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Turns out we got a lot wrong in 2025

As we careen toward 2026, we took one last look back at the year that was. Specifically, we asked our columnists what they got wrong or right in 2025. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Fri Dec 26 2025

 
The 2025 numerals are displayed after an illumination ceremony in Times Square on December 18, 2024 in New York City. The 2025 numerals arrive in Times Square for the New Year's Eve ball drop, in New York.

As we careen toward 2026, we took one last look back at the year that was. Specifically, we asked our columnists what they got wrong or right in 2025.

What is the best – or worst – gift you've ever received? USA TODAY readers share their memories in our latest Opinion Forum.
 

I thought this gift was 'cheesy.' It became a family treasure.

For this special holiday edition of Forum, we asked you to share some memories of the best gifts you'd ever received. You delivered.

A chatbot Jesus app on Oct. 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. Talking to and seeking guidance from nonhuman entities is something many people already do. This might be why people feel comfortable with a chatbot Jesus that, say, takes confessions or lets them talk to biblical figures.
 

Are you there chatbot Jesus? It's me, Margaret.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has compared starting a tech company to starting a religion. But can we trust Big Tech to play God?

Six House Democrats voted with Republicans on Nov. 12, 2025, to pass a funding bill to reopen the federal government, bucking most of their party to end the nation's longest-ever shutdown. Only two House Republicans voted against the spending bill, which ends a 43-day shutdown that left millions of Americans unable to travel or afford food.
 

The reason why Congress is inactive is sitting in your pocket

Members of Congress are always campaigning and focused on how they can receive more attention on social media, rather than actually doing their jobs.

In new research from Harvard Business School published Dec. 2, 2025, an analysis of emissions disclosures filed by S&P 500 companies over a decade found that 74% of firms revised their reported greenhouse gas emissions at least once.
 

Companies are lying about the damage they do to the environment

We're operating in a world without actionable corporate climate data: 74% of firms have revised reported greenhouse gas emissions at least once.

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