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President Trump is promising relief for farmers feeling the impact of higher fuel and
“fertilizer costs linked to the conflict with Iran.”
Speaking out of farm and Wisconsin on Friday, Trump acknowledged the economic strain and said those pressures will ease once stability returns to the region. But we're going to come out and your fertilizer prices are going to go way down just like they were for months ago, your fertilizer is down, your energy is down, your oil, your gas is all coming way down.
Fertilizer prices have climbed more than 25% this year. Farmers are also raising concerns about tariffs, trade disruptions and rising production costs. The administration has offered few specifics on what additional assistance for farmers might look like.
The West Treasury Department is warning banks to look out for red flags that could be connected to customers without legal status. It's part of the Trump administration's illegal immigration crackdown. But as MPR statement, the Saha reports, the order and advisory are not as strict as
“what bank executives were worried about.”
Multiple news outlets reported this year the Trump administration was drafting an executive order that would require banks collect citizenship data from new customers. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant told CNBC in May that he did support stricter rules. But the executive order doesn't add any new rules for banks. Instead, the advisory warns them to look out for customers with certain red flags.
That includes individuals with a social security number that doesn't match records or a company that has a history of isolation. A bank customer in the U.S. does not need to be an American citizen to open an account.
Steven Bissahah and PR news Congress is moving closer to approving a $70 billion funding
package for the Department of Homeland Security. The measure would provide billions for the Trump administration's immigration enforcement agenda through the end of the President's term. Critics have labeled the package in ATM for ICE. Stocks on Wall Street, Los Ground this week in a sharp cell-off on Friday, MPR Scott
“Horsley reports and Vester's dump shares after a stronger than expected monthly job”
support. The Labor Department said Friday that employers added 172,000 jobs in May, and the hiring in March and April was also significantly stronger than initially reported. That's encouraging for workers, man, people looking for work, but it also suggests the Federal Reserve is unlikely to cut interest rates anytime soon, especially when inflation
is moving in the wrong direction. Despite the solid job gains average wages aren't keeping pace with inflation, which could force consumers to put the brakes on spending in the months to come.
For the week that all lost a third of a percent, the S&P 500 index failed 2.6 percent,
and the NASDAQ doubled 4 and 2/3 percent, Scott Horsley and Perny was Washington. This is NPR. After a week of conflicts, firing, and front-page drama, the three remaining correspondence for 60 minutes, say they'll stay with the show. Leslie Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and John Wartheim had considered leaving after their executive
producer, executive editor, three correspondence and two producers were fired by CBS, and PPR's David Folk and Flick reports. Their memo was first obtained and reported by NPR. The three remaining correspondence wrote that they were heartbroken by the treatment of their colleagues.
The three wrote that the fired colleagues were treated shabby, while trying to stand up for the independence and integrity of the program. The statement said they were staying because, quote, "We don't want to see 60 minutes die." Editor-in-chief Barry Weiss brought in new executive producer Nick Bilton.
He says argued that CBS has been too reflexively anti-president Trump and anti-Israel, and she raised questions about reporting this past season. Bilton has made pledges to protect the show's independence, and he welcomed story pitches involving Trump. David Folk and Flick and PPR News
Former health and human services secretary, Havier Bissera, has advanced to California's general election for governor.
The race for second place remains too close to call, Republican and former Fox News host
Dave Hilton and Democratic Businessman, Tom Styer, are competing for the other spot on the November ballot. Bissera campaigned as a pragmatic Democrat and highlighted his record in state and federal office. I'm Mr. Johnston, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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