Federal court blocks Trump emergency order to keep Michigan coal plant operating

In Washington, a federal appeals court has drawn a line between genuine crisis and political convenience, striking down the Trump administration's emergency order to keep Michigan's aging J.H. Campbell coal plant alive. The D.C. Circuit found that emergency powers cannot be conjured to reverse market forces or shield a favored industry from its natural decline. It is the first judicial rebuke of Trump's broader effort to sustain coal-fired generation across the country — and a reminder that executive authority, however expansive, must still answer to law.