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Lindsey Halligan speaks as President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, on Jan. 31, 2025, in Washington. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP Lindsey Halligan, a former senior White House aide with no prior experience as a prosecutor, is now out of the post that President Trump appointed her to in eastern Virginia. Her embattled status as an interim federal prosecutor led to the dismissal of controversial Justice Department cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Trump named Halligan to the Virginia post on…

Roughly half (51%) of accountants globally expect flexible career paths to replace linear career paths within the next decade, according to a new survey.Processing ContentThe Association of Chartered Certified Accountants polled 2,600 of its members and future members for its new Career Paths Reimagined report. It found that 35% of global respondents expect both flexible and linear career paths to exist in tandem. By “flexible,” the report means career paths that are more personalized, with a shorter-term focus, and more adaptive to unique circumstances and opportunities. Regionally, 58% of North American respondents anticipate a move away from the traditional hierarchical corporate ladder…

A drone view shows Netflix logos on buildings in the Hollywood neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, U.S., Jan. 20, 2026. Daniel Cole | ReutersNetflix jumped into the advertising business later than its media peers, but its strategy shift is starting to pay off.This week Netflix reported its fourth-quarter earnings, which were mostly overshadowed by the company’s recent pursuit to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming and studio assets. However, beyond the headlines, metrics like customer engagement, subscriber numbers and advertising revenue paint a promising picture. The earnings report provided some long-awaited clarity on the progress of Netflix’s advertising strategy, and how…

Eight of the nine Supreme Court justices expressed wariness with what Justice Samuel Alito described as a “hurried” attempt from the Trump administration to oust Lisa Cook from her position as a Federal Reserve board governor — and then to rush her case to the high court when lower courts allowed her to keep her post.Several members of the Republican-appointed majority also expressed sharp disagreement with the Trump administration’s claim that judges lack the authority to review a president’s power to fire members from the Federal Reserve board.”Your position that there’s no judicial review, no process required, no remedy available,…

April, a tax solutions platform, announced a partnership that will allow debit card holders to file their 2025 federal and state tax returns for free on PayPal’s platform. Processing Content”At PayPal, we’re committed to giving our customers smarter, more rewarding ways to manage their money all in one centralized place, whether they are earning, spending, sending or saving,” said Shanthi Sarkar, vice president of debit and money management at PayPal, in a statement. “Our partnership with April empowers customers to manage even more of their finances in one trusted place, helping them streamline tax preparation and take meaningful steps toward setting…

The Supreme Court Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The Supreme Court appeared skeptical Wednesday of President Trump’s attempt to fire a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, an authority that most experts say would imperil the independence of the world’s pre-eminent central bank. At issue before the justices in the case involving Lisa Cook, a Fed governor, is whether, as the Trump administration argued, that once a president has determined he has cause to fire a Fed board member, that decision in not reviewable by any court. Cook’s attorney argued that firing a…

After 12 years living abroad in Berlin and then Madrid, I never imagined returning home to Ireland. However, a breakup, becoming a single parent to a young teen, and growing concerns about my father’s health made moving back home something I had to consider.The decision wasn’t easy. I worried about uprooting my daughter from the life we’d built in Madrid and returning to a country I’d once been so desperate to leave. Growing up in Dublin in the 1980s, a time marked by unemployment, diminishing women’s rights, and a deeply conservative church and state, greatly prompted my desire to live…

Hours before President Donald Trump’s highly anticipated speech at the World Economic Forum, Ken Griffin, the outspoken billionaire CEO of Citadel, gave his rundown of the US leader’s key economic policies.Trump’s tariffs have been “a negative” and have left the US economy in a “pretty unfortunate position,” said Griffin at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday.The president’s policy to raise tariffs on imports to the US has “disrupted long-standing trading relationships” and led to “higher inflation,” said Griffin.”We’ve obviously increased the amount of cronyism in America as corporate CEOs have lined up in Washington trying to argue why their business…

Internal Revenue Service CEO Frank Bisgnano announced changes in the agency’s executive ranks and priorities only a few days before the start of tax season on Jan. 26.Processing ContentBisignano, who is also the commissioner leading the Social Security Administration, said in a memo Tuesday to IRS employees that Gary Shapley, who briefly served as acting IRS commissioner last year, would become deputy chief of the IRS’s Criminal Investigation division, according to the Associated Press. Shapley had been working in the IRS CI division when he became a whistleblower testifying before Congress in 2023 about the investigation of Hunter Biden’s taxes.…

Business leaders such as Ken Griffin and Matthew Prince have already weighed in on President Donald Trump’s highly anticipated speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.Trump said on Wednesday that he will not use force to get Greenland, but is “seeking immediate negotiations to once again discuss the acquisition” by the US.Trump’s ongoing threats against Europe over his desire to take over Greenland have been dominating this year’s Davos agenda.All eyes were on Trump during his 70-minute-long speech, with billionaire CEOs — including Apple’s Tim Cook and Salesforce’s Marc Benioff — alongside heads of state filling up Congress…