Oct 2 (Reuters) – FDA: * FDA APPROVES LURBINECTEDIN IN COMBINATION WITH ATEZOLIZUMAB OR ATEZOLIZUMAB AND HYALURONIDASE-TQJS FOR EXTENSIVE-STAGE SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER- WEBSITE Further company coverage:
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By Dawn Kopecki, Jarrett Renshaw, Sabrina Valle and Ernest Scheyder NEW YORK, October 2 (Reuters) -Eli Lilly was asked to produce more insulin; Pfizer to produce more of its top-selling cancer drug Ibrance and its cholesterol drug Lipitor; and London-based AstraZeneca to consider a new headquarters in the U.S., according to two sources. Pharmaceutical executives are getting near-daily calls from staff at the White House – including Chief of Staff Susie Wiles – and senior figures at agencies like Health & Human Services and the Commerce Department, two sources familiar with the matter said. But pharmaceutical companies are the tip of the iceberg. The Trump administration is pursuing deals across up to 30 industries, involving dozens of companies deemed critical to national or economic security, according to more than a half dozen people familiar with the talks. In some cases, the administration is offering tariff relief in exchange for concessions, revenue guarantees, or taking equity stakes in troubled companies, among other types of help. The fast-paced dealmaking is designed to deliver political wins for U.S. President Donald Trump before the 2026 midterm elections, the sources said. On Tuesday, Trump announced a deal with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla to cut drug prices in exchange for relief from planned tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals. "The United States is done subsidizing healthcare of the rest of the world," Trump said in a event in the Oval Office. Just as important as the deals themselves is the optics – they must be announced from the White House, two sources said. Eli Lilly learned this the hard way when it excluded Trump from its announcement of two new manufacturing sites in September and got a call from the administration asking why they didn't allow the president to announce it himself. A spokesperson for Eli Lilly said it had not been asked to increase insulin production and that it takes "pride in regularly inviting White House officials to our announcements." Pfizer and AstraZeneca declined to comment. The White House declined to comment on Eli Lilly's announcement or on specific details of the administration's plans. It's all part of what White House spokesman Kush Desai has described as a "whole-of-government approach" to dealmaking "to safeguard our national and economic security." The plan is to use the broad powers of government to push companies to further Trump's goal of moving manufacturing to the United States, reducing dependence on China, strengthening supply chains for critical products, and contributing to the government's coffers, according to six people familiar with the discussions. Administration outreach has touched disparate corners of the economy including semiconductors, AI, quantum computing, critical minerals, ship building, energy, battery production, pharmaceuticals and freight, the sources said. The full breadth of the administration's plans have not previously been reported. Taken together, the planned interventions in the American economy reverse decades of hands-off approach to private enterprise, a defining feature of American capitalism. "It's amazing that a Republican administration is taking us farther away from traditional capitalism than any other Democratic administration," said John Coffee, professor of corporate law at Columbia University in New York. $250 BILLION IN FINANCING The Trump administration is looking to a little-known federal agency, the International Development Finance Corporation, to play a major role in overseeing and financing the plan, two of the people said. Established in Trump's first term with the BUILD Act of 2018, the agency was meant to provide low-cost financing for food, health and other projects in developing nations. But a proposal sent by the agency to Congress in June would significantly expand its authority and reach. The bill would more than quadruple its financing power to $250 billion from $60 billion as well as establish an equity fund tasked with shoring up key sectors, including infrastructure, energy, critical and rare earth minerals and supply chains – pretty much anything "in the economic and national security interests of the United States," according to a copy of the plan reviewed by Reuters. The agency is still waiting for Congress to approve its budget as well as the confirmation of Apollo Global Management co-founder Leon Black's son, Ben, to run it. A spokesman for Black said he couldn't comment on International Development Finance Corporation matters before his Senate confirmation. An International Development Finance Corporation official declined to comment on specific deals, but said its mandate is to "mobilize private sector investment for projects that advance U.S. foreign policy and economic interests, including projects that reduce reliance on critical minerals and materials controlled by China." The administration is also planning to use the $550 billion Japan is giving the U.S. as part of its trade agreement to seed a new U.S. Investment Accelerator run by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, a U.S. official told Reuters. Japan has until the end of Trump's term to provide the funding. Both the Commerce Department's Investment Accelerator and the Development Finance Corporation are said to replace a sovereign wealth fund Trump had originally planned, but has since scrapped, three sources told Reuters. FEDERAL AGENCIES BECOME DEALMAKERS At HHS, the search for deals is being led by Chris Klomp, a former Silicon Valley healthcare investor, and John Brooks, a former health policy consultant, with Wiles taking a hand in the biggest pharma deals. When asked for interviews with Klomp and Brooks, an HHS spokesperson referred Reuters' request to the White House. Lutnick, a former bond trader who rose to become chairman of financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, is Trump's dealmaker-in-chief. He has overseen most of the administration’s biggest deals, including its 10% equity stake in Intel and the "golden share" Commerce received as part of Nippon Steel’s $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel in June. Lutnick declined to comment through a spokesman, but he has emerged as a forceful proponent of the U.S. taking stakes in companies. "If we're going to give you the money, we want a piece of the action," Lutnick told CNBC in August. He's tapped two Wall Street dealmakers, tech banker Michael Grimes, who joined the administration from Morgan Stanley a few months ago, and M&A lawyer David Shapiro, a former partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, to head up some of the deals, two of the people said. J.P. Morgan, which helped put together the government's deal with rare earths mining company MP Materials, said in a recent company podcast that it’s convened a task force of commercial bankers, goverment relations professionals and investment bankers to field all the corporate client calls it’s received since that deal was announced in July. “We've had no less than 100 calls with clients to talk about the MP transaction as well as what this means for other industries,” said Andrew Castaldo, J.P. Morgan’s co-head of mid-cap M&A. “And we've had numerous trips down to Washington to explore those opportunities with the government.” Shapiro and Grimes both declined to comment through a spokesperson. Lutnick plans to hire more senior dealmakers from Wall Street in the coming weeks for the Investment Accelerator, the U.S. official said. At the White House, newly installed supply chain czar David Copley has been running many of the negotiations, while Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg is leading conversations with defense contractors, the two sources said. Feinberg and Copley declined to comment, and the Pentagon referred Reuters' request to the White House. Some companies have welcomed the approach, sensing the opportunity to tap federal dollars and benefit from …
