NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Oct. 21)

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday the release of American citizen Stephen Hubbard, who had been jailed in Russia. He joins more than 110 Americans freed from detention abroad during the president’s second term. This comes as the United States is actively pushing peace talks with both Russia and Ukraine. The president also held a roundtable on how to protect Americans against cybercrimes carried out by fraudsters, hackers, and scammers.

With the 2026 midterms less than two weeks away, polling data may not be completely trustworthy. A putative polling company, initially cited by The New York Times and other outlets, said in a statement that all but one of its surveys had been entirely fabricated in what it calls an “experimental project.” It said the project was to identify vulnerabilities in the polling industry and test the public’s trust in polling.

Meta is facing a $25 billion fine in New Mexico for deceiving users about privacy policies on Facebook. The case stems from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, when user data was harvested to generate targeted political ads for the 2016 election.

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