In 2016, Trump seized on the issue, promising to end what he described as Democratic President Barack Obama’s “war on coal” ...

The U.S. coal industry has been in a steep decline for decades, and President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed ...

The news was met with enthusiasm in West Virginia, where residents like Johnson say the coal industry is misunderstood and that they are tired of feeling unheard by their fellow Americans.

Trump's Push to Save the Fading Coal Industry Gets a Warm Embrace in West Virginia FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — The winner of this year's West Virginia Coal Festival teen beauty pageant walks ...

The news was met with enthusiasm in West Virginia, where residents like Johnson say the coal industry is misunderstood and that they are tired of feeling unheard by their fellow Americans.