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White House: First Lady Melania Trump's Remarkable Week Empowering Youth Through AI Challenge and Fostering the Future Accounts
WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The White House issued the following news on June 12, 2026:
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First Lady Melania Trump's Remarkable Week Empowering Youth through AI Challenge and Fostering the Future Accounts
First Lady Melania Trump had a remarkable week focused on empowering children and youth through two major accomplishments: the first ever Presidential AI Challenge National Campion Awards Ceremony at the White House and the launch of Fostering the Future Accounts for youth in foster care.
Presidential AI Challenge: On Tuesday, June 9, Mrs. Trump honored the next generation of America's top
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WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The White House issued the following news on June 12, 2026:
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First Lady Melania Trump's Remarkable Week Empowering Youth through AI Challenge and Fostering the Future Accounts
First Lady Melania Trump had a remarkable week focused on empowering children and youth through two major accomplishments: the first ever Presidential AI Challenge National Campion Awards Ceremony at the White House and the launch of Fostering the Future Accounts for youth in foster care.
Presidential AI Challenge: On Tuesday, June 9, Mrs. Trump honored the next generation of America's topAI talent when she recognized the achievement of six student National Champion Teams at a historic Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge National Champion Awards Ceremony at the White House. Click here (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2026/06/first-lady-melania-trump-honors-americas-next-generation-of-top-ai-talent-at-historic-presidential-ai-challenge-awards-ceremony/) to read more.
Fostering the Future Accounts: On Thursday, June 11, Mrs. Trump launched Fostering the Future Accounts, a new financial resource established to empower foster youth to be fiscally autonomous in adulthood. Developed in partnership with the Department of the Treasury, these accounts are America's first savings and investment vehicle for youth in foster care, providing them with greater opportunity to build long-term financial stability and independence. Already, twenty-three Governors have pledged to set up Fostering the Future Accounts for children within their states' care. Click here (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2026/06/first-lady-melania-trump-launches-fostering-the-future-accountsamericas-first-savings-investment-vehicle-for-foster-youth/) to read more.
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Original text here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2026/06/first-lady-melania-trumps-remarkable-week-empowering-youth-through-ai-challenge-and-fostering-the-future-accounts/
USITC Makes Determinations in Five-Year Reviews Concerning Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products From China
WASHINGTON, June 13 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. International Trade Commission issued the following news release on June 12, 2026:
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USITC Makes Determinations in Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews Concerning Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from China
The U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission or USITC) today determined that revoking the existing countervailing and antidumping duty orders on wood mouldings and millwork products from China would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.
As a result of the Commission's affirmative determinations,
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WASHINGTON, June 13 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. International Trade Commission issued the following news release on June 12, 2026:
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USITC Makes Determinations in Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews Concerning Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from China
The U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission or USITC) today determined that revoking the existing countervailing and antidumping duty orders on wood mouldings and millwork products from China would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.
As a result of the Commission's affirmative determinations,the existing orders on imports of this product from China will remain in place.
Chair Amy A. Karpel and Commissioners David S. Johanson and Jason E. Kearns voted in the affirmative.
Today's action comes under the five-year (sunset) review process required by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. See the attached page for background on these five-year (sunset) reviews.
The Commission's public report, Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from China (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-636 and 731-TA-1470 (Review), USITC Publication 5755, June 2026), will contain the views of the Commission and information developed during the reviews.
The report will be available on the USITC website (https://www.usitc.gov/commission_publications_library) by July 22, 2026.
BACKGROUND
The Uruguay Round Agreements Act requires the Department of Commerce to revoke an antidumping or countervailing duty order, or terminate a suspension agreement, after five years unless the Department of Commerce and the USITC determine that revoking the order or terminating the suspension agreement would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping or subsidies (Commerce) and of material injury (USITC) within a reasonably foreseeable time.
