PRESS DIGEST-New York Times business news - March 18

March 18 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

- Arizona’s attorney general filed criminal charges on Tuesday against Kalshi, the fast-growing prediction market, accusing the company of operating an illegal gambling business and escalating a long-running legal battle between states and the websites.

- At an investor conference on Tuesday, executives from most major U.S. airlines said that robust travel demand was offsetting the effects of winter storms and a sharp rise in the cost of jet fuel since the start of the war in Iran.

- Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered more than 1,000 full-time journalists and support staff at the news group Voice of America to return to work by March 23 and to resume broadcasting operations. The judge’s decision excludes contracted employees.

- The U.S. government said on Tuesday that it had deemed the artificial intelligence company Anthropic an 'unacceptable risk' to national security because the start-up could disable or alter its technology to suit its own interests, rather than the country’s priorities, in a time of war.