# This Morning’s Top Headlines – Oct. 21 | Morning News NOW

https://mins.news/en/video/109442

- NBC News, 2026-10-21 12:19 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1129DOGIOE4

> With less than two weeks until the midterm elections, more than 13 million Americans have voted. Russia released American Stephen Hubbard as U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin. A video showing ICE agents forcefully pinning a man to the ground in California also drew criticism.

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