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Advance US News Diary

April 6-12: Latest Trump deadline for Iran, elections in Hungary, and Artemis II crew sets space travel record

April 2, 2026
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A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda, from the team at Foresight News. Delivered to your inbox on Fridays.

Leading the week 

Monday (April 6):  Artemis II mission crew due to set record for human’s farthest distance from Earth; Latest Trump ‘deadline’ for Iran to open Strait of Hormuz; Savannah Guthrie returns to TODAY show for the first time since her mother’s kidnapping. 

Tuesday (April 7): Special election runoff in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District; Wisconsin Supreme Court seat election; UK hosts meeting of military planners on reopening the Strait of Hormuz. 

Wednesday (April 8): Donald Trump hosts NATO’s Mark Rutte for talks; Sentencing scheduled for ‘Ketamine Queen’ guilty over Matthew Perry’s death; 40 days ago: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei killed. 

Thursday (April 9): Mark Rutte delivers speech in DC; Oral arguments in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs appeal case; IMF head Kristalina Georgieva delivers curtain-raiser speech ahead of Spring Meetings; The Masters begins. 

Friday (April 10): Consumer Price Index released, covering the month since the Iran war started; Artemis II crew due to splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. 

Saturday (April 11): 30-day sanctions waiver on Russian oil at sea expires. 

Sunday (April 12): The Masters final round; Parliamentary elections in Hungary as Viktor Orban trails in the polls. 

Viktor Orban
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Also look out for...

April 6

Donald and Melania Trump host White House Easter Egg Roll  

NCAA March Madness: men's championship game  

Easter Monday 

April 7

JD Vance visits Hungary ahead of elections 

USTR Jamieson Greer speaks at Hudson Institute 

Emmanuel Macron hosts One Health Summit in Lyon 

Taiwan’s opposition Kuomintang party leader visits China 

April 8

National Action Network Convention, featuring a slate of potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidates, begins in NYC

Hearing in case of Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect amid reports of plea change

Pair in court accused of ISIS-inspired attack outside Gracie Mansion 

 

April 9

DNC spring meeting begins in Louisiana 

Opening show of BTS world tour 

Cannes International Film Festival press launch 

April 10

Kamala Harris addresses National Action Network Convention

Latest TSA workers' pay date amid DHS shutdown 

Djibouti holds presidential election  

Coachella Weekend One 

April 11

Jerusalem Holy Fire ceremony 

Colman Domingo hosts SNL 

April 12

Elections in Peru and Benin  

Orthodox Easter 

New Euphoria season airs 

Key statistics, reports and results

April 7

EIA short term energy outlook 

US durable goods orders 

OECD consumer price indices 

April 8

EIA Annual Energy Outlook 

Federal Reserve minutes 

NOAA monthly national climate report 

India interest rate decision 

Results from: Delta Air Lines 

April 9

US Q4 GDP (third release) 

Personal Income & Outlays (including PCE price index) 

NCHS figures on births in 2025 

OECD ODA figures 

Results from: Fast Retailing, BlackBerry 

April 10

Consumer sentiment index 

S&P review of the UK 

Moody’s review of France 

Italy economic report 

South Korea interest rate decision 


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