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(Corrects paragraphs 1 and 2 to show hiring intentions are the joint weakest since 2020, not the outright weakest. Also changes businesses expectations for inflation in September to 3.4% from 3.5% in paragraph 8 after the BoE corrected its data) LONDON, Oct 2 (Reuters) – British businesses have the joint weakest hiring intentions since 2020 and expect the fastest consumer price inflation since early 2024, according to a Bank of England survey on Thursday which highlights the challenges facing the central bank. The monthly survey showed that businesses in the three months to September expected to keep employment steady over the next 12 months, the first time since January that they had not expected to increase staffing. Prior to that, such a reading had not been recorded since 2020. More volatile single-month data showed expectations for a 0.5% rise over the next 12 months after a 0.5% drop in August. Official tax data has shown falling numbers of employees for the past seven months while the unemployment rate – which is based on a survey with long-standing problems – has risen to its highest since 2021 at 4.7%. BoE policymakers are hoping that a weaker labour market will reduce the pace of wage growth and help bring down inflation, which the central bank forecast to hit 4% in September, double its target. But Rob Wood, chief UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said the survey results were likely to reinforce policymakers' caution about cutting interest rates further this year. "Wage and price pressures remain stubborn, recruitment difficulties slightly worsened despite weak employment and firms' inflation expectations rose," he said. Businesses in the BoE's September Decision Maker Panel survey saw consumer price inflation rising by 3.4% over the next 12 months, the same expected rate as in August. Three-month average expectations showed expected inflation for the coming year of 3.4%, the most since February 2024, while businesses said they planned to raise their own prices by 3.7%, unchanged from their plans in the three months to August. (Reporting by David Milliken; editing by Sarah Young and Suban Abdulla)
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(Reuters) -China is curbing the use of European telecom kit suppliers Nokia and Ericsson in its networks, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Sweden's Ericsson and Finland's Nokia contracts are required to be submitted for "black box" national security reviews by the Cyberspace Administration of China, where the companies are not told how their gear is assessed, FT said. State buyers of telecom equipment would require bidders to include detailed documentation on every component in their systems and the portion of local content, the report said. Ericsson declined to comment on the report. Nokia did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment outside regular business hours. The CAC could not be immediately reached. (Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru; Editing by Alan Barona)
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CARGILL SAYS ITS FORT MORGAN, COLORADO, BEEF PROCESSING PLANT WILL BE DOWN FOR 10 DAYS STARTING FRIDAY FOR REFRIGERATION MAINTENANCE
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By Lucia Mutikani and Ann Saphir (Reuters) -Alternate data from public and private sources, a substitute for official statistics delayed by a government shutdown, showed the U.S. job market likely remained stalled in September with sluggish hiring but no change in an unemployment rate economists see as influenced by falling numbers of foreign-born workers. The federal government's 15th shutdown since 1981, with some 750,000 workers furloughed, has delayed publication of key reports including the September unemployment and jobs data due on Friday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a key reference point for Federal Reserve policymakers who meet in a little under four weeks to decide whether to cut interest rates again. Also delayed so far are the weekly jobless claims report and factory orders and construction spending data for August. While the data could still be available for the Fed's October 28-29 meeting depending on the length of the shutdown, alternative data, such as a new "real-time" estimate of the unemployment rate issued on Thursday by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, is likely to attract more attention from Fed officials, economists and analysts trying to understand the economy while the government is idle. The Chicago Fed report, which combines private and available public data, estimated the September jobless rate was 4.3%, the same as in August and evidence that a feared rapid rise in unemployment had not yet begun. But details of the report, along with other data, pointed to ongoing sluggishness in the labor market that is likely to keep the Fed poised to cut the benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point. The Fed's