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Published 4 June 2026 · india

U.S. President Donald Trump is planning to use Cold War-era national defense powers to send nearly $700 million to support ​coal facilities, according to a

U.S. President Donald Trump is planning to use Cold War-era national defense powers to send nearly $700 million to support ​coal facilities, according to a White House official. Trump could announce as ​soon as Thursday that he will invoke the Defense Production ⁠Act, the 1950 law granting presidents wide authority over national security-related industries, ​to upgrade more than a dozen coal power plants, build a massive ​West Coast coal export terminal and match corporate funds to build new power plants, the official said.

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