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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.

PITUFFIK, GREENLAND - MARCH 28: US Vice President JD Vance (C) poses with Second Lady Usha Vance (2nd L), National Security Advisor Mike Waltz (3rd L), his wife , former homeland security advisor, Julia Nesheiwat (L) and Secretary of Energy Chris Wright (R) as they tour the US military's Pituffik Space Base on March 28, 2025 in Pituffik, Greenland. The itinerary for the visit was scaled back after a plan for a more extensive trip drew criticism from officials in Greenland and Denmark, which controls foreign and defence policy of the semiautonomous territory. (Photo by Jim Watson - Pool / Getty Images)

Vance Arrives In Greenland To Discuss Importance Of U.S. Control: ‘Their Security Is Very Much Our Security’

Vice President JD Vance arrived in Greenland on Friday, as the Trump administration continues to push for control of the frozen island.

LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA - OCTOBER 26: SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk speaks during an America PAC town hall on October 26, 2024 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Musk Indicates Support For The U.S. Leaving NATO And The UN: ‘NATO Is A Cold War Relic’

Billionaire Donald Trump ally Elon Musk recently indicated support for the United States leaving the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United Nations.

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - OCTOBER 14: Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers attends a rally to kick off Democratic vice presidential nominee, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's "Driving Forward" Blue Wall Bus Tour at the KI convention center on October 14, 2024 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Walz is joined by Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer at the rally. (Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

Democrat Wisconsin Governor Proposes Changing The Term ‘Mother’ To ‘Inseminated Person’ In New ‘Inclusive’ State Laws

Wisconsin’s Democrat governor is facing criticism after defending a proposal to alter gendered terminology into more “inclusive” terms, such as referring to mothers as “inseminated persons” and referring to paternity as “parentage” — in certain areas of state law.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Energy Chris Wright is sworn in during his Senate Energy and Natural Resources confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. Wright is a U.S. engineer and entrepreneur serving as the CEO of Liberty Energy, which is the second-largest hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, company in North America. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

CEO Chris Wright Confirmed To Lead Energy Department

The Senate has confirmed Chris Wright, the CEO of Liberty Energy, to lead the Energy Department.

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 03: Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, arrives to testify before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic at the Rayburn House Office Building on June 03, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Subcommittee is holding a hearing on the findings from a fifteen month Republican-led probe of former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci and the COVID-19 pandemic's origins. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House Subcommittee Releases New COVID-19 Report, Concluding Govt Officials Misled Public

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee on the Coronavirus Pandemic released its findings on Monday, revealing that the virus was likely leaked by the U.S. taxpayer-funded biolab in Wuhan, China.