Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a warning on Tuesday that the United States must maintain ‘judicial independence’ just weeks away from President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Roberts explained his concerns in his annual report on the federal judiciary. ‘It is not in the nature of judicial work to make everyone happy. Most cases have a winner and a loser. ...
Debbie Crosbie, chief executive of the Nationwide Building Society, has cautioned that women who regularly work from home could miss out on promotion opportunities due to lower in-person visibility. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Crosbie said that more women than men had opted for flexible working in the post-pandemic era—often because of childcare responsibilities—and that this reduced office ...
David Beckham’s business empire has delivered a bumper payoff worth almost $36 million, thanks to surging profits at DRJB Holdings, the company behind his global licensing deals. Newly released financial statements reveal that the former England footballer received a $12.8 million dividend for 2023, followed by a further $23 million this year, underscoring the enduring appeal of the Beckham brand ...
Plans for a UK “digital pound” have hit a snag as Bank of England officials grow increasingly sceptical about the project, raising doubts that any form of “Britcoin” will be introduced before the end of the decade. The Bank and the government had been set to decide in 2025 whether to press ahead with formal development of a UK central ...
Ah, Billy Joel. The piano man who once sang of an unstoppable blaze that’s been burning “since the world’s been turning.” Little did he know, decades later, we’d be taking frantic notes on how to handle the ever-growing conflagration. As we step cautiously into 2025, it seems the heat has been turned up several notches, and all our attempts at ...
Most Americans look at the beginning of a new year as a fresh start, and an opportunity to set goals to better themselves over the next 12 months – and members of Congress are no exception. Like millions of people across the U.S., lawmakers are setting their own New Year’s resolutions, ranging from the professional to the very personal. House ...
Several ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ emerged in 2024 as the year comes to a close after Republicans took control of Congress in the November election and several prominent Democrats ended up on the losing side. President-elect Donald Trump Pundits in the media largely wrote Trump off after he left office and argued his political career was over in the wake of ...
Politics in 2024 was nothing short of unprecedented. Now that the U.S. has put a bow on the year, Fox News Digital looks back on the biggest political news stories that turned Washington, D.C., on its head. Biden’s drops out of presidential race at 11th hour after increasing scrutiny of his mental acuity The year kicked off with President Biden ...
A top Hamas commander responsible for the heinous Oct. 7 attack on Kibbutz Nir Oz has been killed by a targeted drone strike, the Israel Defense Force (IDF) announced. Abd al-Hadi Sabah, who led the infiltration into Kibbutz Nir Oz, which ravaged the community near the Gaza border on Oct. 7, was killed on Tuesday local time in the Western ...