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MORNING GLORY: A summer of celebration followed by a fall of mourning
The next four months are anniversary heavy.
Before the fireworks of the 250th Fourth of July begin, try with family and friends to agree on what we are celebrating, and try as well to articulate why and how we defend what our country has long been committed to on paper and for 250 years in actual and expanding practice.
While the Semiquincentennial is upon us in a month, we are also only three months and an handful of days away from the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks by Al Qaeda on the United States.
The great and the awful anniversaries are connected by that which the first proclaimed and which the second attempted to end: freedom.
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The Declaration asserted the existence of “rights” of individuals that exist before any government — no matter its form — comes into being:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
The great day of the fourth is, from beginning to end, about love of our country because our country defends our individual rights, rights inherent in the way we are formed by God and nature. While there are several ways to enumerate our natural rights, the founders of the country thought them all sufficiently important to risk everything to declare and fight for those rights. That is the core of what we celebrating next month: our freedoms.
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We ought also to spend part of this celebration in reflecting on admiration for the courage of the not just those who voted “yes” on the Declaration and who would actually sign their names to it on August 2, 1776. They did the voting and the signing in the face of overwhelming odds against their success as the American colonists were choosing war with the mighty British Empire. As Justice Neil Gorsuch’s recent book for children and young adults — Heroes of 1776 — made clear, the sacrifices and suffering of our founding families were extreme and their deprivations bitter during the long war that followed.
(A celebration of the day of the actual signing of the Declaration will be held on August 2 at Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial on the shores of Lake Erie, adjacent to the town of Put-In-Bay, Ohio. There is no more appropriate place as it was there that the Revolution announced on the 4th of July in 1776 and sealed on the 2nd was actually made enduring with the defeat of the squadron of British ships by the American Navy that effectively turned the second war with Great Britain — the War of 1812 — in America’s favor.)
That first of America’s long wars ran from April 19, 1775 in Lexington and Concord where the first shots were fired until September 3, 1783 when King George’s representatives signed the Treaty of Paris recognizing the establishment of the United States as an independent and sovereign nation. The second war with Britain begun formally in 1812 followed decades of tensions between our country and its motherland. Real peace with the United Kingdom was not achieved until February, 17 1815 when the Treaty of Ghent was ratified by the United States Senate, and what was effectively 40 years of conflict with Great Britain came to a close, and the rights of Americans secured from foreign entities even as the long work of perfecting them for all Americans would take up more than another 150 years and encompass a vast Civil War and our entry into two world wars as well as numerous Amendments to the Constitution and federal laws to make the example of a free people more perfect.
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The Declaration became a touchstone of “the West,” with more than half of the 192 countries now represented at the United Nations having a founding document that can be called a “Declaration of Independence.” The origins of the Declaration reach far back in history, to both “Jerusalem and Athens,” to Ancient Israel and Ancient Greece. One could even argue that Ancient Persia has a hand in forming “the West” as it was Cyrus the Great who repatriated the Jews to Jerusalem and his son-in-law Darius who endorsed the rebuilding of their Temple there. Without the return of the Jews from their exile the West could not have developed as it did.
The Declaration perfected the mission statement of “The West,” the long work of drafting of which can be understood to have begun with England’s Magna Carta, sealed by King John of England at Runnymede on 15 June 1215. The United States Constitution, when ratified in 1789, and amended to add the Bill of Rights soon thereafter, established the Republic that has successfully protected the rights demanded by the Declaration in theory, but only made real for all citizens only after a vast Civil War and decades of amendment and legislation.
The American Republic remains the model of successful governance through the rule of law protected by the separation of the powers of government both vertically between the state and federal governments and horizontally within those governments that divide legislative, executive and judicial branches into equal branches of those federal and state governments.
The First Amendment prohibits the establishment of an official religion in the United States while also protecting the “free exercise” of all faiths or none.
One of the motivating hatreds of fanatics for America — like those who attacked in 25 years ago in September and those we are fighting today in Iran and its proxies — is that Americans refuse to declare one religion to be the “true” religion. All faiths or none at all are protected here. This refusal to establish a national faith — whether religious or secular — is the source of the hatred held for us by many of our enemies.
Defining the extent of “the West” is difficult. America sets the standard for individual liberty, but many countries aspire to reach that level of ordered liberty. The West should be understood as any country in which the expansion of liberty and literacy is ongoing and where the rule of law controls life, not the rule of one or a few powerful people. If personal freedoms and literacy are on the rise in a country, that nation is either a part of or aspiring to join “the West.”
Many nations around the world have “established” religions, including Israel and all of its neighbors. (The Pew Research Center counts 80 counties that either have an official religion or favor one or more religious groups over others.) That a country has an “established religion” doesn’t exclude it from “The West.” Any nation that protects religious minorities in the exercise of their faith and the right of citizens to speak freely is clearly part of “the West.”
