2030 men’s World Cup, setting a Nov. 19 deadline for offers. The 2026 tournament on Fox averaged a U.S.-record 13.5 million viewers per match. (See Bidding)

➤ The Jacksonville Jaguars are considering letting fans have their ashes placed in a 14-by-14-foot memorial planned as part of EverBank Stadium’s $1.4 billion renovation. (More)

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Daily Market Report 10/22/2026

▼	NASDAQ National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations	26,008.86	-2.60%
▼	SPX S&P 500	7,663.43	-1.21%
▲	DJI Dow Jones Industrial Average	52,867.98	0.02%
▼	BTC Bitcoin	$81,166.97	-3.39%
▼	GOLD Per Ounce	$4,038.70	-2.68%
▼	SILVER Per Ounce	$54.63	-4.86%
▲	OIL West Texas Intermediate Crude	$99.25	2.16%
▼	10Y 10-Year US Treasury Yield	4.95%	-3.81%
▲	BHVN Biohaven Ltd.	$14.69	+25.02%

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➤ Big Stock Move: Biohaven stock jumped more than 30% Thursday after the FDA agreed to review the company’s resubmitted application for troriluzole, a drug for a rare inherited disorder that destroys balance and coordination. The agency rejected the drug last November, and a decision is expected early next year. (See FDA Update)

➤ Jobless claims fell to 194,000 last week, the fewest since July, with the four-week average dropping to lows last seen in the 1960s. (More)

➤ eBay is cutting about 1,000 jobs, roughly 9% of its workforce, in its second round of layoffs this year. The marketplace eliminated 800 positions back in February. (More)

➤ PlayStation 5 sales jumped 22% in September, and hardware revenue rose 43%, driven by buyer demand ahead of the Nov. 19 release of Grand Theft Auto VI. (More)

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➤ Major U.S. banks are finding AI assistants logged into customer accounts, usually with the customer’s password, and some appear to act without instructions. JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, and others are now restricting the bots. (More)

➤ A Chinese surgeon now says an operation in Moscow, Russia, this month was the world’s first spinal cord transplant. Experts are questioning the claim because no results have been released for the paralyzed patient. (More)

➤ A Scottish museum has pulled its Egyptian mummies from display because there’s no record that the ancient Egyptians agreed to be shown. A former British government education adviser called the move “woke nonsense.” (More)

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➤ Tom Skerritt, the Air Force veteran turned actor who played Viper in Top Gun and won an Emmy for Picket Fences, died Wednesday. He was 93. (See His Career)

➤ Amazon MGM Studios is expected to begin final screen tests this week to choose Daniel Craig’s successor as James Bond, with actors Josh O’Connor, Callum Turner, and Jack Lowden reportedly among the finalists. (More)

➤ Apple Corps plans to open an expanded, 100,000-square-foot Beatles Story museum in Liverpool in 2028, featuring immersive exhibits, original artifacts, and recreated landmarks using sets from Sam Mendes’ four Beatles biopics. (See Details)

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➤ An elephant leading a Hindu festival parade in Karnataka, India, threw off the 1,400-pound gold shrine on its back and flipped a car during a rampage. Officials said it was sedated and is recovering. (Watch Rampage)

➤ A rare hailstorm pelted Phoenix, smashing car windshields and covering neighborhoods in ice. Golf-ball-size hail reportedly damaged homes and shattered windows elsewhere in Arizona. (Watch Hail)

➤ A retired house painter in England sold Pokémon cards he had stored in his attic for 15 years for about $2.1 million. One set he paid about $400 for on eBay sold for roughly $100,000. (More)

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DOJ Targets OSU, Reds Rookie Honored, and an Ancient Corn Field

Friday, October 23, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1869, John Heisman was born in Cleveland. The college football coach became the namesake of the Heisman Trophy, awarded annually to the nation’s most outstanding college football player.

🥧 Pumpkin pie ran away with yesterday’s poll, claiming 65% of the vote, and pumpkin roll turned out to be a popular write-in. See the results below!

Today’s sponsor, Miso Robotics, is developing a 3D vision upgrade for its Flippy fry station robots to help restaurant kitchens operate more safely and efficiently.

DOJ Finds Bias in OSU Med Admissions

The U.S. Department of Justice says The Ohio State University’s College of Medicine discriminated against white and Asian applicants for its 2023, 2024, and 2025 classes, violating federal civil rights law and the Supreme Court’s 2023 ban on race-based admissions.

Investigators found that black applicants who were screened and interviewed were about 2.8 times as likely to be admitted as Asian applicants with equal credentials, and that the school used “super screeners” who knew each applicant’s race.

Through a “side door” that skipped screening and interviews entirely, black applicants in 2024 and 2025 were four times as likely to be admitted as white applicants, while no Asian applicants got in.

Ohio State says it will contest the findings and insists it doesn’t consider race in admissions.

OSU Concussion Rules Not ‘Foolproof’

An eight-month investigation found that concussion protocols at Ohio State and across college football let injured players return while still feeling symptoms, leaving them vulnerable to repeated head injuries and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

In 2014, the school reevaluated its concussion protocols after the suicide of defensive lineman Kosta Karageorge. A coroner found that Karageorge didn’t suffer from CTE, but concluded that he had “prior concussive history.”

Athletic Director Ross Bjork acknowledged that “nothing is foolproof” but said he believes Ohio State has made the game as safe as possible. Ohio State withheld concussion data sought in a public records request, citing privacy laws.

