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The Trump administration plans to continue using emergency authority to stop coal-fired power plants from retiring, according to people familiar with the matter.

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A mine projected to be one of the nation’s biggest gold, silver, and antimony projects has completed federal permitting and is moving now to the construction-ready stage, the Trump administration announced Wednesday.

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