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For the 19th consecutive year, a penny cost more to produce than it’s worth. There have been other times pennies have cost more than 1¢, but this is its longest losing streak. They now cost 3¢, while nickels cost 11.5¢. Producing these two coins last year cost the U.S. Mint $179 million. Meanwhile, $100 bills […]

Story by David Beard, The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House Education Committee advanced tweaked versions of two Senate bills on Friday – one regarding the U.S. motto and one enabling the teaching of Intelligent Design. The delegates also moved a House bill to crack down on drunk bus drivers. Mike Pushkin SB 152, […]

By James FitzGerald BBC News 14 minutes ago Image caption, Mr Trump has long been critical of Nato – including when he served as president from 2016 to 2020 Donald Trump says he would “encourage” Russia to attack any Nato member that fails to pay its bills as part of the Western military alliance. He […]

By Kayla Epstein In Manchester, New Hampshire 1 hour ago Image source, Getty Images Miranda Blair didn’t vote for Donald Trump in 2016 because he scared her. This week, she was wearing a bright red “Make America Great Again” hat as she waited in sub-freezing temperatures to hear him speak . . .

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U.S. House Republicans are continuing to use government spending bills to engage in culture war battles, with legislation debated during the past week that would ban pride flags on some federal buildings, strip funding from a new museum for Latino history and target certain LGBTQ and racial equity policies and programs. The hot-button provisions in […]

The final, frenetic week of the Legislature is as much about bills that don’t get through — or get watered down significantly — as those that do pass and reach Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk, or the big, last-minute deals: Legislative staff unionizing: Past efforts to allow California legislative staffers to unionize have failed for at […]

Lawmakers in 37 U.S. states have introduced at least 142 bills to restrict gender-affirming healthcare for trans and gender-expansive people this year, nearly three times as many as last year. Four-fifths target gender-affirming care for trans children under 18, while the remainder target adults or anyone regardless of age. Reuters has reviewed the bills, taking […]

WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives returned to the job of legislating on Tuesday, after a week-long standoff between Speaker Kevin McCarthy and a small group of hardline Republican conservatives ended in a temporary truce. The Republican-controlled chamber first voted 219-210 on a gun rights bill favored by McCarthy’s hardline critics, […]

Hong Kong(CNN) Xi Jinping sits down for a second day of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday but Western allies remain skeptical of any breakthrough over the war in Ukraine with Washington saying the Chinese leader’s visit provides “diplomatic cover” for Moscow. The first day in Russia for Xi was a carefully choreographed […]


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