rate cut discussion now leans heavily on policymakers' views of whether the labor market is holding up, with the 4.3% jobless rate considered around full employment, or is at risk of a sharp rupture. The Fed last month cut its policy rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a range of 4% to 4.25% after job gains slowed sharply and the unemployment rate ticked up in August. "We're going to go off of the data we have," Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said on Fox News' America Reports on Thursday, adding that to him the bank's new unemployment number "indicates some steadiness in the labor market." The Chicago Fed's new data series, updated twice monthly, showed the hiring rate for unemployed workers dipping slightly and the rate of layoffs and other job separations up a bit. That put "limited upward pressure" on the unemployment rate, the bank said. LABOR MARKET IS STAGNATING Earlier this week, data from payroll processor ADP indicated private payrolls fell 32,000 in September. The ADP data may also take on added weight in the absence of Bureau of Labor Statistics updates, and was cited by Fed Governor Christopher Waller in August as helping ground internal Fed staff estimates that showed "continued deterioration" in the job market beginning in May. New data issued Thursday by technology firm Intuit, based on a sample of roughly 400,000 of small businesses from its QuickBooks platform, showed firms with from one to nine employees shed more than 48,000 jobs in September, a decline of around 0.37%. Firms of that size have seen a steady drop in employment since early 2024, with average monthly employment for the latest quarter down about 400,000 from a peak of 13.1 million. U.S. employers meanwhile announced fewer layoffs in September, but hiring plans this year were the lowest since 2009, according to the latest report from global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas that provided further signs of a labor market at a standstill as the demand and supply of workers fall because of tougher immigration policy and technological advances. The firm said planned job cuts dropped 37% month-on-month to 54,064 in September. Employers have so far this year announced 946,426 job cuts, the highest year-to-date total since 2020. Hiring plans so far this year have totaled 204,939, the lowest year-to-date since 2009 when the economy was just emerging from the Great Recession. "Right now, we're dealing with a stagnating labor market, cost increases and a transformative new technology," said Andrew Challenger, senior vice president at Challenger, Gray & Christmas. "With rate cuts on the way, we may see some stabilizing in the fourth quarter, but other factors could keep employers planning layoffs or holding off hiring." But there are conflicting signals, and a puzzle over whether weak job growth is due to a slowing economy or a lack of workers, or both. Nonfarm payroll gains averaged only 29,000 jobs per month in the three months to August compared to 82,000 during the same period last year, yet the jobless rate has been fairly stable. Economists say lingering uncertainty from President Donald Trump's trade policy and the rise of artificial intelligence have reduced demand for workers. But the administration's immigration crackdown may also be limiting the availability of labor. In its latest survey, the National Federation of Independent Business reported that 58% of independent business owners planned to hire, more than in August, but that nearly 90% of that group "reported few or no qualified applicants for the positions they were trying to fill," up seven percentage points from the month before. Should the shutdown persist into next week, reports due later this month, including consumer price, retail sales, housing starts and producer inflation data for September, will probably not be published, impacting decision-making by households, investors and policymakers. (Reporting by Ann Saphir; Additional reporting by Howard Schneider and Lucia Mutikani; Editing by Jamie Freed and Andrea Ricci)