In 2024, the university began requiring players to wear Guardian Caps—soft-shell helmet covers—during practice to help reduce head injuries.

Sweet Corn Field Hides Ancient History

A 32-acre Cuyahoga Valley field long planted with sweet corn is one of Summit County’s largest Hopewell sites, holding traces of indigenous life dating back roughly 10,000 years.

In recent years, Summit Metro Parks archaeologists and University of Akron students have uncovered two earth ovens about a foot below the surface, along with arrowheads, beads, and pottery. Surveys suggest there may be as many as 11 ovens.

Everett Field is also the largest plot farmed by Szalay’s Farm & Market, a five-generation family farm whose stand Food & Wine recently named one of the nation’s 12 best.

Summit Metro Parks aims to preserve 12 acres of Everett Field and lease the remaining land back to the Szalays.

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Robots Are Seeing Like Humans Now

As we’re seeing (literally!) in the $1T fast-food industry, the gap between humans and robots keeps narrowing every day.

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Plus, Miso just closed two major asset acquisitions, including a once-SoftBank-backed robotics stalwart. In the process, it even added big-name customers like Jersey Mike’s, Cinnabon, and Auntie Anne’s, and grew its patent portfolio a whopping ~10X to over 300.

Now, Miso is targeting $1.3 million of investment as it accelerates Flippy’s shift from 2D to 3D vision. And you have until midnight PT tonight to join it and help bring Flippy’s biggest vision upgrade to market. Bonus shares are available.

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➤ Toledo: Officials shrank the evacuation zone around a leaking chemical tank in north Toledo to a quarter-mile Thursday, down from 1 mile, as the release slowed. As of Thursday, hospitals had treated 57 people for related symptoms, none in serious condition. (More)

➤ Columbus: U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Columbus, said a package containing a suspicious substance was sent to her Columbus office. Days earlier, postal officials intercepted a white powdery substance addressed to Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s office. (More)

➤ Springfield: More than 50 people, led by the city’s Haitian community, are marching to the Statehouse to protest ICE’s enforcement of the end of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, which the Supreme Court allowed this summer. (More)

➤ Perry County: Two months after historic flooding, the county is giving away donated beds, up to two per household, to anyone in need. (More)

➤ Northern Ohio: The Lake Erie Foundation is urging state and local officials to require data centers to disclose how much water they use and how they dispose of it. (More)

➤ Cleveland Heights: The $60 million-plus Marquee at Cedar Lee apartment complex celebrated its grand opening Wednesday after a January 2025 fire destroyed the 75%-finished building. (Watch Video)

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➤ Todd Benzinger, who caught the final out of the Cincinnati Reds’ most recent World Series title in 1990, died Wednesday at 63. Benzinger played for the Reds from 1989 to 1991. (More)

➤ Penalties sank the Columbus Crew in Wednesday’s U.S. Open Cup final, as St. Louis CITY SC won the shootout 5-3 after 120 scoreless minutes. (More)

➤ Sal Stewart earned National League Rookie of the Year honors from The Sporting News after leading NL rookies with 32 home runs. The Cincinnati Reds infielder played all 162 games. (More)

➤ Nick Hagglund set an FC Cincinnati record with his 180th appearance in Wednesday’s 2-1 win over D.C. United. “If I could put this jersey on 1,000 times, I would,” said the Lakota West High School graduate. (More)

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➤ Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble beat Wall Street’s expectations for its fiscal first quarter, with sales up 4% to $23.3 billion and shares up more than 5% Thursday. (More)

➤ Intel reached a construction milestone at its $28 billion Licking County project by installing the first major structural truss. The first factory isn’t expected to open until 2030, years behind schedule. (More)

➤ A judge struck down a provision tucked into last year’s state budget that ordered the Ohio EPA to repeal a 50-year-old rule letting citizens sue polluters. (More)

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Is This the NBA’s Most Consistent Player?

Sorry LeBron. The new face of consistency in NBA arenas may just be…a robot?

It’s thanks to Miso Robotics’ Flippy fry station kitchen robot. Already a fixture in the $1T fast-food market, it’s now manning NBA arena fryers.

Flippy helps boost location profits up to 4X, cooking ~100 items at speeds up to 2X faster than humans. In high-volume environments, that reliability’s like a 99% 3-point shooter. Money.

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➤ Truckers can now run on untaxed “red diesel,” usually reserved for farm and off-road equipment, on Ohio highways through year’s end under an executive order from Gov. Mike DeWine. (More)

➤ Columbus landed two spots in the top five of a national ranking of the best sports bars, based on Google reviews and prices. (See Ranking)

➤ Picktown Palooza is calling it quits after 10 years, ending a run that began with a flood-disrupted debut in 2017. The Pickerington festival drew thousands each summer and gave tens of thousands of dollars to charity. (More)

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The following stories are featured exclusively on The Flyover Podcast—a daily show that gives you the most important headlines in under 15 minutes.

➤ Russia is reportedly using fishing trawlers to spy on the undersea cables that keep Britain connected to the world. (Hear Details)

➤ Scientists in 1940s Maine spent 13 years trying to make a super dog, complete with millions in funding and a facility nicknamed the School for Dogs. (Listen Now)

➤ Amazon, UPS, and Spirit Halloween are racing to fill hundreds of thousands of holiday jobs even as broader hiring slows. (Hear Story)