Producing pennies cost taxpayers more than it’s worth, with each penny costing 3.7 cents to make in 2024. The rising cost of metals like zinc and copper contributed to the increased production cost. Other countries, such as Canada and Australia, have successfully eliminated their lowest denomination coins. The newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)…
In the weeks leading up to Donald Trump‘s second term, it appears that Vice President-elect JD Vance is nowhere in sight. Instead, Elon Musk – the world’s richest person and largest single donor to the Trump re-election campaign – is by Trump’s side at every turn. The pair have been keeping busy since the election….
A coalition of Ukrainian American organizations is aiming to stop SpaceX from launching more satellites, citing worries over founder Elon Musk’s connections to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the unclear standing of the Department of Government Efficiency, President-elect Donald Trump’s quasi-official advisory group. The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America filed a petition with the Federal…
WASHINGTON — Tech entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy outlined a plan Wednesday for President-elect Donald Trump to oversee a massive reduction in the federal workforce, arguing the employees won’t be needed after Trump eliminates “thousands of regulations” in his next administration. Musk and Ramaswamy, who Trump last week named co-heads of a new Department…
Jamie Lee Curtis and Don Lemon are among the big-name X (formerly Twitter) users leaving the social media site since President-elect Donald Trump announced the platform’s owner, Elon Musk, will have a role in his administration. In a Wednesday Instagram post, “Halloween” actress Curtis shared a screenshot showing her X account’s successful deactivation. In her…