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Oct 2 (OPTA) – Summaries for the UEFA Europa League on Thursday (start times are CET) League Stage ……………………………………………………….. Roma (0) 0 Missed penalty: M. Soulé 85 Subs used: Rensch 46 (Tsimikas), Mancini 55 (Hermoso), El Shaarawy 55 (Pellegrini), Koné 69 (Cristante), Dovbyk 78 (Ferguson) Lille (1) 1 Scorers: H. Haraldsson 6 Yellow card: Verdonk 9, Bouaddi 61, Mandi 81, Özer 93 Subs used: Igamane 62 (Giroud), André 63 (Bentaleb), Fernandez-Pardo 63 (Haraldsson), Perraud 69 (Verdonk), Mukau 90 (Sahraoui) Referee: Erik Lambrechts ……………………………………………………….. Bologna (1) 1 Scorers: R. Orsolini 29 Yellow card: Ł. Skorupski 55, Holm 67 Subs used: Dallinga 66 (Castro), Juan Miranda 66 (Lykogiannis), Bernardeschi 66 (Orsolini), Rowe 77 (Cambiaghi), Fabbian 93 (Ferguson) Freiburg (0) 1 Scorers: J. Adamu 57pen Yellow card: Makengo 47, Lienhart 65 Subs used: Scherhant 46 (Grifo), Dinkçi 75 (Beste), Günter 80 (Makengo), Höler 80 (Manzambi), Matanović 88 (Adamu) Attendance: 24428 Referee: Nenad Minaković ……………………………………………………….. Celtic (0) 0 Yellow card: Saracchi 81, Scales 89 Subs used: Saracchi 46 (Donovan), Engels 67 (Nygren), Hatate 67 (Paulo Bernardo), Forrest 77 (Maeda), Murray 81 (Tierney) Sporting Braga (1) 2 Scorers: Ricardo Horta 20, Gabri Martínez 85 Yellow card: Yanis da Rocha 13 Subs used: Víctor Gómez 46 (Yanis da Rocha), João Moutinho 65 (Grillitsch), Zalazar 70 (Ricardo Horta), Diego Rodrigues 71 (Pau Víctor), Gabri Martínez 82 (El Ouazzani) Referee: Tobias Stieler ……………………………………………………….. Viktoria Plzeň (2) 3 Scorers: M. Vydra 34, R. Durosinmi 44, K. Spáčil 53 Red card: Merchas Doski 57 Yellow card: Dweh 23, Jemelka 69 Subs used: Ladra 64 (Durosinmi), Zeljković 64 (Valenta), Souaré 64 (Višinský), Adu 77 (Vydra), Havel 80 (Memić) Malmö FF (0) 0 Red card: Guðjohnsen 95 Yellow card: Christiansen 10, Berg Johnsen 18, Berg Johnsen 38 (2nd), Rösler 68 Subs used: Đurić 16 (Jansson), Guðjohnsen 27 (Christiansen), Berg 46 (Ekong), Soumah 77 (Skogmar), Busuladžić 77 (Rosengren) Referee: Enea Jorgji ……………………………………………………….. Fenerbahçe (2) 2 Scorers: K. Aktürkoğlu 3, K. Aktürkoğlu 25 Yellow card: İ. Yüksek 69, Aktürkoğlu 77, Fred 82 Subs used: Szymański 64 (Talisca), Álvarez 64 (Marco Asensio), İ. Kahveci 73 (İ. Yüksek), Aydın 81 (Aktürkoğlu), Fred 81 (Nene) Nice (1) 1 Scorers: Kevin Carlos 37pen Yellow card: Louchet 55, 87 Subs used: Moffi 59 (Kevin Carlos), Diop 69 (Sanson), Abdi 69 (Tiago Gouveia), Cho 80 (Boga), Mendy 80 (Peprah Oppong) Referee: Srđan Jovanović ……………………………………………………….. FCSB (0) 0 Yellow card: Politic 68 Subs used: Tănase 13 (Edjouma), Olaru 46 (Thiam), Cisotti 46 (Miculescu), Bîrligea 46 (Alibec), Politic 59 (Popescu) Young Boys (2) 2 Scorers: J. Monteiro 11, J. Monteiro 36 Yellow card: Monteiro 34, Raveloson 59, Hadjam 82 Subs used: Córdova 62 (Bedia), Fassnacht 69 (Males), Pech 71 (Raveloson), Tsimba 87 (Monteiro), Zoukrou 87 (Lauper) Attendance: 25056 Referee: Mohammed Al Hakim ……………………………………………………….. Panathinaikos (0) 1 Scorers: K. Świderski 55 Yellow card: Siopis 77 Subs used: Đuričić 67 (Świderski), Siopis 67 (Bakasetas), Taborda 79 (Gnezda Čerin), Calabria 79 (Kotsiras), Mladenović 86 (Kyriakopoulos) Go Ahead Eagles (0) 2 Scorers: M. Smit 75, M. Smit 82 Yellow card: De Busser 87 Subs used: Twigt 79 (Margaret), Adelgaard 88 (Suray), Stokkers 92 (Smit) Referee: Sebastian Gishamer ……………………………………………………….. Ludogorets Razgrad (0) 0 Yellow card: Ivanov 88 Subs used: Verdon 8 (Kurtulus), Tekpetey 46 (Erick Marcus), Chochev 66 (Kaloč), Matheus Machado 66 (Bille), Ivanov 78 (Nedyalkov) Real Betis (1) 2 Scorers: G. Lo Celso 31, Son 53og Yellow card: Aitor Ruibal 15, Firpo 48, Rodríguez 80 Subs used: Rodríguez 56 (Firpo), Ángel Ortiz 56 (Aitor Ruibal), Ezzalzouli 67 (Rodrigo Riquelme), Pablo Fornals 76 (Lo Celso), Amrabat 76 (Marc Roca) Referee: Julian Weinberger ……………………………………………………….. Brann (1) 1 Scorers: S. Magnússon 41 Yellow card: Knudsen 81, Dyngeland 88 Subs used: Holm 63 (Magnússon), Castro 63 (Guðmundsson), Finne 76 (Mathisen), Pedersen 76 (De Roeve) Utrecht (0) 0 Yellow card: Zechiël 88, Bozdoğan 91 Subs used: Haller 61 (Blake), Bozdoğan 73 (Zidane Iqbal), Jonathans 73 (Miguel Rodríguez), Murkin 80 (van der Hoorn), Vesterlund 80 (El Karouani) Attendance: 15366 Referee: Əliyar Ağayev ……………………………………………………….. Basel in play Stuttgart ……………………………………………………….. Porto in play Crvena zvezda ……………………………………………………….. Feyenoord in play Aston Villa ……………………………………………………….. Genk in play Ferencváros ……………………………………………………….. Maccabi Tel Aviv in play Dinamo Zagreb ……………………………………………………….. Nottingham Forest in play Midtjylland ……………………………………………………….. Olympique Lyonnais in play Salzburg ……………………………………………………….. Celta de Vigo in play PAOK ……………………………………………………….. Sturm Graz in play Rangers ………………………………………………………..
