Here at USA TODAY Opinion, we like to end each year by looking ahead to the next and pretending we can predict the future. Sometimes we get it right (and sometimes that's a bad thing). Other times our prognostications turn out completely wrong but hey, you can't win 'em all.
We've gathered our columnists for another round of forecasting as we count down to 2026. Read on for our predictions from both sides of the aisle, or share your own with us here. Did we nail it this year? Only time will tell.
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As the nation's premiere never-wrong-about-anything columnist, my annual New Year predictions are considered iron-clad. And I'm sure these prognostications for 2026 will be no different.
Here, in no particular order, are things I guarantee will happen:
