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Advance US News Diary

December 1-7: Special election in Tennessee, Putin heads to India, and World Cup draw

November 28, 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 (December 1): Jerome Powell speaks at Stanford’s Hoover Institution; Supreme Court hears arguments in case over ISP liability for illegal content downloads; Indiana’s House of Representatives meets to discuss Congressional redistricting; Pope Leo continues visit to Lebanon.

Tuesday (December 2): Special election in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District; Pope Leo concludes visit to Lebanon; NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte holds pre-ministerial press conference in Brussels. 

Wednesday (December 3): Scott Bessent and Gavin Newsom among speakers at NYT DealBook Summit; Emmanuel Macron begins three-day visit to China; NATO foreign ministers meet in Brussels, joined by Ukraine’s Andrii Sybiha‎.

Thursday (December 4): Vladimir Putin pays two-day visit to India; Florida’s Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting meets for the first time; Annual OSCE Ministerial Council begins in Vienna.

Friday (December 5): 2026 FIFA World Cup draw and inaugural Peace Prize winner announcement; September’s delayed Personal Income and Outlays report, which includes the closely-watched PCE price index, is released.

Saturday (December 6): Pete Hegseth is expected to speak at the Reagan National Defense Forum; Two-day Doha Forum begins in Qatar; MLS Cup final.

Sunday (December 7): Benjamin Netanyahu hosts Friedrich Merz for talks in Israel; Hong Kong Legislative Council elections.

Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin walking together
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Also look out for

December 1

House and Senate reconvene following Thanksgiving recess

Volodymyr Zelenskyy expected to visit Ireland

Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal holds talks in Brussels

Steve Witkoff expected in Moscow (this week)

December 2

Mayoral runoff in Jersey City

Supreme Court hears arguments in New Jersey case over faith-based pregnancy center

House hearing on oversight of prudential regulators

Olivia Nuzzi’s American Canto is published

December 3

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang discusses AI at CSIS event

Confirmation hearing for NASA Administrator nominee Jared Isaacman

Rep. Ro Khanna speaks at the Center for American Progress

Gulf Cooperation Council summit takes place in Bahrain

December 4

Senator Mark Kelly delivers address at Center for American Progress

Rescheduled two-day meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices begins

Final report from UK inquiry into Novichok poisoning death of Dawn Sturgess

Israeli participation in Eurovision expected to be discussed at EBU’s General Assembly

December 5

Tom Barrack speaks at Milken Institute Middle East and Africa Summit

Rescheduled hearing in French case over sales of child sex dolls on Shein

December 6

First black bear hunt since 2015 begins in Florida

Melissa McCarthy hosts SNL

December 7

Kansas City Chiefs host Houston Texans

Key statistics, reports and results

December 1

FAO State of the World’s Land and Water Resources

ICBL Landmine Monitor Report

ISM Manufacturing Report on Business

Turkey Q3 GDP

December 2

OECD Economic Outlook

UNCTAD Trade and Development Report

WMO update on El Nino/La Nina

Euro area flash inflation

South Africa Q3 GDP

Forbes 30 Under 30

Results from: CrowdStrike

December 3

UNEP State of Finance for Nature 2025

US import and export price indexes (September)

ADP National Employment Report

Australia GDP Q3

Results from: Macy’s, Salesforce, Inditex

December 4

WHO World Malaria Report

Brazil Q3 GDP

December 5

University of Michigan’s US consumer sentiment index

EU Q3 GDP

India interest rate decision


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