Bahrain's leader visits the White House President Trump on
Monday is
set to welcome Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa of Bahrain, a key economic and security partner in the Middle East. Following
heated disputes over oil tankers in the region, the leaders are due to discuss maritime protection
and Iran.
Israel holds national elections (again) Voters head back to the polls
Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed following April elections to form a coalition government. Netanyahu has vowed to
move to annex parts of the West Bank if he wins re-election. Some say that could
deal a fatal blow to any two-state solution with Palestinians.
Corey Lewandowski heads to Capitol Hill Trump's ex-campaign manager
has said he intends to comply with
a subpoena to appear Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee. Lewandowski is cited extensively in the obstruction of justice section of special counsel Robert Mueller's report. The White House has talked about invoking executive privilege to limit his testimony.
Facebook & Twitter execs confront disinformation More than year out from
the 2020 races, the Federal Election Commission on
Tuesday is due to host leaders of the influential social media platforms to talk about
disrupting efforts to spread political lies. Facebook, Twitter and Google execs on
Wednesday are expected at a US Senate panel hearing on extremism and mass violence online.
All eyes focus on the Fed The US central bank
is scheduled to meet Wednesday, with
another rate cut expected. Trump has urged the Fed to import the
negative interest rate policies of foreign central banks, a step many analysts see as extreme.
The Washington Monument reopens The national site's 37-month closure ends
Thursday,
when it unveils a modernized elevator control system and a new security screening facility.
Mass climate strikes begin Activists plan an
intergenerational event Friday in Washington to call attention to the climate crisis and demand elected leaders' action.
Hundreds of Amazon workers also are due to walk out that day, saying their employer isn't doing enough to stem the climate emergency. These coincide with the start of a weeklong
Global Climate Strike campaign.
Will anyone actually 'Storm Area 51?' Hundreds of thousands of people said online they'll attend a
Friday event dubbed, "Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us." It started as a tongue-in-cheek plan to blitz Nevada's Ground Zero of UFO conspiracy but quickly got out of hand, with the US military
pushing back and the
creator terrified it will become a "
humanitarian disaster." Will anyone show? Only the aliens know.
Happy Oktoberfest! The
annual celebration of culture,
sausage and beer begins
Saturday in Germany.
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