President Trump announced Sunday that he is telling the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies, ending a 233-year run of the 1-cent coin. The penny, one of the first coins made by the U.S ...

President Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin. "For far too long the United States has minted ...

Better count your pennies. They may be on the way out the door. President Donald Trump said he has told the U.S. Treasury Department to stop minting pennies. The coin has been in circulation for ...

President Trump announced Sunday that he asked the Treasury Department to stop producing pennies, calling the 1-cent coin wasteful. He said in a Truth Social post that he told Treasury Secretary ...

President Donald Trump has announced that he is directing the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies. "For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than ...

Can he do that? It’s not clear. But President Trump is right when he says that pennies “literally cost us more than 2 cents.” By Yan Zhuang and Erica L. Green Erica L. Green is a White House ...

President Donald Trump says he has ordered the US Mint to stop making pennies, which he correctly says cost more than one cent to produce. “For far too long the United States has minted pennies ...

Unfortunately for anyone who loves shiny new pennies, President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he had instructed the Treasury secretary to stop minting America’s one-cent coins.

Trump says he has directed Treasury to stop minting new pennies, calling the coin 'wasteful' WASHINGTON -- Trump says he has directed Treasury to stop minting new pennies, calling the coin 'wasteful.' ...

"The Mint produced over 4.5 billion pennies in FY2023, around 40% of the 11.4 billion coins for circulation produced. Penny (or 3 cents!) for your thoughts." According to the U.S. Mint’s latest ...

However, Trump said he told Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to simply stop minting new pennies. “Let’s rip the waste out of our great nations budget, even if it’s a penny at a time,” he ...