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Advance US News Diary

April 14-20: Trump hosts Bukele and Meloni, Weinstein retrial gets underway, and Blue Origin launches with Katy Perry on board

April 11, 2025
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A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News. Delivered to your inbox on Fridays.

Leading the week 

Monday (April 14): Donald Trump hosts El Salvador President Nayib Bukele at the White House; Opening statements in FTC antitrust lawsuit against Meta; Blue Origin New Shepard launches with Katy Perry and Lauren Sanchez among crew. 

Tuesday (April 15): Jury selection begins in Harvey Weinstein retrial; Opening statements in Karen Read retrial; CDC immunization committee meets on vaccines and measles outbreak. 

Wednesday (April 16): Hearing on preliminary injunction request in NGO case against IRS over ICE information-sharing for undocumented workers; WTO publishes 2025/26 trade growth forecast. 

Thursday (April 17): Donald Trump hosts Giorgia Meloni at the White House; Hearing on resentencing request in Menendez brothers case; English language debate in Canadian election race. 

Friday (April 18): Luigi Mangione due to appear in federal court in New York; JD Vance may head to Italy for the Easter weekend; Vatican marks Good Friday as Pope Francis continues recovery. 

Saturday (April 19): Nationwide ‘50501’ protests against Trump; Wrestlemania XLI; 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution. 

Sunday (April 20): 90-day pause on foreign aid ends; DoD and DHS recommendations due on southern border emergency and whether to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807; Easter Sunday. 

 

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Also look out for...

April 14

Trial begins in criminal case against impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol 

EU foreign ministers meet on Ukraine 

WNBA Draft 

April 15

Jake Sullivan addresses Harvard 

Special election for Oakland Mayor 

NBA Play-In Tournament begins 

80 years ago: Bergen-Belsen liberated 

April 16

Hearing on contempt motion in Dominion Voting suit against Mike Lindell 

French language debate in Canadian election race 

China GDP and economic data press conference 

New York International Auto Show opens amid car tariff war 

April 17

Iranian President expected to speak to mark National Army Day 

IMF chief makes ‘curtain-raiser speech ahead of Spring Meetings 

ECB interest rate decision and press conference 

April 18

Coachella weekend two 

Five years ago: Canada’s deadliest mass shooting 

April 19

Humanoid robots compete for the first time in Beijing half-marathon 

30 years ago: Oklahoma City bombing 

April 20

Federal deadline for New York to end congestion pricing 

Israeli Supreme Court deadline for agreement on Shin Bet chief dismissal case 

15 years ago: Deepwater Horizon disaster 

Key statistics, reports and results

April 14

China monthly trade data 

OPEC monthly oil markets report 

April 15

Import and Export Price Indexes 

IEA monthly oil market report 

Canada inflation 

Stellantis holds AGM amid plant shutdowns 

Copernicus European State of the Climate report 

Results from: Bank of America, Citigroup, Johnson & Johnson, Ericsson 

April 16

Advance monthly retail sales 

Manufacturing and trade: inventories and sales 

NAHB/Wells Fargo housing market index 

Canada interest rate decision 

EU inflation 

OECD Official Development Assistance (ODA) figures 

Results from: ASML, United Airlines, Heineken 

April 17

Philadelphia Fed manufacturing survey 

New residential construction 

South Korea and Turkey interest rate decisions 

Results from: TSMC, Netflix, UnitedHealth Group, American Express, L’Oreal 


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