The Commission's institution notice in five-year reviews requests that interested parties file responses with the Commission concerning the likely effects of revoking the order under review as well as other information. Generally, within 95 days from institution, the Commission will determine whether the responses it has received reflect an adequate or inadequate level of interest in a full review. If responses to the USITC's notice of institution are adequate, or if other circumstances warrant a full review, the Commission conducts a full review, which includes a public hearing and issuance of questionnaires.
The Commission generally does not hold a hearing or conduct further investigative activities in expedited reviews. Commissioners base their injury determination in expedited reviews on the facts available, including the Commission's prior injury and review determinations, responses received to its notice of institution, data collected by staff in connection with the reviews, and information provided by the Department of Commerce.
The five-year (sunset) reviews concerning Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from China were instituted on January 2, 2026.
On April 7, 2026, the Commission determined to conduct expedited five-year reviews. Chair Amy A. Karpel and Commissioners David S. Johanson and Jason E. Kearns concluded that the domestic interested party group responses were adequate and the respondent interested party group responses were inadequate, and voted for expedited reviews.
A record of the Commission's vote to conduct expedited reviews is available on the investigations page for Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from China; Inv. No. 701-TA-636 and 731-TA-1470 (Review) (https://ids.usitc.gov/case/4947/investigation/8847).
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Original text here: https://www.usitc.gov/press_room/news_release/2026/er0612_68728.htm
SEC Obtains Default Judgment Against Santos Kidd for Role in Alleged Fraudulent Real Estate Investment Scheme
WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. SA 23 CV 700 FB; W.D. Tex. filed June 6, 2023) involving Santos Kiidd:
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On June 1, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas entered a final judgment by default against Santos Kidd, whom the Securities and Exchange Commission previously charged for participating in an alleged fraudulent mobile-home investment scheme.
According to the SEC's complaint, between at least June 2018 and November 2021, Chimene Van Gundy - the self-proclaimed "Queen of Mobile Homes" -
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WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. SA 23 CV 700 FB; W.D. Tex. filed June 6, 2023) involving Santos Kiidd:
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On June 1, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas entered a final judgment by default against Santos Kidd, whom the Securities and Exchange Commission previously charged for participating in an alleged fraudulent mobile-home investment scheme.
According to the SEC's complaint, between at least June 2018 and November 2021, Chimene Van Gundy - the self-proclaimed "Queen of Mobile Homes" -and her company, Outstanding Real Estate Solutions, Inc. ("ORES"), raised approximately $18.5 million from at least 600 investors for investments in mobile homes promising guaranteed annual returns of 15% to 20%. The complaint alleged that although Van Gundy and ORES told investors that she would use their funds to purchase, refurbish, and sell mobile homes, they instead misappropriated investor funds by making Ponzi-like payments, paying millions of dollars in undisclosed sales commissions, and funding Van Gundy's personal expenses and lifestyle. As alleged, Kidd, a third-party salesperson formerly based in Honolulu, Hawaii, distributed the ORES offering materials and investor presentation to investors, specifically encouraged some investors to apply for home equity lines of credit to fund their investments in ORES, and affirmatively misrepresented to some investors that he did not receive commissions for his sales of the ORES investments, even though he received commission payments totaling $285,155.97 between April 2019 and May 2021.
The judgment, entered on the basis of default, permanently enjoins Kidd, who has now relocated to the Philippines, from violating the antifraud provisions of Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b 5 thereunder, as well as the broker registration provisions of Section 15(a) of the Exchange Act. The judgment also permanently prohibits Kidd from participating in the issuance, purchase, offer, or sale of any security, except for transactions in Kidd's personal account. In addition, Kidd is ordered to pay $285,155.97 in disgorgement, $37,467.18 in prejudgment interest, and a civil penalty of $285,155.97, for a total monetary judgment of $607,779.12.
The SEC's litigation is being handled by the staff of the SEC's Fort Worth Regional Office.
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Resources
* Final Judgment (https://www.sec.gov/files/litigation/litreleases/2026/judg26565.pdf)
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Original text here: https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-26565
NOAA: 7 Ways El Nino and Large Marine Heatwave Could Affect West Coast Marine Species
WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news:
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7 Ways El Nino and Large Marine Heatwave Could Affect West Coast Marine Species
Dual influences may shift fisheries, could signal hard times for salmon.
