December 15-21: Ryan Routh is sentenced, EU leaders meet, and Putin holds end of year news conference

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 15): Hearing on preliminary injunction request in challenge over California redistricting; Verdict announced in Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong national security trial.

Tuesday (December 16): Senate hearing on vetting of Afghans; Delayed Employment Situation released

Wednesday (December 17): FCC Brendan Carr appears at Senate oversight hearing; Fani Willis expected to appear before Georgia Senate hearing.

Thursday (December 18): Would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh sentenced; European Union leaders meet amid negotiations on frozen Russian assets; Delayed Consumer Price Index released.

Friday (December 19): Deadline for records to be released under Epstein Files Transparency Act; Vladimir Putin holds annual Q&A combined with press conference.

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Also look out for

December 15

Opening statements scheduled in case of Wisconsin judge accused of impeding immigration investigation

Keir Starmer, Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy may meet in Berlin

EU foreign affairs ministers meet

American Geophysical Union’s annual meeting

December 16

Doctor Mark Chavez sentenced over role in Matthew Perry death

UK and German defense ministers co-chair virtual Ukraine Contact Group meeting

UN Security Council debates Israel-Palestine conflict

Sentencing concludes for Paul Doyle over Liverpool victory parade crash

December 17

FAA head Bryan Bedford appears at Senate hearing on air traffic control modernization

Jack Smith due to appear for subpoenaed deposition before House Judiciary Committee

Scheduled execution of Georgia inmate Stacey Humphreys

15 years ago: Mohammed Bouazizi self-immolation; Arab Spring began

December 18

Turning Point AmericaFest

Scheduled execution of Florida inmate Frank Walls

UN Security Council discusses Syria

December 19

College football playoffs: Oklahoma v Alabama

Jake Paul v Anthony Joshua

Avatar: Fire and Ash released in theaters

December 20

College football playoffs: Texas A&M v Miami, Ole Miss v Tulane, and Oregon v James Madison

Ariana Grande hosts Saturday Night Live

December 21

Vladimir Putin hosts informal CIS and EAEU leaders’ summits

Africa Cup of Nations begins

Key statistics, reports and results

December 15

NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index

China monthly economic data

Canada Consumer Price Index

December 16

Advance monthly retail sales (October)

Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales (September)

G.17 Statistical Release (industrial production figures)

Argentina Q3 GDP

December 17

UK and EU inflation

Indonesia interest rate decision

December 18

Consumer Price Index (November)

Philadelphia Fed manufacturing survey

ECB and UK interest rate decisions

Results from: Nike, FedEx, Birkenstock

December 19

Existing home sales (US)

Japan interest rate decision

Bundesbank growth outlook