President Donald 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 pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful!” Trump wrote in a post Sunday night on his Truth Social...
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A U.S. Marine from California was identified by military officials Sunday as one of four people killed when a plane contracted by the U.S. military crashed in a rice field in the southern Philippines. Sgt. Jacob M. Durham, 22, of Long Beach, died Thursday in the crash of an aircraft that...
Fueled by a harassing defense, Philadelphia denied a Kansas City coronation in Super Bowl 59, dethroning the Chiefs in a one-sided rout that delivered the Eagles their second championship in seven seasons by a score of 40-22. Kansas City had won three Super Bowl titles in the last five years, including the last two, and...
NEW ORLEANS — A dancer who was part of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show was detained by security after he waved a Palestinian flag with the words “Sudan” and “Gaza” written on it toward the end of the performance, the NFL said. The NFL identified the person, who was dressed in black like other...
Author Tom Robbins, whose novels read like a hit of literary LSD, filled with fantastical characters, manic metaphors and counterculture whimsy, died Sunday. He was 92. Robbins’ death was announced by his wife, Alexa Robbins, on Facebook. The post did not cite a cause. “He was surrounded by his family and loyal pets. Throughout these...
February has already been a big month for Kendrick Lamar, who is also coming off of a particularly hot 2024. And on Sunday night, he will take the stage at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans as the headliner of the Super Bowl halftime show. “Rap music is still the most impactful genre to date....
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he will announce reciprocal tariffs this week, as well as a 25% blanket tariff on steel and aluminum imports. “Any steel coming into the United States is going to have a 25% tariff,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One, adding that the same level of tariff would be...
Legal and constitutional experts on Sunday warned that the U.S. could be headed toward a “constitutional crisis” or a “breakdown of the system” after Vice President JD Vance suggested that judges don’t have jurisdiction over Trump’s “legitimate power.” “If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be...
The dizzying pace of White House actions Elon Musk’s DOGE team is ramping up its efforts to reshape the federal government, taking aim at the Department of Education. Members of the Department of Government Efficiency now have administrator-level status in the department’s email system, allowing them to potentially access sensitive information. DOGE’s access to sensitive...
CAIRO/JERUSALEM — An Israel delegation arrived in Qatar on Sunday for more Gaza truce talks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesperson said, as its military withdrew from an important crossing point in the enclave, as agreed under the truce with Hamas. Indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas on the next stage of the ceasefire are set to start this week following Netanyahu’s...