The Petersburg Post
Top News Stories for Wednesday, March 25th 2026
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account's 'Saved for Later' section. The idea that mail voting is highly susceptible to fraud is central to Donald Trump 's claim that he didn't actually lose the 2020 presidential election. Despite ample evidence that Joe Biden won fairly and a recent report that on average only 0.000043 percent of mail ballots are fraudulent, last year Trump declared on ...
Source: nymag.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Delta Air Lines has cut off special services for members of Congress at airports, as the industry continues to feel the effects of the government's failure to pay Transportation Security Administration workers. On Tuesday morning, Delta issued a statement saying it would temporarily suspend specialty services for members of Congress "due to the impact on resources from the longstanding government shutdown." Members ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump said the U.S. and Iran are "in negotiations right now," adding that Tehran is "talking sense." The New York Times later reported that the U.S. has sent Iran a 15-point plan to end the war. Trump suggested in the Oval Office that Tehran is eager to make a peace deal, even as the Islamic Republic has denied it is in direct talks with Washington. Trump also repeated his claim that the U.S. has ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has imposed a ban on all new routers manufactured overseas being imported into and sold within the United States. Foreign-made routers added to FCC Covered List The move follows a by a White House-led interagency group that ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
By March 23 (UPI) -- The Trump administration closed a deal with the French energy company TotalEnergies to pay it nearly $1 billion to end construction of wind farms off the shores of New York and North Carolina. TotalEnergies will be paid $928 million after it invests the same amount of money in oil, natural gas and liquefied natural gas production in the United States, the Department of the Interior announced on ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
– The grappled Tuesday with whether the Trump administration should be able to revive an immigration policy that has been used to turn back migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. Some conservative justices seemed receptive to the Justice Department's a lower-court ruling against the practice known as metering. Immigration authorities limited the number of people who could apply for asylum, saying ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Airline CEOs have urged Congress to restore funding to the TSA as lengthy security lines plague US airports Delta Air Lines is partly suspending its speciality service desk for members of Congress until funding for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is restored, the airline confirmed on Tuesday, as security lines stretch for hours at airports across the country due to the Department of Homeland ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
DoD announces 'interim' policy for journalists decried by newspaper as 'end-run around the court's ruling' The New York Times on Tuesday accused the Pentagon of disobeying a judge's ruling that undid much of the restrictive agreement journalists were forced to sign or lose access to the building. The judge, Paul Friedman, granted an injunction on Friday that overturned much of the language in the "media in-brief" ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's reported plan to slash the state's estate tax exemption threshold to $750,000 highlights a real problem—the US under-taxes inherited wealth. And the plan has triggered a familiar round of backlash. Beneath the reflexive outrage to an admittedly flawed plan lies a central tension: Why does the tax code treat inherited wealth more generously than income earned through work? ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Israel should "refrain" from sending in forces to take control of a zone in south Lebanon, France's foreign minister told AFP on Tuesday, warning that such a move would have "major humanitarian consequences". "We urge the Israeli authorities to refrain from such ground operations, which would have major humanitarian consequences and would exacerbate the country's already dire situation," Jean-Noel Barrot said in an ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Minnesota state and county officials sued the federal government Tuesday, alleging they are being blocked from investigating the shootings of Renee Good , Alex Pretti and Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis by federal agents. In the lawsuit , filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, Hennepin County District Attorney Mary Moriarty and Bureau of Criminal Apprehension ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Diplomatic sources say negotiations in Islamabad may begin next week, though no formal agreement is in place Pakistan's military leadership has been attempting to broker negotiations between the US and Iran, after the White House confirmed that Pakistan's army chief, Asim Munir, had a call with Donald Trump on Sunday to discuss the conflict. Diplomatic sources said the US and Iran could meet for negotiations in ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly health newsletter, CommonHealth. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here . Massachusetts recently released new data on abortions. And as I reported last week , the numbers signal dramatic changes in national abortion dynamics — and the Bay State's role in that picture — since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. ...
Source: wbur.org
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
President Trump has called news coverage of the Iran war "criminal" and "unpatriotic," while his FCC chairman threatens broadcasters' licenses. Support journalism that holds power accountable. Become a HuffPost member today. Already a member? WASHINGTON ― The U.S. Senate confirmed Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to lead the Department of Homeland Security amid a growing crisis within the agency over ...
Source: huffpost.com