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The loan forgiveness comes after past mishandling of income-driven repayment plans, which were designed for low-income borrowers. The move will erase $39 billion in federal student loan debt.

The U.S. government and Microsoft reveal Chinese hackers broke in to online email systems and stole some unclassified data.

House Democrats have thwarted a GOP attempt to remove New York Rep. Charles Rangel as head of the powerful Ways and Means Committee. Rangel is under a House inquiry for not disclosing all of his personal assets and income. The question is how Rangel's ethics woes shake out politically.

Texas Supreme Court justices ruled the school funding system constitutional, and they aren't requiring any legislative changes. But they also said the state's 5 million schoolchildren deserve better.

Women and children are the main victims in the Israel-Hamas war, with some 16,000 killed, according to the United Nations agency promoting gender equality.

In a report to be made public Wednesday, federal officials call for mayors and police chiefs to assess whether such specialized units are even necessary to solve community problems.

CEO Robert Isom vows immediate action following the incident involving eight Black men on a flight from Phoenix to JFK, as well as other alleged accounts of racial discrimination toward passengers.

A U.S. Court of Appeals this week ruled that the FCC did not have legal authority to revive the so-called net neutrality rules that were first introduced a decade ago under the Obama Administration.

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier was convicted of killing two FBI agents in the 1970s.

The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave Monday morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.