Economic Impact - The penny, despite its small value, is seen to encourage careful budgeting and exactitude [1] Production Status - Arguments about the penny's economic benefits have not persuaded the Mint to continue its production [1]

Criminal networks promise the Rohingya passage by sea from the borderlands between Bangladesh and Myanmar down the coast to Malaysia. But the week-long journey is perilous https://t.co/2HyTZvZDVr ...

A House of Representatives where a politician like Jared Golden feels he can no longer serve is not the same place whose factional intricacies Nancy Pelosi mastered https://t.co/TJ0k96u7jc ...

It blends traditional homeschooling, charter schools and new hyper-specialised “microschools” that offer unbundled classes on everything from algebra and forestry to karate https://t.co/9H5EEp7lvL ...

The question for Democrats is whether their leaders are still sensible enough to cultivate independent-minded centrists, who, in the time of Donald Trump, are the party’s real radicals https://t.co/pYWWNMyLeNIllustration: David Simonds https://t.co/TLhn6DAZA9 ...

When a car exploded in Delhi, killing at least eight people and injuring 20 others, the region took a sharp breath. But for now, the risk of another war between India and Pakistan remains low https://t.co/q30VmGMcWl ...

Today on “The Intelligence”: how to rebuild Gaza, is AI coming for white-collar jobs and remembering scientist James Watson. Listen now https://t.co/I2OfZpBm57 ...

Gloom about America’s future is almost as old as the republic itself. Here is an alternative https://t.co/QQPniLJKNl ...

The retreat has caused widespread anger in the party’s base. Once again, it seems that before they can battle the president, Democrats are condemned to fight with one another https://t.co/IKmUXcR2eC ...

Poor customer service is bad for business. Target’s “10-4” programme aims to improve it. But there are three ways it could backfire https://t.co/7vQQZ9pJZs ...