Most copper mined in the U.S. comes from Arizona. But President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement that he will halt ...

President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. Treasury to stop minting the penny, reviving the debate over the future of America’s smallest coin.

So the copper industry can shrug off Trump’s move, which economists have long called a no-brainer because each penny costs ...

The US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been told to stop minting one-cent coins, or pennies as they are widely called, ...

Most copper mined in the U.S. comes from Arizona. But President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement that he will halt ...

The lowly penny–the forgotten mainstay of coin jars and cupholders everywhere–may soon be no more. President Donald Trump announced Sunday he’s ordered his ...

As part of his plan to cut alleged federal government waste, President Donald Trump has ordered the end of the penny.

President Donald Trump says he has ordered the US Mint to stop making pennies, which he correctly says cost more than<a ...

While there are arguments both in favor of keeping the penny and for ditching the small copper and zinc coins, one group may experience the end of the cent coin more acutely than others: small ...

In other words, the penny has lost 90% of its purchasing power. This devaluation is a failure of a runaway government that ...

The president says he’s killed off production of money-losing pennies, but nickels cost even more money to make—and we'd need ...