President Joe Biden vowed that the first bill he would send to a new Congress—if Democrats expanded their majorities—would be to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law.
To combat rising gas prices ahead of the midterm elections, Biden announced the release of 15 million additional barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
In Myanmar, bomb explosions at Yangon's Insein Prison killed at least eight people. In Mexico, the Congress of Tabasco voted to legalize same-sex marriage, making it the 30th Mexican state to do so. United States Developments October 19, 2022October 19, 2022
President Vladimir Putin declared martial law in four recently annexed Ukrainian territories: Donetsk , Luhansk , Kherson , and Zaporizhzhia . Concurrently, Russian forces began evacuating civilians from the occupied Kherson region as Ukrainian counteroffensives advanced.
Igor Danchenko , a primary source for the Steele dossier, was acquitted of lying to the FBI, marking a major setback for Special Counsel John Durham's investigation. Science, Sports & Culture President Joe Biden vowed that the first bill
Massachusetts officially named Podokesaurus holyokensis as its state dinosaur.
In a rare MLB moment, Aaron Nola (Phillies) faced his brother Austin Nola (Padres) in the first-ever sibling pitcher-batter matchup in postseason history. In Myanmar, bomb explosions at Yangon's Insein Prison
On October 19, 2022, the world saw significant political upheaval in the United Kingdom , major military escalations in Ukraine , and key domestic policy shifts in the United States .