John McCain and Jim Kolbe tried for years to get rid of the penny. Now a politician they could barely tolerate, Donald Trump, is ready to do it.

John McCain and Jim Kolbe tried for years to get rid of the penny. Now a politician they could barely tolerate, Donald Trump, ...

Let’s call it what it is: a constitutional collapse. Congress’s abdication of its constitutional powers and responsibilities ...

President Donald Trump directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies Sunday, citing the high cost of ...

President Donald Trump ordered the “immediate dismissal” of the boards of visitors for the United States service academies, ...

McCain returned home, retired from the Navy in 1981, moved to Arizona and launched a political career. He was elected to the House in 1982 and, in 1986, to the Senate, where he and Biden were ...

Thousands of enthusiastic supporters gathered in an airport hanger in Blaine Friday to hear Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain and his running mate Gov. Sarah Palin cast themselves ...

"Let's rip the waste out of our great nations budget, even if it's a penny at a time," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Trump’s halt to minting of pennies won’t harm Arizona copper industryMost copper mined in the U.S. comes from Arizona. But ...

Members of academy boards of visitors are appointed variously by the president, vice president and members of Congress.

The president could promptly end the production of new pennies, but phasing out the coin would take time and mean changes at ...

Around 4.1 billion pennies were circulated in 2023, costing the American taxpayers over $179 million. In 2024, $85 million.