NEWSNATIONNOW (Julia Shapero and The Hill) - Race betting picks up as Kalshi launches midterm election forecasting hub
Kalshi's push into elections was bolstered by a 2024 court decision, which ruled betting on federal races legal.
WAR (Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kindsey Calvert, III Marine Expeditionary Force) - Forecasting the Fight: How Meteorology, Oceanography Marines Support Operational Planning
Meteorology and oceanography Marines support battlefield capabilities through forecasting and predicting how weather will impact operations.
NYTIMES (Eric Niiler) - A Climate Supercomputer Is Getting New Bosses. It’s Not Clear Who.
The National Science Foundation said management of the machine, used by researchers for forecasts, disaster warnings and pure science, would be transferred to a “third-party operator.”
NYTIMES (Lydia DePillis) - Kalshi and Polymarket Create New Competition for Professional Economists
Economists have noticed that betting markets like Kalshi and Polymarket are pretty good at predicting not just political events but economic data, too.