The Rocket News

U.S. Edition · LATEST HEADLINES · Sunday, October 18, 2026

President Trump speaks from the Highland Heights podium, one hand on the lectern, the crowd behind him.

The midterms

Trump told Kentucky he can do stuff that is unbelievable.

At Truist Arena in Highland Heights he said this term is “much more powerful,” asked voters to pretend he is on the ballot, and called Rep. Thomas Massie a “jerk” and a “loser.” About half the arena clapped. Half did not.

The Rocket News · Highland Heights, Ky. · October 18, 2026

Desks

Politics More

President Trump points from the Dalton podium and tells the crowd to pretend he is on the ballot.

The midterms

Trump told Georgia to pretend he is on the ballot.

At Dalton Municipal Airport on Friday he stood with Mike Collins and Rick Jackson. “You have to pretend I’m on the ballot,” he said. He called Sen. Jon Ossoff “Pee-wee Herman.”

Video · Forbes Breaking News

Sanctions

Trump put the Graham sanctions on hold.

The midterms

Democrats have spent $163 million putting Trump on the air.

President Trump, both fists raised, on a Kalispell stage as Democrats spend to put him on the air.

The midterms

Eight in ten voters fault Trump on the cost of living.

President Trump, both arms out at a rally microphone, as a new poll finds voters fault him on the cost of living.

States More

A man shouts into the crowd at a No Kings rally, a megaphone in one hand and a sign calling postal workers election heroes.

The states

No Kings told the country to vote early.

Hundreds of rallies on Saturday were billed as nonpartisan. At the Lincoln Memorial people danced and held signs that said “Vote early” and “Hands off my vote.” In Atlanta, a councilman asked the crowd if they would use the one power the Constitution gives them.

Oregon

Bend named a 5-year-old and a teacher among the dead.

A woman writes at a memorial outside Silver Rail Elementary in Bend the day after the shooting.

Oregon

A 16-year-old killed four at a Bend elementary school.

An officer holds police tape outside Silver Rail Elementary in Bend after a shooting killed four.

Alaska

Sullivan and Peltola rejected a third term.

Video · C-SPAN

Mary Peltola and Sen. Dan Sullivan stand at their lecterns during the Alaska Senate debate.

World More

Fire and smoke rise at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh after a Houthi strike.

The Gulf

A Houthi strike killed 13 at the Riyadh airport.

More than 300 people were wounded at King Khalid International. A second strike hit the same airport. Saudi Arabia is asking how the missiles got through. The Houthis said Saudi bombs on Sanaa killed 10.

Video · BBC News

France

French students said they will keep blocking the schools.

Video · Euronews

Police move on demonstrators in Paris during the protests over conditions in French schools.

Israel

Israel marks three years since the Oct. 7 attack.

A mourner at a memorial on the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack.

Brazil

Flávio Bolsonaro finished first. He and Lula meet on Oct. 25.

World War More

Flame and black smoke rise from a St. Petersburg oil terminal on Sunday, seen past a bridge.

Ukraine

Ukraine set a St. Petersburg oil terminal on fire.

Local authorities said one person was killed and 15 were hurt. Russia said it downed 1,015 drones. Zelensky said Moscow has hit Ukraine’s energy sector 76 times since Trump announced an energy ceasefire.

Ukraine

Zelensky said Russia hit more than 15 energy sites.

President Zelensky walks into the Brussels summit as he asks partners to defend the Graham sanctions.

Ukraine

Russian drones killed three and cut power to 370,000.

Ukraine

Ukraine hit a Russian refinery. Zelensky said, we’re done.

Video · Bloomberg News

President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to journalists, one hand raised, after saying Ukraine is done holding its fire.

Economy More

Prices

Wholesale prices rose 6.3 percent.

The producer-price index jumped 1.3 percent in September, the biggest monthly gain since March 2022. Energy prices for producers rose 10.8 percent. Economists had expected a much smaller move. Social Security’s cost-of-living raise for next year is 3.6 percent.

Prices

September prices rose 3.7 percent.

Markets

Stocks were mixed at midday, and diesel was $6.27.

A diesel truck sits at the pump as the national diesel average held above six dollars.

Markets

Oil crossed $104 and the Nasdaq fell with the chip stocks.

Video · CNBC

A driver at the pump as oil prices jumped and the Nasdaq fell with the chip stocks.

Science More

Crew Dragon Freedom hits the Pacific under its parachutes, bringing four astronauts home.

Space

Four astronauts splashed down off California.

SpaceX brought Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot, and Andrey Fedyaev home on Thursday after eight months. They had gone up in February to replace a crew sent home when a NASA astronaut fell ill.

Video · Associated Press

Maryland

Maryland now flags a heart warning on a mammogram.

The Court

The Supreme Court heard Boulder’s climate suit and did not decide it.

The Supreme Court on Monday heard Boulder’s suit to make Exxon and Suncor help pay for climate damage. It did not rule.

Science

Wildfire smoke is lifting ground-level ozone, researchers say.

Wildfire smoke over Lower Manhattan. Researchers say that haze is also lifting ground-level ozone.

Technology More

A Ukrainian soldier kneels in a field and works on a small drone.

The arsenal

Ukraine’s drones still run on Chinese parts.

Magnets, motors, chips, sensors and battery cells still come from China, a dozen makers told the Associated Press. Switching to Western parts could raise the cost by 60 percent and cut production by as much.

Visas

Vance suspended Microsoft from a green-card program.

Video · The White House

Vice President JD Vance, hands raised at the lectern, said Microsoft abused the visa system.

Technology

Google wants Hollywood to stop being afraid of its tools.

Google is funding films and shorts, through a venture called 100 Zeros, to make Hollywood less afraid of its tools.

Technology

OpenAI paused the next model.

OpenAI said it would pause training of its latest model after reports of agents going rogue.

Mexico More

Hurricane Trudy’s eye sits offshore on a Sunday morning satellite, the Mexican coast to the right of the storm.

Mexico

Hurricane Trudy is 150 miles west of Manzanillo.

At 5 a.m. Mountain time the center was still offshore, with winds near 105 mph, moving northwest at 10 mph. A hurricane warning runs from Manzanillo to Cabo Corrientes. Mexico dropped the warnings south of Manzanillo.

Pacific

Hurricane Trudy is 170 miles south of Manzanillo.

Hurricane Trudy, seen from a satellite, still offshore south of Manzanillo on Saturday morning.

The Pacific

Hurricane Simon is crawling off Jalisco.

A wave from Hurricane Simon breaks over a Pacific seawall as two people watch from the walk.

Mexico

Sheinbaum asked the United States for evidence of shots from Mexico.

Sports More

Jonathan Aranda shouts after his seventh-inning single as Guardians third baseman José Ramírez stands beside him.

Baseball

The Rays tied the Guardians, 7–3.

Jonathan Aranda, who was 0 for 10 in the series, had three hits and drove in two. His seventh-inning single got past Chase DeLauter. Game 5 is Sunday in Cleveland. The series is 2–2.

Video · MLB

Baseball

The Brewers swept the Dodgers into the World Series.

Video · MLB

Garrett Mitchell finishes his swing after the home run that put the Brewers ahead in Game 4.

Baseball

The Brewers lead the Dodgers 3–0.

Video · MLB

Jake Bauers finishes a swing in a Brewers road uniform as Milwaukee takes a 3–0 NLCS lead.

Baseball

The Brewers lead the Dodgers 2–0. Game 3 is tonight.

Video · MLB

William Contreras finishes a swing in the Brewers’ white jersey as Milwaukee takes a 2–0 NLCS lead.