The penny could soon be a thing of the past. President Trump is pushing to end production of the one-cent coin, citing its rising costs.

Darren Walker has spent much of his life fighting inequality. From humble beginnings in rural Texas, he went on to lead one of the nation’s most powerful philanthropic institutions.

"One of the things that was more interesting about the report was that the number of manufacturing jobs lost last month was 12,000. That brings the total number of lost manufacturing jobs under the Trump administration to 78,000 people," David Brooks says. "That's not what he was

As the war in Afghanistan ended four years ago, thousands of Afghans who had worked with the United States, and believed in the American-led war against the Taliban, were left behind.

The labor market appears to have stalled this summer, according to the significantly weaker than expected jobs report.

.@stephenfhayes: "It's on the CDC and the HHS websites — the government's estimates of how many people died and the effectiveness of vaccines. ... The data is often there. [RFK Jr.] just doesn't want to accept it, and he uses this — he sort of injects confusion into the debate."

What is the reasoning behind Trump's rebranding of the Defense Department? "I have no explanation for it other than the fact that he does like a good show. Also, it's sending a message to adversaries as well, ... [that] we are ready if you push us," said @vmsalama.

"It's really complicated for Donald Trump. As Stephen said, RFK Jr. is a big reason why Donald Trump was elected. This coalition of the MAHA, MAGA base really propelled him to win this election. But then he has this major success with Operation Warp Speed," said @LACaldwellDC.

Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans and communities along the Gulf Coast, leading to one of the largest and most sudden relocations of people in U.S. history.

It’s not as well-known as the Federal Reserve or the CDC, but the Surface Transportation Board is the latest agency in the Trump administration’s sights.

Israel launched its Gaza City offensive, labeling it a Hamas stronghold. It’s home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians already facing starvation and yet another round of forced displacement.

"I think the danger is a president who is solely focused on, A: the accumulation of power and being at the center of everything — that he wants to be the impresario of all events," said @danbalz. "But the second aspect of that is a kind of hunger for retribution."

.@danbalz: "[Social media] is a different way of targeting a message, aiming at people, doing it in a way that is designed to inflame the debate. ... We go from cameras in the House chamber ... to the internet disrupting everything and democratizing information, to social media."

"[Newt] Gingrich changed politics because what Gingrich did was he brought, as I say, a confrontational style, and a flamboyance and a willingness to attack his opponents in ways that other politicians would have been hesitant to do," said @danbalz.

How has politics shifted? @danbalz: "You played politics by a set of rules, and Congress was supposed to work in a particular way, and presidents worked with Congresses in a particular way. ... Committee chairs were gigantic figures. We don't think of that today in the same way."

"Over the course of the 50 years that I've been doing this, I think that the most important shift is that, with each kind of iteration of that, politics has gotten tougher, coarser and meaner," @danbalz told @JeffreyGoldberg.

The data you depend on – about jobs, weather, health, water and more – is quietly vanishing from federal sites. Here’s how it’s happening and how you can join efforts to help save it: https://t.co/Mrq49ctLJX

In a closely watched speech, Fed Chair Jerome Powell gave the strongest indication yet that the central bank will cut interest rates as soon as September.

Target is reeling as sales have stalled and its stock price has plunged. The company faced backlash after a rollback of its DEI initiatives prompted a boycott that slowed store traffic nationwide.

Half of Gaza’s population is children, and many of them have been left scarred, traumatized and forever changed by the war.