Stop making cents: US Mint moves forward with plans to kill the penny
The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out, a Treasury Department official confirmed Thursday.
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'Unquestionably in violation': Judge says US government didn't follow court order on deportations
The White House violated a court order on deportations to third countries with a flight linked to the chaotic African nation of South Sudan, a federal judge said Wednesday.
Defense Department accepts Boeing 747 from Qatar for Trump's use
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a luxury Boeing 747 jet from Qatar for President Donald Trump to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday, despite ongoing questions about the ethics and legality of taking the expensive gift from a foreign nation.
House Republicans pass Trump's big bill of tax breaks and program cuts after all-night session
House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson defying the skeptics and unifying his ranks to muscle President Donald Trump's priority bill to approval Thursday.
Republican-led House passes Trump agenda bill by a single vote
The Republican-led House early Thursday passed the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," that now heads to the Senate.
Trump's 'Golden Dome' missile defense plan was inspired by Israel's multitiered defenses
U.S. President Donald Trump's plan for a “Golden Dome” to protect the United States from long-range missiles was at least partly inspired by Israel's multitiered missile defenses.
Speaker Johnson and Republicans head to the White House as Trump's tax breaks bill hits trouble
With President Donald Trump's multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package at risk of stalling, House Speaker Mike Johnson and conservative Republican holdouts are heading Wednesday to the White House for the last-ditch talks to salvage the "big, beautiful bill."
Columbia holds off on vote to rescind 'Conversion Therapy' ban
City Council pauses vote on controversial 'Conversion Therapy' during Tuesday night meeting
Trump selects concept for $175 billion 'Golden Dome' missile defense system
President Donald Trump has announced the concept he wants for his future Golden Dome missile defense program — a multilayered, $175 billion system that for the first time will put U.S. weapons in space.
US stocks drift as S&P 500 flirts with its first drop in 7 days
U.S. stock indexes are drifting on Tuesday, as momentum slows for Wall Street after it rallied from a deep hole nearly all the way back to its all-time high set earlier this year.
Trump on Capitol Hill implores divided Republicans to unify behind his big tax cuts bill
President Donald Trump implored House Republicans at the Capitol to drop their fights over his big tax cuts bill and get it done, using encouraging words but also the hardened language of politics over the multitrillion-dollar package that is at risk of collapsing before planned votes this week.
Supreme Court allows Trump to strip protections from some Venezuelans; deportations could follow
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to deportation.
Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to resume quick deportations of Venezuelans under 18th-century law
The Supreme Court on Friday barred the Trump administration from quickly resuming deportations of Venezuelans under an 18th-century wartime law enacted when the nation was just a few years old.
Trump warns Walmart: Don't raise prices due to my tariffs but do eat the costs from those taxes
President Donald Trump on Saturday ripped into Walmart, saying on social media that the retail giant should eat the additional costs created by his tariffs.
Trump's big bill teeters as House conservatives demand more changes
House Speaker Mike Johnson acknowledged there are still details to “iron out” on President Donald Trump's big tax breaks bill as conservative Republicans insist on quicker cuts to Medicaid and green energy programs before giving their full support.
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- Prediction markets are back in the spotlight, this time because of the war in Iran Apr 10, 2026 3:54 AM EDTPrediction markets let people wager on anything from a basketball game to the outcome of a presidential election — and recently, even the fate of the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran
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- Democratic-backed Chris Taylor wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race, growing liberal majority Apr 8, 2026 4:02 AM EDTDemocratic-backed candidate Chris Taylor has won election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court
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