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Advance US News Diary

February 10-16: Trump hosts Jordan’s King Abdullah and India’s PM Modi, and Vance at Munich Security Conference

February 7, 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 (February 10): Hearing takes place in Boston in a federal challenge to Trump administration’s federal buyout plan; Two-day AI summit, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and attended by Vice President JD Vance, opens in Paris; Chinese countermeasures to US tariffs come into force. 

Tuesday (February 11): Donald Trump hosts Jordan’s King Abdullah for White House talks; Fed Chair Jerome Powell begins two days of testimony on Capitol Hill with an appearance before the Senate Banking Committee; Alice Weidel, leader of Germany’s far-right AfD party, heads to Hungary for talks with Viktor Orban. 

Wednesday (February 12): Senate is expected to vote to confirm Tulsi Gabbard as DNI; Consumer Price Index is released; Ukraine Defense Contact Group defense ministers meet in Brussels. 

Thursday (February 13): Donald Trump hosts Indian PM Narendra Modi for White House talks; NATO defense ministers gather for first time since Pete Hegseth’s confirmation; France hosts international ministerial conference on Syria. 

Friday (February 14): Munich Security Conference, lasting three days and attended by Volodymyr Zelesnkyy, JD Vance and Marco Rubio, begins in Germany; SNL50 Concert; Lovers mark St Valentine’s Day. 

Saturday (February 15): Another group of hostages are due to be released under the Israel-Hamas agreement; DRC and Sudan likely to top agenda as two-day African Union summit begins in Ethiopia; Writers Guild of America Awards.

Sunday (February 16): SNL 50th anniversary show; NBA All-Star Game and DAYTONA 500; anniversary of Alexei Navalny death. 

Donald Trump with Tulsi Gabbard
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Also look out for

February 10

Press conference with NFL Super Bowl LIX winning coach and MVP 

Hearing in ACLU legal challenge to birthright citizenship EO 

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian expected to deliver speech marking Islamic Revolution anniversary  

February 11

House hearing on Chinese strategic port investments in the Western Hemisphere 

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivers speech at final Bundestag plenary before February 23 election 

Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Best in Show winner announced 

February 12

Confirmation hearing for Labor Secretary nominee Lori Chavez-DeRemer 

Fed Chair Jerome Powell appears before the House Financial Services Committee 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends EU-Canada summit Brussels 

February 13

Confirmation hearing for Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon 

Senate Judiciary Committee votes on Kash Patel’s nomination to be FBI Director

Senate hearing on eliminating foreign aid waste 

 

February 14

NBA All-Star Celebrity Game 

Karbala (Shia pilgrimage) 

20th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri 

February 15

Munich Security Conference continues

Early presidential election the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia 

USA take on Canada in NHL Four Nations Face-Off  

February 16

Munich Security Conference concludes

German candidates Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz take part in RTL/n-tv debate 

Kim Jong Il's birthday marked with national holiday in North Korea 

People's Choice Awards 

Key Statistics, reports and results

February 10

Results from: McDonald's 

February 11

EIA's Short-Term Energy Outlook  

Results from: BP, Gilead Sciences, Coca-Cola, AIG, Lyft 

February 12

Results from: SoftBank, Kraft Heinz, Heineken International 

February 13

Producer Price Index 

UK GDP Q4 

Results from: Deere & Company, Applied Materials (AMAT), Baxter International, Siemens, Nissan, Honda, ThyssenKrupp, Sony, Commerzbank, Barclays, Nestle 

February 14

Advance monthly retail sales 

Import and Export Price Indexes 

Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales statistics 

Industrial production figures 

Results from: Olympus, NatWest Group 


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