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Advance US News Diary

Oct. 10-16: Georgia Senate debate, rescheduled Jan. 6 hearing, and NATO defense ministers’ meeting

October 7, 2022
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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 

With midterms just a month away, next week sees debates in some of the most-hotly contested races. The Georgia Senate debate on Friday (October 14) is shaping up to be the pick of the bunch following bombshell allegations that the Trump-endorsed Republican candidate, Herschel Walker, paid for a former girlfriend to have an abortion back in 2009. Walker, who has repeatedly said during the campaign that he favors a total ban on abortions, has rejected the claims as completely false. But that hasn’t stopped one of his sons, MAGA influencer Christian Walker, from openly calling his father a liar and a hypocrite. All of which makes next Friday’s debate in Savannah must-watch TV as Walker tries to regain momentum in his bid to unseat Raphael Warnock. 

Tim Ryan speaking in public
Democrat Tim Ryan is hoping to flip the open Ohio Senate seat in November

There are also debates in a number of other key races next week: Monday (October 10) sees Ohio candidates JD Vance (R) and Tim Ryan (D) square off in the close race to replace retiring Republican Senator Rob Portman, while Thursday (October 13) sees the second debate in the Senate race in Wisconsin, where Democrats are still hopeful of defeating Ron Johnson. Friday (October 14) also sees a debate in Wisconsin’s gubernatorial race, where another Trump-endorsed candidate, construction executive Tim Michels, is hoping to unseat Governor Tony Evers. 

The special House committee investigating the events of Jan. 6, meanwhile, holds a further public hearing on Thursday (October 13) though details remain scant in terms of what will be covered and who might appear as witnesses. The hearing, which may be the last before the panel publishes its final report before the end of the year, was rescheduled from September 28 due to Hurricane Ian. Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson has said it is possible that the hearing may include information garnered from the September 29 invterview with Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. 


Looking abroad

UN General Assembly hall
The UN General Assembly resumes its special session on Ukraine on Monday

After Russian President Vladimir Putin formally annexed four Ukrainian regions earlier this week, the UN General Assembly reconvenes its special session on Ukraine on Monday (October 10) when a resolution is expected to be voted on condemning Russia over its role in the so-called referendums. NATO defense ministers, including Lloyd Austin, will then gather in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday (October 12-13) for meetings once again dominated by the conflict. The gathering includes a meeting of the US-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group, where further arms supplies to Ukraine will likely be discussed as Kyiv continues to make impressive territorial gains despite Russia’s partial military mobilization. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, meanwhile, will deliver a special address to the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly on Thursday (October 13) as Putin travels to Kazakhstan for a series of regional summits on Thursday and Friday (October 13-14). 

Xi Jinping
China’s president Xi Jinping is set to secure a third term as leader at the upcoming party congress

On Sunday (October 16), one of the most significant gatherings in China’s recent history will begin with the opening of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. The meticulously orchestrated meeting takes place every five years, but this year is unusual as President Xi Jinping is all-but-certain to secure an unprecedented third term as party leader. There will also be particular interest among China-watchers in the make-up of the new Politburo Standing Committee, the country’s most influential body, for indications as to the extent of Xi’s authority over the party. 


 

Also look out for...

October 10

Taiwanese president delivers ‘Double Ten Day’ speech 

Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences (Nobel) winner announced 

IMF and World Bank Group annual meetings begin 

Columbus Day

October 11

Supreme Court hears arguments in case of death row inmate Rodney Reed 

World Economic Outlook published 

Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Meta Connect 

Liz Cheney addresses Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit 

LA mayoral debate 

EU energy ministers meet 

Fat Bear Tuesday

October 12

President Biden visits Colorado 

Marquette releases poll on Wisconsin races 

Maryland and Massachusetts gubernatorial debates 

Kari Lake at Arizona PBS event 

G20 finance ministers meeting begins

October 13

US consumer inflation data released 

Michigan gubernatorial debate 

Snap elections in Vanuatu 

IMF chief holds press briefing as part of annual meetings 

October 14

Hearing in challenge to Indiana’s near total abortion ban 

Nikki Haley speaks at the Reagan Institute

October 15

Megan Thee Stallion hosts SNL

October 16

Indiana Senate debate 

Marjorie Taylor Greene participates in Georgia 14th debate 

Brazil presidential debate ahead of run-off

Statistics, Reports and Results

October 11

IMF Global Financial Stability Report 

Forbes World’s Best Employers 

Results from: LVMH

October 12

Fed minutes released 

Producer Price Index 

IMF Fiscal Monitor

Results from: PepsiCo 

October 13

Results from: Delta Airlines, TSMC, Blackrock, Walgreens Boots Alliance

October 14

Monthly retail sales figures 

US Consumer Sentiment Index 

Results from: US Bancorp, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup

Anniversaries and Awareness Days

October 10

Indigenous Peoples’ Day 

World Mental Health Day 

World Day Against the Death Penalty 

North Korea Party Foundation Day

October 11

International Day of the Girl Child 

Coming Out Day

October 12

Three years ago: Atatiana Jefferson killed 

Dia de la Raza 

World Arthritis Day

October 13

World Sight Day 

International Day for Disaster Reduction 

World Thrombosis Day

October 15

Global Handwashing Day 

International Day of Rural Women

October 16

World Food Day 

Five years ago: Daphne Caruana Galizia killed in Malta

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