Trump: A judge in Fulton County, Georgia, will consider a motion to disqualify district attorney Fani Willis, who indicted former US president Donald Trump and others for seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The motion centres on an alleged relationship with an outside lawyer hired to help prosecute the case.
Separately, the former president is set to appear in court in Manhattan related to his alleged hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.
Threat: US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan will brief eight senior members of Congress about a new Russian nuclear capability that could be used in space.
US econ data: Retail sales are expected to have declined 0.1 per cent in January after rising 0.6 per cent in December.
Meanwhile, initial US jobless claims, a proxy for lay-offs, are forecast to have held relatively steady at 220,000 last week, from 218,000 in the prior seven-day period.
The National Association of Homebuilders will release its confidence index, which is anticipated to have risen to a reading of 46 this month from 44 in January.
Blinken: US secretary of state Antony Blinken is in Albania to meet President Bajram Begaj and Prime Minister Edi Rama before he attends the Munich Security Conference.
Earnings: Deere and Hyatt will report their latest quarterly earnings before Wall Street’s opening bell. DraftKings, Coinbase and Roku will report after the market closes.
Emily Foster is a globe-trotting journalist based in the UK. Her articles offer readers a global perspective on international events, exploring complex geopolitical issues and providing a nuanced view of the world’s most pressing challenges.
