The Petersburg Post

Thursday, Feb 12th, 2026 - The sudden closure of El Paso's airspace Wednesday came sometime after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials used an anti-drone laser that was provided by the military to shoot down objects that were later identified as party balloons, four people familiar with the matter said. The technology was used without coordinating with officials from the Federal Aviation Administration, the people said. The testing ...

Thursday, Feb 12th, 2026 - Donald Trump has appeared to confirm that the United States is looking to further shore up military assets in the Middle East despite ongoing diplomacy to ease tensions with Iran. The US president shared on his Truth Social platform on Thursday, without comment, a Wall Street Journal article titled "Pentagon Prepares Second Aircraft Carrier to Deploy to the Middle East". The story cited US officials as saying that ...

Thursday, Feb 12th, 2026 - "The 19th century called, and it wants its fuel source back," said the president and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council on Wednesday as President Donald Trump announced his latest attempt to prop up the pollution-causing, expensive coal industry with taxpayer funds—this time by ordering the Pentagon to purchase electricity directly from coal-fired power plants. "While Americans are demanding clean, ...

Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 - EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administrationsays it has lifted the temporary closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas, and all flights are to resume. The FAA said it was closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport on Wednesday morning. "The temporary closure of airspace over El Paso has been lifted. There is no ...