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By Rashika Singh (Reuters) -Citigroup raised its year-end outlook for ether and slightly trimmed its view on bitcoin, citing shifting investor flows and macroeconomic crosscurrents. Investors are increasingly favouring the yield-generating ether over bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, which relies solely on price appreciation. The Wall Street brokerage's target of $133,000 for bitcoin implies a roughly 12% upside from its trading level of $118,747.48, as of 0530 GMT. For ether, the target is $4,500, implying a nearly 3% upside from its level of $4,375. Citi sees continued upside next year, with a 12-month target of $5,440 for ether and $181,000 for bitcoin. Bitcoin's year-end forecast was revised slightly lower, as Citi pointed to offsetting macro factors including a stronger dollar and weaker gold prices. While bitcoin continues to trade above adoption model estimates, the brokerage said its "digital gold" narrative remains intact and is likely to attract a larger share of incremental flows. Citi analysts raised their year-end forecast for ether, noting the token's sharp price jump over the summer as institutional investors and financial advisors ramped up crypto buying. The brokerage expects it to end 2025 modestly higher, supported by strong inflows from exchange-traded funds and digital asset treasuries. Citi's base case assumes robust year-end flows of $7.5 billion into bitcoin, with a bull case predicated on stronger equity markets and higher demand. For ether, the upside is driven by increased adoption and potential yield generation via staking and decentralised finance platforms. Bear case for bitcoin sees prices falling to $83,000 if recessionary macro conditions materialise, while ether's downside is harder to model due to uncertainty around network activity and value accrual, the brokerage noted. Both tokens are trading above user-activity-based metrics, and Citi emphasised that sustained investor demand will be key to supporting prices through year-end and into 2026. (Reporting by Rashika Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Harikrishnan Nair)
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Oct 2 () – THE REUTERS DAYBOOK Friday, October 3, 2025 —– The daybook editor is Timothy Ryan (reachable at 202-843-6282 or Tim.Ryan@TR.com or DCDaybook@yahoo.com). Subscribers: For any problems in receiving daybook content, call 1-800-435-0101 and hit option 5. Content is intended for guidance purposes only and should not be cited on the record. —– —– PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SCHEDULE (early schedule) Not immediately available. Note: On Sunday, the president visits Naval Station Norfolk to attend "Titans of the Sea: A Salute to the Fleet." (The event was moved from Friday to Sunday due to forecasted weather conditions and unsafe sea states.) Press RSVP at https://nam.nucleuspages.com/credentialing/wezcucqkx8. VICE PRESIDENT VANCE'S SCHEDULE (early schedule) Not immediately available. SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO'S SCHEDULE (early schedule) Attends closed meetings at the State Department and the White House. FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP'S SCHEDULE (early schedule) Not immediately available. ECONOMIC INDICATORS AND REPORTS Note: During the government shutdown, the Labor Department, the Commerce Department, the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis have stated there will be no economic releases. The USDA is not planning to release weekly U.S. export sales during the shutdown. SUPREME COURT Not in session. Note: On Monday, the court issues orders and resumes oral arguments at the start of its new term. CONGRESS THE SENATE Meets at 11:30 a.m. Note: At 1:30 p.m., the Senate is expected to proceed to up to four votes on: 1) adoption of S.Res. 412; 2) a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to S. 2882, the "Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026" – sponsored by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.); 3) a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to H.R. 5371, "the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026"; and 4) a motion to proceed to legislative session (possible voice vote). Committees No meetings are scheduled. THE HOUSE Meets at 3:30 p.m. in a pro forma session. Committees No meetings are scheduled. ADVISORIES (TRADE-LEGAL) ADVISORY — The Washington International Trade Association (WITA) hosts an online seminar to discuss "U.S. and international trade law and policy." Highlights 9 a.m.: Jeff Gerrish, former deputy U.S. trade representative for Asia, Europe, the Middle East and industrial competitiveness, discusses "Trade Law Primer (Sections 122, 201, 232, 301 International Emergency Economic Powers Act and update on legal challenges)." 