Critics including President Trump are ramping up the pressure on large corporations to drop their programs. But others doubted the firms' sincerity all along.

The hearing last month explored the legal process for enforcing the fiduciary duty of retirement plans to avoid excessive recordkeeping fees.

Advisors say they are watching these changes closely, making portfolio adjustments where needed and generally reassuring nervous clients that they have planned for this sort of volatility.

Whether these are watershed moments or not, markets have taken notice of the latest artificial intelligence advancements.

Ethicists who voiced concern during Trump's first administration have said that this time around, having a publicly traded company increases the risks of conflicts.

Midsize firm Arete Wealth is invoking President Trump's executive order on government "weaponization" in urging the new administration to withdraw the case.

Crypto enthusiasts' faith is tested as an executive order, a bitcoin sell-off and the introduction of meme coins by the president and first lady mark the first 10 days of his second term.

Despite a flurry of executive orders targeting renewable energy, fossil fuels and environmental policy, advocates say many companies and countries are continuing ESG and DEI initiatives. But they might not be calling them that.

China currently dominates the market for the hardware and software used to mine cryptocurrency. Creating a large federal reserve would expose a major U.S. asset to potential Chinese meddling.

An airline's 401(k) fund used BlackRock as its asset manager. The case could open the floodgates.