WASHINGTON, D.C. – Americans have a message for the penny: Good riddance. Around the country, people of all ages are expressing giddiness, relief ‒ as well as a bit of wistfulness ‒ over President Donald Trump’s plan to direct the Treasury Department to stop minting 1-cent coins. “It’s probably the only good idea…
WASHINGTON − The State Department’s Global Engagement Center, the highly touted nerve center for coordinating U.S. efforts to counter foreign disinformation – especially by Russia and China – shut down this week after becoming a lightning rod for conservative criticism. The mission of the GEC, as it is commonly known, was to “direct, lead, synchronize,…
Nov 13 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes inched higher on Wednesday after in-line consumer price inflation data kept the U.S. Federal Reserve on track to deliver another interest rate cut in December. The consumer price index rose 0.2% in October for the fourth straight month, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said, and advanced 2.6% on an…