Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Nathan Goldman is a tax prof. at NC State Univ. The Powerball jackpot prize has now reached an estimated $1.5 billion, the seventh ...

The Powerball jackpot leaped to an estimated $1.5 billion after no one won Wednesday night's pot of gold of approximately $1.25 billion. The winning numbers for that grand prize were 25, 33, 53, 62 ...

The first jackpot to exceed $1 billion was won in 2016. If more lottery jackpots seem to be hitting new heights in recent years, it's not your imagination. After no ticket matched the winning numbers ...

The Connectivity Standards Alliance that counts Apple as a member today released Matter 1.5, the latest version of the cross-platform smart home standard. Matter 1.5 includes support for cameras, ...

The UNEP's 2025 Emissions Gap report has found that global average temperatures will exceed 1.5 C (2.7 F) before 2035 — and this just days before the COP30 climate summit kicks off in Brazil. When you ...

WHEN THE ECONOMIST warned in 2022 that keeping global warming to just 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels was no longer plausible, we took some flak. Critics worried that such thinking sapped the ...

The world has failed to meet its main climate change target of limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and will likely breach this threshold in the next decade, the United ...

UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2025: Off Target finds that available new climate pledges under the Paris Agreement have only slightly lowered global temperature rise over the course of this century, ...

The federal government shutdown has dragged into another week, and Republicans and Democrats appear no closer to ending it. Many federal workers have missed paychecks, including air traffic ...

After nearly a week's wait, Game 1 of the 2025 World Series has arrived north of the border with the Blue Jays and Dodgers squaring off Friday night at Rogers Centre in Toronto. It was earlier this ...

$1.5 million can last more than 50 years in a state like West Virginia, but only 17 years in Hawaii. In Ohio, a $1.5 million retirement nest egg will last 44 years, based on the cost of living.

This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. In 2013, then-businessman and reality TV star Donald Trump shared his vision on Fox News about the role a president should play in a shutdown: "You have ...