10 a.m.: Former deputy assistant to the president for international economic affairs Kelly Ann Shaw, former deputy director at the National Economic Council; and Everett Eissenstat, former deputy director at the National Economic Council and former assistant U.S. trade representative for the Americas, discuss "The New Dynamics in Trade Policy in the Executive Branch and the Interagency Process in the Trump Administration." Contact: 202-312-1600 Note: Register at https://www.wita.org/events/2025-wita-virtual-intensive-trade-seminar/. (SCOTUS-CRIME-ROSKE/SENTENCING) ADVISORY– At 10 a.m., U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman presides at the sentencing of Nicholas Roske, the California man arrested on June 7, 2022 after he showed up with a handgun, knife, and zip ties near the Maryland home of Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh. In April, Roske pleaded guilty to attempted assassination of a Supreme Court justice. Location: U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 6500 Cherrywood Lane, courtroom 4A, Greenbelt, Md. Contact: 301-344-0637 or 410-962-3228 or MDD_PublicInformation@mdd.uscourts.gov. (CHINA-ARMS/EUROPE) ADVISORY — At 10 a.m., the National Institute for Deterrence Studies (NIDS) holds an online forum on "European Perspectives on China and its Nuclear Buildup." Max Hoell, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, speaks. Contact: phuessy@thinkdeterrence.com Note: Register at https://thinkdeterrence.com/events/european-perspectives-on-china-and-its-nuclear-buildup-with-dr-max-hoell/ (POLITICS-MEDIA) ADVISORY — At 8 a.m., The Hill hosts an online interview (via Zoom) with NewsNation political editor Chris Stirewalt, editor of Whole Hog Politics – a weekly note which "aims to give readers a quick and useful overview of the political scene." Bill Sammon, senior vice president of editorial content at The Hill and NewsNation, joins Stirewalt, a former FOX News political editor, to discuss "a time when people actually enjoyed politics and saw more fun in the civic duty of choosing our leaders." Contact: 202-407-8010 or events@thehill.com Note: Register at https://whp-themorningreview.splashthat.com/ (SCOTUS-PREVIEW) ADVISORY — At 12Noon, the Federalist Society holds an online forum to discuss the upcoming October Term cases of the Supreme Court. Ohio deputy solicitor general Jana Bosch; Amanda Gray Dixon, counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty; Michael Morley, assistant professor at the Florida State University College of Law; Matthew Cavedon, director of the Cato Institute's Project on Criminal Justice; Baker Hostetler LLP partner Richard Raile; and Erielle Azerrad of counsel at Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Joseflak PLLC, preview oral arguments in: Villarreal v. Texas and Berk v. Choy (on October 6); Barrett v. U.S. and Chiles v. Salazar (on October 7); Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections and U.S. Postal Service v. Konan (on October 8); Bowe v. U.S. and Ellingburg v. U.S. (October 14); and Case v. Montana and Louisiana v. Callais (on October 15). Contact: 202-822-8138 Note: Register at https://fedsoc.org/events/a-seat-at-the-sitting-october-2025. (IRAN-PAHLAVI-RIGHTS) ADVISORY — At 1 p.m., Reza Pahlavi, exiled crown prince of Iran, discusses "the durability of the Islamic Republic regime, his framework for democratic transition, and the role of the international community in shaping Iran's future" during a Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) online interview forum. Contact: Maddie Van Horn, 202-509-8643 or mvanhorn@cfr.org Note: For a webcast, go to: https://www.youtube.com/live/lf08X37rYRk. GENERAL NEWS EVENTS MORNING 9 a.m. — (EURASIA-RUSSIA-UKRAINE) EVENT — The Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia (PONARS Eurasia) at George Washington University holds its annual Eurasia policy conference to discuss "international affairs in the region, both related to and beyond Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine." Highlights 9 a.m.: Panel on "Domestic Drivers of Foreign Policy." Elizabeth Wishnick of Columbia University discusses "Security Implications of North Korea's Support for Russia's War on Ukraine"; Anar Valiyev, associate professor at ADA University, discusses "Azerbaijan's Foreign Policy in the Wake of Russian Aggression in Ukraine: A New Strategy for Dealing With Moscow"; Scott Radnitz of the University of Washington discusses "How Kyrgyzstan Views Russia Three Years after the Full-Scale Invasion"; Ryhor Nizhnikau of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs discusses "A Bargain with the Devil: Lukashenka's Navigation between Domestic Vulnerabilities and Relations with Russia"; and Melinda Haring, senior adviser at Razom for Ukraine, also speaks. 10:45 a.m.: Panel on "Russia's War in Ukraine." Marlene Laruelle of George Washington University discusses "War as a Social Lift? The Impact of Military Keynesianism on Russian Society"; Anton Shirikov of the University of Kansas discusses "War on Screens: The Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine in Russian State Media"; Mariya Omelicheva of Georgetown University discusses "Fourth Power? Russia's "War Correspondents and Their Influence on the War in Ukraine"; and Alexandra Yatsyk of the University of Lille discusses "Between Underground and Exile: How Russian Human Right Organizations operate in War-time Russia." 1:30 p.m.: A discussion on "Public Opinion about Peace Negotiations." 3:15 p.m.: A discussion on "Transatlantic Foreign Policy towards E…
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