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Diesel stuck above six dollars as Russian fuel question lingers

Proposition forty-two would block the retroactive taxes in California's Billionaire Tax Act, while average U.S. diesel stays above six dollars a gallon; one of these has a ballot.

On air: Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock on Wake Up, America
Published 5:03 AM ET, Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Photo: Diesel fuel — Photo: Meena Kadri · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

At a glance

First reported by CBS News: “Would access to Russian diesel help drive down U.S. prices?”
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 5:03 AM ET on Wake Up, America, by Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock.
Topics: Russian, US.
BBN covered this story before: US hopes Russian diesel deal can soften Moscow on peace talks (October 12).

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CBS NewsWould access to Russian diesel help drive down U.S. prices?

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOn a lighter note for the money desk, average diesel in this country is still stuck above six dollars a gallon, and that cost lands on trucking, farming and construction.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhich means the truck that brings your lettuce is paying more, so your lettuce is paying more, so your sad desk salad is basically a luxury item.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCBS News is asking whether access to Russian diesel would pull those prices down.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA cheaper tank of fuel from the one place nobody wants to buy it from. That's a dating profile, not a policy.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe answer is not in what we have, so that's all I'll say.