Kirk Siegler

This comes right before the midterm elections.

NPR's Kirk Siegler reports Trump's tariffs and war with Iran had strained fertilizer and

diesel supplies.

The administration is spending a billion dollars to help fund the construction of eight domestic fertilizer manufacturing plants from Florida to Iowa to California.

Providing our farmers with $8 billion in support to offset diesel costs during this harvest season.

With diesel prices at record highs, the president has been campaigning for Republicans lately in rural red heartland states, where the GOP is now seen as vulnerable in November.

Kirk Siegler, NPR News.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is confirming he's agreed to the resumption of U.S.-led peace talks with Ukraine.

With the midterm elections less than two weeks away, the Trump administration is announcing billions of dollars in aid to farmers.

NPR's Kirk Siegler reports President Trump's tariffs and Iran war have strained global fertilizer and diesel supplies.

The administration is spending a billion dollars to help fund the construction of eight domestic fertilizer manufacturing plants from Florida to Iowa to California.

As follows, the president announcing at a campaign rally in Kansas this week the creation of the new harvest fuel relief program.

Providing our farmers with $8 billion in support to offset diesel costs during this harvest season.

With diesel prices at record highs, the president has been campaigning for Republicans lately in rural red heartland states, where the GOP is now seen as vulnerable in November.

Kirk Siegler, NPR News.

Major U.S. stock indexes fell today.

A federal judge in California has halted the Trump administration's controversial reorganization of the Agriculture Department.

NPR's Kirk Siegler reports on the ruling that also stopped the relocation of the U.S. Forest Service for now.

The Trump administration has planned to close or consolidate dozens of federal research stations, primarily in the Northwest, and move the headquarters of the U.S. Forest Service from Washington, D.C., to Utah.

That's ignited particular controversy due to the fact that Utah has more desert lands than forests and is on the forefront of an effort by conservative Western states to take over control of federal public lands.

The judge gave the administration two days to respond to most of the order, but broadly halted the USDA reorganization.

Now, Trump officials have said it's needed to modernize and make the agency more efficient, while unions and conservationists are likening it to a dismantling.

Kirk Siegler, NPR News.

A major source of fraud in the federal food assistance program called SNAP has to do with its outdated security features.

A federal judge in California has halted the Trump administration's controversial reorganization of the Department of Agriculture.

NPR's Kirk Siegler reports this also stops a relocation of the headquarters of the US Forest Service for now.

The Trump administration has planned to close or consolidate dozens of federal research stations, primarily in the Northwest, and move the headquarters of the US Forest Service from Washington, D.C., to Utah.

That's ignited particular controversy due to the fact that Utah has more desert lands than forests and is on the forefront of an effort by conservative Western states to take over control of federal public lands.

The judge gave the administration two days to respond to most of the order, but broadly halted the USDA reorganization.

Now, Trump officials have said it's needed to modernize and make the agency more efficient, while unions and conservationists are likening it to a dismantling.

Kirk Siegler, NPR News.

We're learning more about the circumstances surrounding Christa Pike's botched execution attempt in Tennessee last month.

A public comment period is wrapping up on the Trump administration's plan to reverse a ban on logging in national forests.

NPR's Kirk Siegler reports the so-called roadless rule dates back to the Clinton administration.

The Trump administration wants to overturn the roadless rule that bans new road building on millions of acres of undeveloped national forest land, areas that had been set aside for possible wilderness designations.

Travis Joseph with the timber group American Forest Resource Council says that rule is outdated.

Conservationists argue the rule is one of the only tools left to protect critical wildlife and watersheds in Alaska and the West.

A final decision on its repeal is expected later this year.

Kirk Siegler, NPR News.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Quebec should focus on immediate economic challenges rather than a possible independence referendum years from now.

It's been a lifeline for thousands of people who lost their homes in the deadly Los Angeles wildfires.

NPR's Kirk Siegler reports.

FEMA had initially approved thirteen million for the program last year, but its future was in limbo right up until this week as grants had stopped arriving.

Now the agency has released another six million dollars of that money, meaning survivors like Sofia Vidal likely will keep their case managers.

Vidal has still not broken ground on a new home.

Survivors say the constant broader funding uncertainty is continuing to delay recovery here.

Kirk Siegler, NPR News, Los Angeles.

The Trump administration says it's considering reducing the scope of a border security project in Big Bend National Park in Texas.

The Trump administration has continued funding for a FEMA program that has been a lifeline for thousands of people whose homes burned down in the deadly Los Angeles wildfires.

NPR's Kirk Siegler reports aid for the Disaster Case Management Program has been restored for now.

FEMA had initially approved 13 million for the program last year, but its future was in limbo right up until this week as grants had stopped arriving.

Now the agency has released another $6 million of that money, meaning survivors like Sophia Vidal likely will keep their case managers.

Vidal has still not broken ground on a new home.

Survivors say the constant broader funding uncertainty is continuing to delay recovery here.

Kirk Siegler, NPR News, Los Angeles.

The Fed's internal watchdog says a massive building renovation project was broadly mismanaged but found no evidence of criminal violations.