The Petersburg Post

Wednesday, Dec 31st, 2025 - President Donald Trump's administration announced on Tuesday that it's freezing child care funds to Minnesota and demanding an audit of some day care centers after a series of fraud schemes involving government programs in recent years. Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Jim O'Neill said on the social platform X that the move is in response to "blatant fraud that appears to be rampant in Minnesota and ...

Tuesday, Dec 30th, 2025 - A federal judge has ordered that the Trump administration must allow funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to continue. The watchdog, which supporters say protects US consumers from financial harm by powerful banks, lenders and corporations, is at risk of collapsing after Donald Trump vowed to shutter it since he returned to office this year. The agency's acting director, Russell Vought, said ...

Tuesday, Dec 30th, 2025 - A federal judge has found evidence that high-level Department of Justice officials may have played a role in the government's push for criminal charges against Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant who became a symbol of President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration policies. The government has previously said Robert McGuire, the acting U.S. Attorney for Middle Tennessee, made the decision to seek a ...

Tuesday, Dec 30th, 2025 - "Most participants judged that further downward adjustments to the target range for the federal funds rate would likely be appropriate if inflation declined over time as expected," the document said. With that, though, came misgivings over how aggressive the FOMC should be in the future. "With respect to the extent and timing of additional adjustments to the target range for the federal funds rate, some ...

Tuesday, Dec 30th, 2025 - Three hikers were found dead near a popular mountain trail in Southern California after powerful winds hampered search-and-rescue crews, authorities said Tuesday. A recovery effort on Mount Baldy, also known as Mount San Antonio, east of Los Angeles, continued, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said in a news release. The hikers have not been identified. The dangerous conditions and the rescue efforts ...

Tuesday, Dec 30th, 2025 - Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A federal judge ruled that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials can access Medicaid data to find immigrants who are in the United States illegally. By law, undocumented immigrants can't access Medicaid benefits, though some states have state-funded plans for everyone. In July, 20 states filed a lawsuit challenging the policy of the Department of Health and Human Services allowing the ...

Tuesday, Dec 30th, 2025 - Flu is surging across the U.S., sending thousands more people to the hospital and hitting young children especially hard , as doctors warn the season still has a long way to go. Flu activity is at "high" or "very high" levels in 32 states and jurisdictions, based on data from the week ending Dec. 20, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday — up from 17 the week before. At least 7.5 ...