Many counties are on the path towards classically liberal ideals. As our own journey took almost two centuries to complete even in theory (with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act or 1965) so too other nations in the world are on their own paths towards joining wholly with “the West.”
America’s 250 years of independence is the standard by which other republics are measured. The enemies of the “American system” are many and varied but they share in common a hatred of pluralism, of freedom of speech and belief, press and assembly, and ultimately self-government.
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When America celebrates this summer, our friends around the world will applaud our progress and our role as the deliverer of the world from its would-be totalitarian rulers in the 20th century, and as the great protector of freedom of the seas and enemy of absolutism in all of its forms in the 21st.
When we celebrate on the 4th of July and the 2nd of August, we ought to keep in mind that only a few weeks later we will mourn the awful anniversary of the worst attack on America by foreigners in history. Absolutist fanatics drove the terrible events of 9/11. The fanaticism which led to the equal of the darkest of days in modern times insisted on exclusive claims of truth, claims that could not compete with those fundamental structures of the West which allow free peoples the rights of conscience.
Totalitarians can be secular or sectarian. What they always must be, however, is absolutist in their truth claims, and oppressive of anyone or country that asserts freedom of thought.
Which is why we ought to see both the “hot war” with Iran and its proxies, as well as the relatively new Cold War 2.0 with the People’s Republic of China and its allies, as part of the never-ending struggle of free peoples against those who would subjugate them. Ukraine and Israel are our allies in fact and usually in name because they embrace the fundamental commitment to the individual’s freedom. Their enemies are our enemies because their enemies want to snuff out the freedom the peoples of those country enjoy. Though their modern “foundings” are more than a century younger than ours, they have embraced the right path and are heading in the right direction. They are part of the West as is, for example, the United Arab Emirates and increasingly other countries in the Middle East and across the Pacific which are gradually modernizing their understanding of the rights of their peoples and the crucial need for the rule of law.
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We all ought to hope that 50 years hence on our tricentennial the great people of Iran and other counties throughout the Middle East have joined the Abraham Accords, and that our commitment to freedom of the individual has spread throughout our hemisphere.
We ought also to hope that the police state that is the People’s Republic of China has evolved to a government that lifts their people up and protects their freedoms rather than persecuting them for trying to exercise their natural rights Americans have long recognized and fought and died for.
This brace of anniversaries should remind every American that ours is a unique and enduring commitment to human liberty and that many in the world fear such ordered liberty and always will. But if the framers could endure on-and-off battles with the planet’s greatest power for 40 years beginning in 1775, every generation ought to know they have it within themselves to carry on that commitment to the country’s first principles.
Hugh Hewitt is a Fox News contributor and host of “The Hugh Hewitt Show” heard weekday afternoons from 3 PM to 6 PM ET on the Salem Radio Network, and simulcast on Salem News Channel. Hugh drives Americans home on the East Coast and to lunch on the West Coast on over 400 affiliates nationwide, and on all the streaming platforms where SNC can be seen. He is a frequent guest on the Fox News Channel’s news roundtable, hosted by Bret Baier weekdays at 6pm ET. A son of Ohio and a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Michigan Law School, Hewitt has been a Professor of Law at Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law since 1996 where he teaches Constitutional Law. Hewitt launched his eponymous radio show from Los Angeles in 1990. Hewitt has frequently appeared on every major national news television network, hosted television shows for PBS and MSNBC, written for every major American paper, has authored a dozen books and moderated a score of Republican candidate debates, most recently the November 2023 Republican presidential debate in Miami and four Republican presidential debates in the 2015-16 cycle. Hewitt focuses his radio show and his column on the Constitution, national security, American politics and the Cleveland Browns and Guardians. Hewitt has interviewed tens of thousands of guests from Democrats Hillary Clinton and John Kerry to Republican Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump over his 40 years in broadcasting. This column previews the lead story that will drive his radio/ TV show today.
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Person In Trump’s Inner-Circle Stabs Him In Back – Busted With Family ‘Burn Book’
Former Fox News personality Kimberly Guilfoyle may be leaving the Trump administration, but a new report claims the longtime Republican insider possesses a private collection of sensitive information about President Donald Trump’s family, personal relationships and political operation.
According to the Daily Mail, sources familiar with Guilfoyle’s years inside Trump’s inner circle allege that the former U.S. ambassador to Greece has kept what insiders describe as a secret “burn book,” reportedly nicknamed “The Devil Wears MAGA.”
The alleged collection has reportedly raised concerns among some Trump associates that Guilfoyle could disclose embarrassing personal details following the White House’s request for her resignation.
However, the existence of the supposed book has not been independently verified, and Guilfoyle has not publicly acknowledged possessing such material or threatened to release private information about the Trump family.
