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DES PLAINES, IL - JULY 06: Pennies lay in a pile July 6, 2006 in Des Plaines, Illinois. According to the U.S. Mint says a penny costs more to make than it's worth, 1.2 cents, prompting some to call for its demise. (Photo Illustration by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

U.S. Mint places final order to end penny production following Trump’s order

The U.S. Mint has placed its final order for penny blanks and will cease production entirely by early next year, bringing an end to one of the nation’s longest-standing forms of currency, the Treasury Department announced Thursday.

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 24: Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand speaks during a rally in front of Trump International Hotel & Tower on March 24, 2019 in New York City. In what her campaign is calling Gillibrand's first major speech as a presidential candidate she plans to shout out President Trump as a coward in front of one of his own properties. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

New York Senate Race Results

Kirsten Gillibrand has won New York’s Senate race.

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 13: U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) questions Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, former head of security at Twitter, during Senate Judiciary Committee on data security at Twitter, on Capitol Hill, September 13, 2022 in Washington, DC. Zatko claims that Twitter's widespread security failures pose a security risk to user's privacy and information and could potentially endanger national security. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Senators Reintroduce Barring Lawmakers And Exec. Branch Members From Owning Stock

In a joint effort, Democrat Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Republican Senator Josh Hawley are pushing to introduce new bipartisan legislation in the Senate. If passed, it would ban those affected from owning stock in individual companies.