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A large marine heatwave has bathed parts of the West Coast in very warm ocean waters over the past year, breaking temperature records in the Pacific. NOAA has also announced that El Nino has developed in the tropical Pacific and is predicted to intensify to a moderate or strong level this fall. El Nino represents
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WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news:
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7 Ways El Nino and Large Marine Heatwave Could Affect West Coast Marine Species
Dual influences may shift fisheries, could signal hard times for salmon.
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A large marine heatwave has bathed parts of the West Coast in very warm ocean waters over the past year, breaking temperature records in the Pacific. NOAA has also announced that El Nino has developed in the tropical Pacific and is predicted to intensify to a moderate or strong level this fall. El Nino representsanother form of marine warming , though with different drivers and influences. The prolonged period of high temperatures could affect fisheries and marine life in the California Current that have already been buffeted by shifting ocean conditions over the last decade.
One factor may help dampen the impacts, though: The same strong upwelling of cool water along the coast that fuels the West Coast ecosystem with nutrients could help keep some warmer waters at bay, as happened in 2025.
We have seen these back-to-back heat events before. About a decade ago, a major marine heatwave known as "The Blob" began raising ocean temperatures off the West Coast, peaking in 2015. One of the strongest El Ninos on record followed in 2015-2016, amplifying ocean warmth--as the current forecast predicts for the coming year. That was a worst-case scenario that drove changes around the world. The Pacific endured a record count of tropical cyclones and the Caribbean Sea and parts of Africa experienced severe droughts. That situation was more extreme than now, with the Blob lasting longer and affecting the entire West Coast compared to the smaller recent marine heatwave. However, research and observations during that unprecedented climatic pileup suggest the kind of changes we may see in the coming months along the West Coast. Though these changes are centered in the Pacific, they have far-reaching impacts.
Here are some of the ways warming water can impact marine life, coastal communities, and economies.
1. Shifting Fisheries
Research found that some commercial West Coast species, such as market squid, may be sensitive to these long-term and episodic changes in ocean temperatures. The shift of market squid north along the West Coast in response to warming from the Blob and subsequent El Nino created new fishing opportunities in Oregon and Washington during the Blob that remained afterward. Squid landings in Oregon rose from none in 2015 to nearly 3 million pounds worth more than $1 million in 2016 and continued to grow rapidly through 2020. This provided new opportunities for purse seine vessels whose opportunities in other fisheries affected by the Blob--such as sardine, Alaska herring, and Alaska salmon--had dwindled. Seafood processors in Oregon scaled up to handle more squid, and Oregon fisheries managers developed their first regulations for the emerging squid fishery. Market squid had been the largest commercial fishery by volume in California, but California landings dropped by more than half from 2014 to 2015. They remain substantially lower than they were prior to the Blob and El Nino.
Meanwhile, tropical species such as whale sharks and hammerhead sharks made northerly appearances off Southern California while fishing vessels caught albacore tuna much closer to shore as far north as Washington. Fishing boats caught a skipjack tuna off the Copper River in Alaska, and surveys turned up an ocean sunfish and thresher shark off southeast Alaska. Pacific bluefin tuna increased in number and size in U.S. waters, exciting recreational anglers and generating new revenue for the charter fleet. This year, Southern California anglers have begun catching dorado and yellowfin tuna much earlier in the year than usual, suggesting these northerly shifts may have begun.