The claims surfaced amid reports that Guilfoyle’s diplomatic assignment was ending following allegations involving her financial dealings and conduct while serving in Greece.
According to the Daily Mail, some individuals close to Trump had privately argued against removing Guilfoyle from her position, citing concerns about the potential consequences of an acrimonious departure.
“Having her back in America would be a nightmare. Kimberly knows where the bodies are buried. She knows the people, the secrets, the fights, the relationships,” one unnamed source told the outlet.
“Nobody wants an angry Kimberly back home with nothing to lose.”
The remarks reflect the source’s characterization of Guilfoyle’s relationships within Trump’s political and personal circle, rather than independently established evidence that she possesses damaging information.
Guilfoyle, 57, has maintained close ties to the Trump family for years.
A former prosecutor and Fox News host, she became a prominent Republican fundraiser and political surrogate while dating Donald Trump Jr.
Their relationship lasted approximately six years, during which Guilfoyle regularly appeared at major Republican events, campaign gatherings and private functions involving the Trump family.
The couple’s engagement ended in 2024, shortly before Trump announced his intention to nominate Guilfoyle as U.S. ambassador to Greece.
According to one source quoted by the Daily Mail, the diplomatic appointment served both political and personal purposes.
“Kimberly wasn’t sent to Greece just because of her skills,” the source alleged.
“It also solved a complicated personal problem. Having her thousands of miles away worked for everyone.”
That interpretation has not been independently substantiated, and the source did not provide public evidence establishing that personal considerations influenced Trump’s appointment decision.
Guilfoyle’s departure from the administration reportedly followed scrutiny of her financial arrangements, private travel and relationships with political donors and lobbyists.
The Wall Street Journal previously reported allegations that Guilfoyle approached Republican donor Eric Deters about paying a $100,000 American Express bill while allegedly offering to facilitate access to administration officials.
Deters reportedly declined the request.
Guilfoyle’s attorneys have disputed suggestions of wrongdoing, explaining that the financial matter involved compensation she believed was owed for public appearances and speaking engagements arranged before her diplomatic nomination.
Her legal representatives have also defended her travel arrangements, maintaining that she “sought, obtained and followed State Department guidance.”
Separately, the Daily Mail reported that the State Department’s inspector general had opened an investigation into allegations involving Guilfoyle and the American diplomatic mission in Greece.
The scope and findings of any such investigation have not been established in the supplied reporting.
Sources also claimed that Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were angered by the controversy surrounding Guilfoyle’s tenure.
The White House subsequently requested her resignation, bringing her diplomatic assignment toward an end.
Guilfoyle responded publicly by rejecting the allegations and emphasizing her continuing loyalty to the president.
She described the accusations against her as “false” and pledged to “vigorously defend my name, my reputation, and my integrity.”
“I have dedicated my professional life to fighting for justice, standing up for what is right, and defending the values that make America exceptional. I will not allow false accusations to define my decades of public service.”
Despite the administration’s decision to seek her departure, Guilfoyle did not publicly criticize Trump or Rubio.
Instead, she thanked them for the opportunity to represent the United States abroad and described her ambassadorial service as “the honor of a lifetime.”
She also reaffirmed her support for Trump and the America First movement.
Her public statements contrast with the anonymous claims suggesting that she might retaliate against the president’s family.
The Daily Mail’s report does not establish that Guilfoyle intends to publish a memoir, disclose private conversations or use alleged personal information to pressure anyone connected to the administration.
Nor does it establish that the rumored collection of information exists in the form described by its sources.
Nevertheless, the report has attracted attention because of Guilfoyle’s longstanding personal and political connections to the Trump family.
Her relationship with Donald Trump Jr. placed her within the family’s social circle during several consequential years in Trump’s political career.
She also participated in Republican fundraising and campaign activities, giving her familiarity with prominent donors, advisers and political allies.
Those connections provide context for the anonymous sources’ claims, but they do not verify the allegations about a secret diary or its supposed contents.
One unnamed insider offered a particularly pointed description of the concerns reportedly circulating among Trump associates.
“Keeping Kimberly happy keeps Kimberly quiet,” the source told the Daily Mail.
That statement remains an anonymous allegation about the attitudes of people within Trump’s orbit, not evidence of an actual threat by Guilfoyle.
For now, the publicly described circumstances present two distinct issues.
The first involves the allegations surrounding Guilfoyle’s diplomatic service and her legal team’s denials of improper conduct.
The second involves the Daily Mail’s unverified claims that she possesses private information that could embarrass members of the Trump family.
No public evidence presented in the supplied reporting establishes that the two matters are connected or that Guilfoyle has attempted to use personal information in response to her removal.
Her own public remarks have emphasized loyalty rather than retaliation.
Whether additional details emerge about the alleged “burn book” remains uncertain.
What is clear from Guilfoyle’s reported statements is that she intends to defend her reputation while continuing to support Trump politically.
