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"Emergencies" Requiring Coal Plants To Stay Open Need Not Be Imminent, DOE Tells Court
"Emergencies" Requiring Coal Plants To Stay Open Need Not Be Imminent, DOE Tells Court
By Ethan Howland of UtilityDive
The U.S. Department of Energy’s secretary has broad authority under the Federal Power Act to declare emergencies to keep power plants from retiring, and those emergencies don’t have to be imminent, DOE told a federal appeals court last week in response to challenges over its orders keeping a Michigan coal plant online.
“The statute’s text grants the Secretary discretion to determine that an emergency exists,” DOE said in a March 17 brief...
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Are The Epstein Survivors Being Exploited Yet Again?
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Authored by Nick Bryant,
On February 8, 2026, the advocacy group World Without Exploitation launched a 40-second public service announcement during the Super Bowl featuring Jeffrey Epstein survivors demanding the full release of federal files related to Epstein's sex trafficking network.
The Epstein survivors held up pictures of themselves when they were initially abused by Epstein as minors or young women. "After years of being kept apart, we're standing together," they said.
The background was pitch black, and the music was haunting.
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Judge Blocks ICE Agents From Conducting Arrests At Immigration Courts In New York
Judge Blocks ICE Agents From Conducting Arrests At Immigration Courts In New York
Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
A federal judge issued a ruling on May 18 barring federal agents from conducting arrests at three Manhattan immigration courts, except in limited circumstances.
A federal officer stands by in a hallway at New York Federal Plaza Immigration Court inside the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building in New York on October 1, 2025. Charly Triballeau / AFP via Getty Images
The ruling by U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel stemmed...
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