2. Hungry California Sea Lion Pups
Higher sea surface temperatures also affect other fish species, including sardines and anchovy. These fish are high-energy staple foods for California sea lions that breed in Southern California's Channel Islands, but declined with warming ocean temperatures. Sea lions turned to lower quality forage species such as rockfish and squid. Nursing sea lion mothers had to travel farther to find the food their pups needed, forcing pups to fast for longer periods at the rookery. The weight of sea lion pups declined, according to long-term studies in the Channel Islands . In El Nino years, many hungry pups set off on their own in search of food before their usual weaning time. In 2013-2016, as many as 4,000 pups arrived on California beaches, skinny and hungry. These extreme events taxed rehabilitation facilities and prompted NOAA Fisheries to declare an Unusual Mortality Event for the species. Researchers later estimated that an increase of 1 degree Celsius in sea surface temperatures could reduce the growth rate of the sea lion population to zero. A 2-degree rise would reduce the population size by about 7 percent.
3. Harmful Algal Blooms
Warming temperatures can accelerate the growth of the toxic algae Pseudo-nitzschia , which produces domoic acid that can poison humans and wildlife. The Blob drove outbreaks of harmful algae that shut down West Coast crab and other shellfish fisheries. The crab fishing fleet sat idle when they would otherwise be hauling in Dungeness crab, which are holiday traditions for many West Coast families. Warming marine waters, including the Blob and El Ninos, may have seeded a region off the coast of Northern California and Southern Oregon with toxic algae, NOAA Fisheries research found. The toxic reservoir may now help fuel future harmful algae blooms with persistent impacts on commercial and recreational fisheries.
4. Tough Times for Salmon
Warming can be harmful to salmon, whether in the freshwater or saltwater chapters of their life cycle. Low snowpack that preceded the Blob combined with atmospheric patterns that blocked cooling winds. A severe California drought also left little cold water in Shasta and other reservoirs. As western rivers warmed to lethal temperatures for salmon, managers had no way to offset the heat. About 95 percent of the eggs spawned by endangered winter-run Chinook salmon in the Sacramento River died in 2015. Current conditions are similar, with record-low snowpack across most of the Western United States, although reservoir storage is much better than it was in 2015.
Young salmon also faced difficulties in the ocean during the Blob and El Nino years, since warmer ocean waters typically lack the high-energy prey juvenile salmon depend on for rapid growth during their first months after entering saltwater. That lack of quality prey reduces their odds of survival, which in turn reduces the chances they will return to rivers and support coastal fisheries as adults 1 to 3 years later. The years following the Blob brought weak salmon returns to many rivers along the West Coast, leading to 2017 closures of salmon fishing along parts of the California and Oregon Coasts. Some salmon stocks, such as Oregon Coast coho, fared better, though, as different stocks rely on different parts of the ocean affected differently by the warming influences.
5. Habitat Compression Raises Whale Entanglement Risk
NOAA scientists recently found a connection between whale entanglements and changes in cool-water areas along the West Coast fed by cold water from the deep ocean. That cold upwelling supplies nutrients to the West Coast ecosystem, attracting anchovies that in turn draw humpback whales hungry for these prey. The same nutrient influx makes it a good place to set crab traps. Warm conditions offshore--driven by marine heatwaves and compounded by El Nino--pressed up against those cool-water corridors along the coast in what is known as "habitat compression." This pushed the whales into the same waters as hundreds of crab traps, increasing their risk of getting entangled in lines to the surface. The new research also showed models can help anticipate changes in habitat compression, providing an early warning system to alert the fishing fleet to increased risks of entanglements.
6. Good Times for Rockfish?
Rockfish were some of the rare winners during the Blob and El Nino years, and could benefit in unusual conditions to come. The bottom-dwelling species had collapsed from overfishing decades before, but stocks had been rebuilding since the early 2000s. Juvenile rockfish boomed over a large area from California to Alaska. Surveys along the West Coast in particular found record numbers of pelagic juveniles of many winter-spawning species in 2015 and 2016. Stock assessments later confirmed strong year classes of young fish for many (but not all) stocks. Although surface waters were warm, subsurface waters were cooler during the Blob--conditions often associated with greater juvenile productivity . However, juvenile abundance has dropped during past El Nino events, such as 1983 and 1998, so the outcome this time remains uncertain and may depend in part on the strength of upwelling and the cool, nutrient-rich water it can provide. Rockfish take decades to reach maturity; researchers are tracking how many of the young rockfish survive to join the population as adults.
