December 2-8: Biden visits Angola, SCOTUS hears trans care case, Notre Dame reopens

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 2): Joe Biden begins visit to Angola; Closing arguments in trial of Danny Penny over NYC subway death; DEA holds first hearing on proposed rescheduling of marijuana.

Tuesday (December 3): Antony Blinken attends two-day NATO ministerial in Brussels; UN General Assembly meets on Gaza.

Wednesday (December 4): Supreme Court hears arguments in landmark case over gender-affirming care; Jerome Powell among speakers at NYT DealBook Summit.

Thursday (December 5): House Investigative Task Force on Trump assassination attempt holds hearing; Barack Obama addresses annual Obama Foundation Democracy Forum; OSCE ministerial meeting begins in Malta.

Friday (December 6): Employment Situation released; Vladimir Putin visits Belarus; IISS Manama Dialogue begins in Bahrain.

Saturday (December 7): Jake Sullivan among speakers at Reagan National Defense Forum; Emmanuel Macron attends Notre Dame cathedral reopening service; Doha Forum begins in Qatar.

Sunday (December 8): Runoff in Romania’s presidential election; final show of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour in Vancouver.

Barack Obama — Peter Serocki / Shutterstock

Also look out for

December 2

Senate returns from Thanksgiving recess

Emmanuel Macron begins Saudi Arabia visit

Keir Starmer delivers foreign policy speech

ICJ hearings begin in case over states' obligations on climate change

December 3

House of Representatives returns from Thanksgiving recess

SCOTUS arguments in case over Holocaust survivors seeking compensation from Hungary

Scheduled execution of Missouri inmate Christopher Collings

US Capitol Christmas Tree lighting

December 4

Aspen Security Forum: DC Edition

US House committee hearing on Citizenship and Immigration Services oversight

Javier Milei and Jair Bolsonaro speak at CPAC Argentina

Appeal ruling in Roman Polanski defamation case in France

December 5

Bill Browder at Senate hearing on implementation of Magnitsky Laws

Uruguay hosts two-day Mercosur leaders' summit

OPEC and non-OPEC (OPEC+) ministerial meeting

US National Christmas Tree Lighting

December 6

Aruba legislative election

December 7

Ghana general election

Germany's AfD expected to nominate Alice Weidel as candidate for Chancellor

MLS Cup final

Paul Mescal hosts Saturday Night Live

December 8

Inaugural mass marking reopening of Notre Dame cathedral

Francis Ford Coppola and the Grateful Dead honored by Kennedy Center

Statistics, reports and results

December 2

ISM manufacturing report on business

Construction put in place

OECD Pensions Outlook

SIPRI report on top 100 arms producers

December 3

Forbes 30 Under 30

IIF Global Debt Monitor

Brazil and South Africa Q3 GDP

December 4

OECD Economic Outlook

Beige Book

ADP national employment report

December 5

US international trade in goods and services

December 6

US consumer sentiment index

OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance

EU Q3 GDP

India interest rate decision