Steve Wintermute: Trump’s clean coal and miners’ deadly black lung

Steve Wintermute: Trump’s clean coal and miners’ deadly black lung

About the same time number 47 was promising to raise demand for coal and to send lots more miners back to work underground, HHS head Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was slashing personnel from his departments that used to protect coal…

Who Will Pay for The Damage That DOGE Has Done to Our Veterans?

Trump and Musk have fired veterans throughout the government and plan to cut 80,000 jobs at the Department of Veterans Affairs. It’s not saving money.

DOGE Slashes 'Black Lung' Healthcare as Trump Promises to Bring Back More Mining Jobs: 'There Won't Be Anyone to Work in the Mines'

Although President Donald Trump has signed several measures to support the coal industry, he also has made cuts to federal agencies that miners say jeopardize their health.

DOGE Kids Are Slashing Government Agencies, While Holding Multiple Jobs

Imagine that you are a career civil servant , having worked at the same agency for 30 years. Then one day a 25-year-old youngster arrives with instructions to make rapid, sweeping change. He fires you and everyone else who knows how the agency works. This is called reform. Who are these people? It turns out that they hold jobs in multiple federal agencies. Do they receive multiple salaries? Ethics experts have questioned the practice but Trump h…

As Trump eyes coal revival, his job cuts hobble black lung protections for miners

That ended two years ago when, at the age of 43, he was diagnosed with advanced black lung disease

As Trump Eyes Coal Revival, His Job Cuts Hobble Black Lung Protections for Miners

Josh Cochran worked deep in the coal mines of West Virginia since he was 22 years old, pulling a six-figure salary that allowed him to buy a home with his wife Stephanie and...