7. Seabirds Take a Hit
Research found that more than half of Alaska's population of roughly 8 million common murres disappeared from about 2014 to 2016 , with few signs of recovery afterwards. The decline may have been related to the same impacted food web that reduced survival of salmon in the ocean. Scientists speculated the ecosystem may have changed in fundamental ways that reduced its capacity to support seabirds such as common murres. They suggested the declines of seabirds and other species made the Blob, combined with El Nino, the driver of one of the largest marine mortality events ever recorded in modern times. Other seabird species also suffered: In late 2014, thousands of dead Cassin's auklets covered beaches in the Pacific Northwest.
While past warming events don't guarantee future impacts, the conditions and biological responses we documented during earlier warming episodes can help us anticipate and prepare for what may be coming. El Nino may bring both challenges and opportunities for fisheries on the West Coast and beyond. While some impacts can mainly affect the West Coast, trickle-through effects may reach other U.S. fisheries in ways that affect our seafood supply. Distant subarctic waters and even the Caribbean have exhibited responses to past El Nino events.
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Original text here: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/7-ways-el-nino-and-large-marine-heatwave-could-affect-west-coast-marine-species
Members Named to Minneapolis Fed Advisory Council
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 13 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following news:
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New members named to Minneapolis Fed advisory council
Members offer insight on community banking and the region's economy
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Three community bank experts were appointed to an advisory council this spring by Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President and CEO Neel Kashkari.
The Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council (CDIAC) provides information, advice, and recommendations to the Minneapolis Fed president from the perspective of thrifts, credit unions, and banks in the Ninth
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 13 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following news:
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New members named to Minneapolis Fed advisory council
Members offer insight on community banking and the region's economy
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Three community bank experts were appointed to an advisory council this spring by Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President and CEO Neel Kashkari.
The Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council (CDIAC) provides information, advice, and recommendations to the Minneapolis Fed president from the perspective of thrifts, credit unions, and banks in the NinthFederal Reserve District with total assets of less than $10 billion. The chair of the Ninth District CDIAC represents the district at meetings of the Board of Governors' national CDIAC in Washington, D.C.
Appointed to the council in 2026:
* Jack Hopkins
President and CEO, CorTrust Bank
Mitchell, South Dakota
* Colleen Murphy
Chief Operating Officer, Whitefish Credit Union
Whitefish, Montana
* Mark Oldenberg
President and CEO, Security Financial Bank
Durand, Wisconsin
Hopkins, Murphy, and Oldenberg will join seven returning members on the council.
For more information and to see all serving members, visit the "Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council" webpage.
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis is one of 12 regional Reserve Banks that, with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., make up the Federal Reserve System, the nation's central bank. The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis is responsible for the Ninth Federal Reserve District, which includes Montana, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, northwestern Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis participates in setting national monetary policy, supervises numerous banking organizations, and provides a variety of payments services to financial institutions and the U.S. government.
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Original text here: https://www.minneapolisfed.org/news-releases/2026/new-members-named-to-minneapolis-fed-advisory-council
HUD Announces Fair Housing Enforcement, Cuts Biden Backlog by 27%
WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release:
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HUD Announces Fair Housing Enforcement, Cuts Biden Backlog by 27%
Violations include Disability Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, and Familial Status
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The Department of Housing and Urban (HUD) announced fifteen recent fair housing enforcement actions as the Department accelerates civil rights enforcement, delivers relief for Americans facing housing discrimination, and continues to reduce a major case backlog inherited from the Biden Administration. The actions include charges
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WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release:
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HUD Announces Fair Housing Enforcement, Cuts Biden Backlog by 27%
Violations include Disability Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, and Familial Status
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The Department of Housing and Urban (HUD) announced fifteen recent fair housing enforcement actions as the Department accelerates civil rights enforcement, delivers relief for Americans facing housing discrimination, and continues to reduce a major case backlog inherited from the Biden Administration. The actions include chargesand settlements involving allegations of sexual harassment, discrimination against families with children, failure to accommodate individuals with disabilities, and violations of protections for victims of domestic violence.
