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Senators want limits on TSA use of facial recognition technology for airport screening

By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press

In a letter Thursday, 14 lawmakers are calling on Senate leaders to use the upcoming reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration to limit use of the technology so Congress can put in place some oversight.

Former students of the for-profit Art Institutes are approved for $6 billion in loan cancellation

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

The Biden administration says it'll cancel $6 billion in student loans for people who attended the Art Institutes, a system of for-profit colleges that closed the last of its campuses in 2023 amid accusations of fraud.

Biden’s historic marijuana shift is his latest election year move for young voters

By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press

The plan comes just weeks after Biden canceled student loans for another 206,000 borrowers. The Democratic president's focus on such issues comes as he fights to hold together the coalition that sent him to the White House in 2020.

PHOTOS: May Day protests mark turbulent times

By Mehmet Guzel, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press

Workers and activists around the world marked May Day with protests Wednesday over the pressure of rising prices and calls for greater labor rights. Pro-Palestinian sentiments were also on display.

WATCH: Fed Chair Powell suggests taming inflation will take longer than expected

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday emphasized that inflation has remained stubbornly high in recent months and said it doesn’t plan to cut interest rates until it has “greater confidence” that price increases are slowing sustainably to its 2 percent target.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao sentenced to 4 months in prison for allowing money laundering

By Gene Johnson, Associated Press

A judge on Tuesday credited Zhao for taking responsibility for his wrongdoing. But he said he was troubled by the Binance founder's decision to ignore U.S. banking requirements that would have slowed the company's explosive growth.

Lawmakers and advocates scramble to extend affordable internet subsidy

By Kavish Harjai, Associated Press/Report for America, Pablo Monsivais, Associated Press

The Affordable Connectivity Program provided families $30 a month toward their internet bills. The White House has pushed for an extension but it has not happened so far.

Supreme Court refuses to block a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify users’ ages

By Associated Press

The provision of House Bill 1181, signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott, remains in effect even as the association's full appeal is weighed by the Supreme Court.

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, AP says

By Zeke Miller, Joshua Goodman, Jim Mustian, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

The proposal, which still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget, would recognize the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs.

California is joining with a New Jersey company to buy a generic opioid overdose reversal drug

By Adam Beam, Associated Press

California is partnering with a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company to purchase a generic version of Narcan, the most well-known version of naloxone that can save a person's life during an opioid overdose.