Prediction Markets Have New Favorites to Leave Trump Administration in 2026

Win McNamee / Win McNamee/Getty Images The new year has brought fresh odds for who will leave the Trump administration in 2026. Prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket each list FBI Director Kash Patel as the favorite to depart this year, with Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard coming in a close second among major Trump appointees. Patel, 45, has embarrassed the administration with his constant use of an FBI jet to visit his country music girlfriend, 27, and by botching initial arrests in high-profile cases like the Brown University mass shooter and the assassination of Charlie Kirk . Read more at The Daily Beast.