A fact sheet detailing the recent charges, settlements, and remedial actions is available here.
"Every one of these actions represents an American whose rights deserved protection," said Secretary Turner. "HUD is enforcing the Fair Housing Act, delivering justice for victims of discrimination, and restoring accountability to a system that for too long failed the people it was meant to serve."
HUD's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) has reduced the Biden backlog by 27% and accelerated investigations and enforcement actions, helping deliver timely justice for Americans facing unlawful housing discrimination.
"The Biden Administration viewed the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity as a potent weapon in its campaign to fundamentally alter American life consistent with a radical left-wing vision," said Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Craig Trainor. "As a result, Americans suffered while fair housing investigators chased nonexistent discrimination emanating from statistical disparities and the false premise that systemic racism exists in contemporary America. Under Secretary Turner's leadership, the Department helps real people facing real harm. These actions reflect that commitment."
HUD inherited an inefficient case system from the Biden Administration that delayed or politicized investigations and enforcement actions. In a 2024 report HUD's Office of Inspector General found that the Biden Administration failed to close approximately 70% of cases within the 100-day timeline required by law.
The Fair Housing Act makes it illegal to discriminate in the sale or rental of housing based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, and disability.
FHEO enforces the Fair Housing Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and the Violence Against Women Act, among other civil rights laws.
If you believe you have experienced housing discrimination, you can file a complaint at www.hud.gov/reporthousingdiscrimination.
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Original text here: https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-26-050
Energy Secretary Keeps Coal-Fired Power Generation Alive in the Northwest
WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news release on June 12, 2026:
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Energy Secretary Keeps Coal-Fired Power Generation Alive in the Northwest
Emergency order addresses the risk and cost of blackouts for hardworking American families and businesses.
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U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright today issued an emergency order to keep affordable, reliable, and secure coal generation online and address critical grid reliability issues facing the Northwestern region of the United States. The emergency order directs TransAlta Centralia Generation LLC (TransAlta)
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WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news release on June 12, 2026:
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Energy Secretary Keeps Coal-Fired Power Generation Alive in the Northwest
Emergency order addresses the risk and cost of blackouts for hardworking American families and businesses.
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U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright today issued an emergency order to keep affordable, reliable, and secure coal generation online and address critical grid reliability issues facing the Northwestern region of the United States. The emergency order directs TransAlta Centralia Generation LLC (TransAlta)to ensure that Unit 2 of the Centralia Generating Station in Centralia, Washington, a coal-fired power plant, remains available to operate. Centralia Unit 2 was scheduled to shut down at the end of 2025. The order minimizes the risk and cost of unnecessary blackouts.
"Taking reliable generation off the grid compromises energy reliability and needlessly raises energy costs for Americans," said Energy Secretary Wright. "During peak summer demand, Northwesterners deserve continued access to affordable, reliable, and secure energy to power and cool their homes."
Thanks to President Trump's leadership, coal plants across the country are being saved from premature retirement and reversing plans to shut down. In 2025, more than 17 gigawatts of coal-power electricity generation were saved from going offline.
As outlined in DOE's Resource Adequacy Report, power outages could increase by 100 times by 2030 if the U.S. continues to take reliable power offline.
The availability of Centralia to operate will continue to be an asset to maintain reliability in the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) Northwest region.
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation's (NERC) 2025 Long-Term Reliability Assessment assessed that the WECC Northwest region is at high risk of energy shortfalls over the next five years, noting that "rapid forecasted demand growth is driving the need for more resources" and that "periods of unserved energy are projected for both summer and winter."
This order is in effect beginning on June 15, 2026, through September 12, 2026.
Background:
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's data, in 2025, Centralia generated an average of approximately 340,000 MWh per month, providing vital generation capacity to the region.
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Original text here: https://www.energy.gov/articles/energy-secretary-keeps-coal-fired-power-generation-alive-northwest
