Politics
Lula qualified for runoff as new governors swept state races
Lula moved to the Presidential runoff while Tarcísio de Freitas and ACM Neto won governorships in São Paulo and Bahia.
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The year ahead, reported from the odds
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Politics
Lula moved to the Presidential runoff while Tarcísio de Freitas and ACM Neto won governorships in São Paulo and Bahia.
Politics
Loranne Ausley became Tallahassee's mayor and Ricardo Samaniego won the El Paso County judgeship.
Politics
Laurent Wauquiez was excluded from the ballot and Jordan Bardella failed to reach the second round.
Politics
Peter Olofsson and My Alnebratt also secured chairmanships in Västerbotten and Västra Götaland.
Economics
The Fed lifted rates twice in 2026 to 4.25% while the 10-year Treasury yield rose above 5%.
Politics
Democrats captured a sizable house majority and senate control, winning more than 230 house seats.
Crypto
Day one valuations fell short as Opensea, Puffpaw, Extended and Metamask missed their expected fully-diluted caps.
World
Iran neither surrendered its enriched uranium nor withdrew from the nuclear treaty.
World
Christopher Luxon stayed New Zealand Prime Minister and Volodymyr Zelenskyy remained Ukraine's president.
Politics
The victory did not lead to a Greenland purchase, marijuana rescheduling, or increased border crossings, and Musk remained uninvolved.
World
The administration also saw no Ukraine ceasefire before the November 2026 midterm elections.
World
The Dome of the Rock survived, Strait of Hormuz traffic stayed disrupted, and the US failed to secure Iranian uranium by year-end.
World
China also refrained from blockading Taiwan and from clashing with Japan.
Science
SpaceX's Mars launch window slipped, the private Lunar payload was scrapped, and Rockstar confirmed no new GTA 6 delay.
Politics
Democrats secured the California and Wisconsin governorships while adding five senate seats, keeping Chuck Schumer as leader.
Politics
Lula topped the Presidential vote while the Liberal Party won the Chamber of Deputies.
Politics
He held office through early October and his party won fewer than twenty seats.
Science
A U.S. economist received the Nobel in Economics and a woman earned a science Nobel.
Economics
U.S. CPI rose 0.3% in September and Argentina's monthly inflation climbed to about 2%.
Politics
The party also secured governorships in six states.
World
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained below normal and the East-West Pipeline stayed offline at month-end.
Science
Anthropic also led the AI Agent ranking while OpenAI placed Second in the Agent Lab
World
By the end of September 2026 Gaza saw no Foreign intervention and no Houthi attacks on Israel or Israeli strikes in Yemen
Culture
Primetime opened with $19-22 million and Heart of the Beast earned $17-20 million.
Politics
Lula moved to the Presidential runoff while Tarcísio de Freitas and ACM Neto won governorships in São Paulo and Bahia.
Lula qualified for the Presidential runoff on Thursday. Fernando Haddad and Michelle Bolsonaro failed to reach the runoff. No candidate secured an outright first-round victory, and Renan Santos finished third.
A wave of new governors was elected across Brazil. Tarcísio de Freitas won in São Paulo, while Fábio took Sergipe and Jorginho Mello captured Santa Catarina. Daniel Vilela became governor of Goiás, and Eduardo Braide secured Maranhão. Mailza Assis, Elmano de Freitas, Raquel Lyra, Hana Ghassan and ACM Neto also emerged victorious in Acre, Ceará, Pernambuco, Pará and Bahia respectively.
Crypto
Day one valuations fell short as Opensea, Puffpaw, Extended and Metamask missed their expected fully-diluted caps.
World
Iran neither surrendered its enriched uranium nor withdrew from the nuclear treaty.
World
Christopher Luxon stayed New Zealand Prime Minister and Volodymyr Zelenskyy remained Ukraine's president.
Politics
The victory did not lead to a Greenland purchase, marijuana rescheduling, or increased border crossings, and Musk remained uninvolved.
World
The administration also saw no Ukraine ceasefire before the November 2026 midterm elections.
World
The Dome of the Rock survived, Strait of Hormuz traffic stayed disrupted, and the US failed to secure Iranian uranium by year-end.
World
China also refrained from blockading Taiwan and from clashing with Japan.
Science
SpaceX's Mars launch window slipped, the private Lunar payload was scrapped, and Rockstar confirmed no new GTA 6 delay.
Politics
Democrats secured the California and Wisconsin governorships while adding five senate seats, keeping Chuck Schumer as leader.
Politics
Lula topped the Presidential vote while the Liberal Party won the Chamber of Deputies.
Politics
He held office through early October and his party won fewer than twenty seats.
Science
A U.S. economist received the Nobel in Economics and a woman earned a science Nobel.
Economics
U.S. CPI rose 0.3% in September and Argentina's monthly inflation climbed to about 2%.
Politics
The party also secured governorships in six states.
World
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained below normal and the East-West Pipeline stayed offline at month-end.
Science
Anthropic also led the AI Agent ranking while OpenAI placed Second in the Agent Lab
World
By the end of September 2026 Gaza saw no Foreign intervention and no Houthi attacks on Israel or Israeli strikes in Yemen
Culture
Primetime opened with $19-22 million and Heart of the Beast earned $17-20 million.
The full slate behind this edition, whether or not it made the paper.