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Advance US News Diary

October 20-26: Trump hosts Albanese, Letitia James due in court in mortgage case, and World Series begins

October 17, 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 (October 20): Donald Trump hosts Anthony Albanese for White House talks; North Carolina legislature convenes with redistricting on the agenda; China’s Communist Party begins annual plenum. 

Tuesday (October 21): JB Pritzker speaks at Economic Club of Chicago; Ohio Redistricting Commission meets; Extraordinary Diet session planned in Japan to choose new prime minister; NBA season begins. 

Wednesday (October 22): Hearing in Illinois case challenging National Guard deployment; New York City mayoral race debate; International Court of Justice issues advisory opinion on Israel’s obligations to assist Palestinians. 

Thursday (October 23): UN Security Council holds open debate on Gaza; European Union leaders gather for summit in Brussels; Bad Bunny honored at Billboard Latin Music Awards. 

Friday (October 24): Letitia James due in court for initial appearance in alleged mortgage fraud case; BLS releases rescheduled Consumer Price Index; MLB World Series begins. 

Saturday (October 25): Presidential election in Ivory Coast; World Series game 2. 

Sunday (October 26): Donald Trump visits Malaysia as ASEAN summit opens; Joe Biden honored at Edward M. Kennedy Institute. 

New York AG Letitia James
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Also look out for

October 20

New Senate vote on ending shutdown; House scheduled to return (postponement possible)  

Hakeem Jeffries speaks at Economic Club of New York 

ICE Field Director ordered to appear in Illinois case over protests in Broadview 

EU foreign ministers meet in Luxembourg 

October 21

Nicolas Sarkozy due to begin prison sentence over Muammar Gaddafi case 

Appeal ruling for former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe 

Boris Johnson appears at UK Covid-19 inquiry  

Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir released 

October 22

UK hosts Berlin Process summit 

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and freed husband Sergey Tihanovski address European Parliament 

Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought winner announced 

Tesla Q3 results 

October 23

Two-day evidentiary hearing in Utah redistricting case 

Scheduled execution of Alabama inmate Anthony Boyd using nitrogen gas 

King Charles and Queen Camilla meet Pope Leo during state visit to the Vatican 

Kamala Harris speaks in London 

October 24

Zohran Mamdani takes part in PIX11 News interview 

Ireland holds presidential election 

French National Assembly begins 2026 budget debate 

Paris auction of Picasso 'lost work'  

October 25

UFC 321: Tom Aspinall v Ciryl Gane 

October 26

Argentina holds mid-term elections 

NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity 500 (penultimate race of the season) 

Key statistics, reports and results

October 20

China GDP, economic data and loan prime rate announcement 

October 21

Canada inflation 

IEA Medium-Term Gas Markets report 

Results from: Netflix, General Motors, 3M Company, Capital One, Mattel, L’Oreal, Coca Cola, Halliburton, Texas Instruments, Lockheed Martin, RTX Corporation 

October 22

State of Climate Action 2025 

Norwegian sovereign wealth fund climate action plan 

UNEP Eye on Methane report 

UK inflation 

Indonesia interest rate decision 

Results from: Tesla, IBM, Alcoa, GE Vernova, AT&T, Unicredit, Heineken International, Barclays 

October 23

UNEP report on climate technology progress 

Forbes NBA valuations 

Turkey and South Korea interest rate decision 

Results from: Ford, Renault, Freeport McMoRan, Alaska Air, American Airlines, Union Pacific, Intel, Southwest Airlines, Nokia, Roche, Honeywell, Unilever, Lloyds Banking Group, Hasbro, InterContinental Hotels 

October 24

Moody’s sovereign review of France 

Results from: General Dynamics, Procter and Gamble, Eni, NatWest 


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