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US Fiscal Year 2028 Begins
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SCHEDULED83% CONFIDENCEin 1.0 yearsThe federal fiscal year is the 12-month period beginning on 1 October and ending on 30 September of the next calendar year, so fiscal 2028 runs 1 October 2027 to 30 September 2028.[1]The United States federal fiscal year 2028 starts on 1 October 2027 - the date by which Congress must have funded the government or shut it down.0.64Government Funding Runs Out Again on December 11
SCHEDULED86% CONFIDENCEin 79 daysH.R. 6500 funds federal agencies through 11 December 2026, so the continuing resolution expires at the end of that day.[1]The stopgap signed in September expires on 11 December 2026, the deadline for Congress to enact the twelve fiscal 2027 appropriations bills or pass another continuing resolution before agencies shut down.0.64Half the Government Shuts Down for Four Days
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE235 days agoThe funding lapse ran from 31 January 2026, when the continuing resolution expired, to 3 February 2026, when the House passed the package 217-214 and the President signed it.[1]A stopgap covering six of the twelve appropriations bills expired on 31 January 2026, closing roughly half of federal agencies until the House passed a funding package 217-214 on 3 February.0.63US Fiscal Year 2027 Begins on a Stopgap
United States Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C., United States
SCHEDULED84% CONFIDENCEin 8 daysThe US federal fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September, so fiscal year 2027 begins on 1 October 2026 and ends on 30 September 2027.[1]PolymarketFiscal year 2027 starts on 1 October 2026 with none of the twelve appropriations bills through both chambers, so the government runs on the continuing resolution signed in September rather than on a budget.0.62The U.S. could hit the debt ceiling by June 1, much sooner than expected, Yellen warns
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE3.3 years agoHappened as dated, per cnbc.com[1]: "…nge, analysts wrote, "once the Treasury announces a specific deadline for Congress to raise the debt…"The U.S. could fail to meet its debt obligations sooner than expected, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned in a letter to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Yellen said a drop in tax receipts meant the U.S. could hit its debt ceiling as soon as June 1, earlier than Wall Street and Washington had estimated.
This date is earlier than Wall Street economists were expecting. Goldman Sachs’ latest estimate this week put the deadline at some point in late July, though the bank’s economists acknowledged that weaker-than-expected tax receipts could advance that timeline.
0.61Trump Signs the Stopgap That Funds the Government to December 11
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE21 days agoThe White House[1] statement dates the signing of H.R. 6500 to Wednesday, September 2, 2026. The act is in force from that day and its appropriations run to 11 December 2026, the date named in section 106(3) of the enrolled text.H.R. 6500, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027, was signed on 2 September 2026, four weeks before the fiscal year ran out. Its appropriations run from 1 October to 11 December 2026, pushing the next shutdown fight past the midterm elections.0.61India Presents the 2027-28 Union Budget
ESTIMATED68% CONFIDENCEin 131 daysFebruary 1 became the Union Budget's presentation date in 2017 and has held every year since, including the 2026-27 budget presented on Sunday 1 February 2026. The Lok Sabha Speaker confirms the date each year and has not yet done so for 2027-28, so the pin follows the convention rather than a confirmed announcement.[1]India's finance minister presents the Union Budget for 2027-28 in the Lok Sabha, by convention on 1 February at 11am.0.59NASA pays the price of being subjected to a massive, expensive rocket
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE6.8 years agoHappened as dated, per arstechnica.com[1]: "…ty of adding crew members to the maiden launch of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. This seemed…"The agency is now likely to be at least three years late in delivering its new booster. I think that new manufacturing has caused some of the delays we’ve seen. No one welds the way that we’re welding material at the thicknesses we’re welding.$10B0.56Chicago's Century and Consumers Buildings Saved From Demolition
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE2.1 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: the GSA released its final environmental review, "ultimately choosing to reuse the vacant buildings rather than demolish them," reported August 2, 2024.The US General Services Administration reversed course on a $52M congressional earmark to demolish two historic Chicago Loop skyscrapers, opting to reuse them instead after a sustained preservation campaign.0.56The Obama Presidential Center Opens to the Public
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE96 days agoThe Obama[1] Foundation's grand opening FAQ says "the public will be able to start visiting the campus and Museum on June 19, 2026", a fixed day that has now passed.The Obama Foundation's 19.3-acre campus in Jackson Park, built around a 225-foot museum tower, took its first visitors on Juneteenth, the day after a dedication ceremony at John Lewis Plaza. At roughly $850 million it is the most expensive presidential library yet built; ground was broken in September 2021 after years of lawsuits over the Jackson Park site.$850M0.56McCook Reservoir's Second Stage Delayed to 2032
DELAYED3 years late69% CONFIDENCEin 6.3 yearsDelayed from the original 2029 deadline, per the source[1]: "the current estimate for McCook Stage 2 going online is now Dec. 31, 2032."The next phase of Chicago's giant Deep Tunnel flood-control reservoir has slipped three years behind its original federal deadline because of a local stone shortage.0.55The Reserve Falls Below 300 Million Barrels, Its Lowest Since 1983
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE44 days agoThe figure comes from the Energy[3] Department's weekly stocks data released on Monday 10 August 2026, as reported the same day.Weekly Energy Department data published on 10 August 2026 put the Strategic Petroleum Reserve at 298.7 million barrels, down 6.1 million in a week and the lowest reading in the EIA series since January 1983. The stockpile had held about 415 million barrels before the Iran war began.0.55
