Trump expected to announce $700 million in new support for struggling coal industry

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is again seeking to boost the struggling U.S. coal industry , with an announcement expected Thursday to spend nearly $700 million to support coal-fired power plants and coal exports. A White House official said the administration will use authority under a Cold War-era national defense law to support 13 coal plants across the country and help build coal plants in Alaska and West Virginia — the first new U.S. coal plants since 2013. The money will also

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