🇺🇸🪙 No more pennies: In big change, Treasury will stop minting them

The Trump administration hopes to save big bucks by phasing out the penny.

The Treasury Department has placed its last order for blank pennies and plans to stop minting the one-cent coins as soon as that's exhausted.

Each penny costs nearly four cents to produce, so the move is expected to result in immediate savings of $56 million a year. A Treasury spokeswoman confirmed the decision, which was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.

President Trump called for the phase-out back in February. Canada, New Zealand and Australia have also eliminated their one-cent coins.

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/22/nx-s1-5407493/no-more-pennies-one-cent-treasury-stop-minting

💸 So much currency is going to be printed over the next decade.

The $5 foot long passes into legend.

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🇺🇸🏛 Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling international students

The Trump administration has barred Harvard University from enrolling international students, in a major escalation of its attacks on one of America’s most prestigious Ivy League schools.

Secretary of homeland security Kristi Noem sent a letter to Harvard on Thursday telling its administration that the university’s student and exchange visitor programme certification had been revoked, “effective immediately”.

The decision comes amid a deepening crackdown in recent months by US President Donald Trump on elite institutions which he accuses of promoting “woke” ideology and failing to tackle antisemitism.

https://www.ft.com/content/300e00a7-54e1-4902-a84f-ec9e4117ffc3

https://archive.is/wFGwc

💸📈 U.S. 30-year Treasury Yield soared to 5.15%, the highest level since 2007.

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🇺🇸📞🇮🇷❗️ — The fifth round of U.S.-Iran nuclear talks ends after three hours, source with knowledge says to Axios

🇮🇷☢️❌🇺🇸 — Iranian Regime Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned this would be the last round if US forced Iran to give up on Enrichment rights:

Set to travel to Rome for 5th round of indirect talks with the United States.

Figuring out the path to a deal is not rocket science:

Zero nuclear weapons = we DO have a deal.
Zero enrichment = we do NOT have a deal.

Time to decide...

🇺🇸📞🇮🇱🇮🇷 — US Chief Negotiator ⁣Witkoff had an individual meeting with the Mossad head David Barnea, two hours before the USA-Speed ​​session.

➡️ The meeting extended for 40 minutes, delaying its arrival and leaving Abbas Araghi, from Iran, waiting.

📞 Negotiations between Iran and the American delegation lasted only 2 hours and 20 minutes.

➡️ Witkoff left 15 to 20 minutes before the official end.

➡️ The remaining American delegation, without leadership, concluded the discussions just 20 minutes later.

https://news.1rj.ru/str/armillary/29094

🇩🇪🔪❗️ — Suspected terror attack in Hamburg, Germany.

12 people have been stabbed in a train. 6 are seriously wounded, with several in life-threatening condition

Suspect in custody

🇮🇱 Netanyahu: “Free Palestine is just today's version of Heil Hitler.”

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🇺🇸⁉️🎓🤝🇨🇳🔫 — 📰 ZeroHedge | House Republicans Press Harvard For Transparency Over Alleged Ties To Chinese Military | May 19, 2025:

"Woke elites running Harvard University into the ground faced fresh controversy on Monday morning as House Republicans launched a formal inquiry into the school's reported ties with foreign adversaries, citing serious national security and ethical concerns.

The House Select Committee on China, joined by the House Committee on Education and Workforce and Chairwoman of House Republican Leadership Elise Stefanik, sent a letter to Harvard demanding transparency and accountability regarding the university's partnerships with foreign adversaries and entities involved in human rights abuses. 

The investigation focuses on the university's reported partnerships with Chinese military-linked institutions, sanctioned entities, and researchers tied to the Iranian regime."

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