The anonymous sources quoted by the Daily Mail suggest some associates fear a more contentious outcome, but Guilfoyle herself has given no public indication that she plans to turn against the president.
Until the alleged collection is authenticated or Guilfoyle addresses the claim directly, the supposed “Devil Wears MAGA” book remains an unverified account rather than an established political revelation.
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Judge Jeanine Found The Smoking Gun Ilhan Omar Brought In
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is facing additional federal scrutiny after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced that her office is investigating the congresswoman’s financial disclosures, including questions surrounding millions of dollars in previously reported assets.
The announcement came Tuesday night during a Fox News appearance, one day after federal agents reportedly searched Omar’s Washington, D.C., residence as part of a separate investigation involving her family’s immigration history.
The two inquiries have drawn considerable attention, although authorities have not established that they are connected.
Pirro confirmed that federal prosecutors are examining Omar’s financial filings despite an earlier congressional watchdog recommendation to dismiss allegations concerning those disclosures.
“We’re looking at the facts,” Pirro said, adding that prosecutors would “follow them wherever they take us.”
The review centers on financial disclosures involving businesses connected to Omar’s husband, Tim Mynett.
According to the reporting, an earlier filing placed the couple’s reported assets within a range of approximately $6 million to $30 million.
Omar subsequently amended the disclosure to reflect substantially lower figures.
Her representatives attributed the discrepancy to accounting errors involving business liabilities that had not been properly reflected in the original paperwork.
The difference between the two sets of figures has prompted questions about how the disclosures were prepared and whether the initial valuations accurately represented the couple’s financial interests.
Congressional financial disclosure forms typically report assets within broad value ranges rather than providing precise valuations, making it difficult to determine an individual’s exact net worth from the filings alone.
The reported $6 million to $30 million range therefore should not be interpreted as a verified calculation of Omar’s personal wealth.
Nevertheless, the substantial difference between the original and amended disclosures is among the issues now reportedly receiving federal attention.
Pirro made clear that her office’s review is separate from the earlier congressional ethics process.
The Office of Congressional Conduct previously examined allegations involving Omar’s disclosures and recommended that the House Ethics Committee dismiss the matter after determining there were insufficient grounds to pursue it.
That recommendation represented a significant development in Omar’s favor.
However, as Pirro emphasized, a congressional watchdog’s recommendation does not prevent federal prosecutors from independently reviewing records to determine whether any federal laws were violated.
The standards, jurisdiction and procedures governing congressional ethics reviews differ from those applicable to criminal investigations.
At the same time, the existence of a federal review does not establish that Omar intentionally submitted inaccurate information or committed a criminal offense.
Pirro did not announce charges, identify a specific suspected crime or disclose evidence establishing that the congresswoman knowingly filed false financial information.
Omar’s office has maintained that the original discrepancies resulted from accounting mistakes involving the valuation of business interests and associated liabilities.
After Pirro’s remarks, Omar’s representatives directed Axios to reporting about the congressional watchdog’s recommendation, emphasizing that the earlier review had not supported pursuing the allegations.
The competing developments leave several questions unresolved.
Federal prosecutors may examine whether the original asset values were calculated correctly, whether liabilities were properly included and whether the amended filing adequately addressed any inaccuracies.
They may also review supporting business records and the circumstances under which the disclosures were prepared.
Whether that examination produces evidence of wrongdoing remains unknown.
The financial inquiry comes amid a separate controversy involving the reported search of Omar’s residence.
Federal agents reportedly executed a judicially authorized warrant at the property Monday morning as part of an investigation concerning immigration records connected to the congresswoman’s family.
That investigation has reportedly focused on historical immigration paperwork and possible false statements, although authorities have not publicly established criminal wrongdoing by Omar.
The financial disclosure review announced by Pirro concerns a different set of records and allegations.
Officials have not confirmed that the investigations are coordinated or that evidence from one prompted the other.
Omar has accused the Trump administration of using federal law enforcement to pursue political opponents.
Following the reported search, the Minnesota Democrat alleged that the administration was attempting to target its critics through federal investigative powers.
President Donald Trump, meanwhile, has repeatedly criticized Omar and publicly questioned her financial affairs.
Following Pirro’s television appearance, Trump suggested that Omar had benefited from fraud involving Minnesota, although the reported statements did not include evidence establishing that allegation.
The president’s accusations are not findings by federal investigators, just as Omar’s allegations of political targeting do not independently establish that the investigations are improper.
The timing has also attracted attention because the reported investigative activity is occurring just weeks before an election in which Omar is seeking another term in Congress.
Federal law enforcement agencies traditionally exercise particular caution when taking public investigative actions involving political candidates close to Election Day.
Such considerations do not prohibit legitimate investigations, but they place additional importance on ensuring that decisions are supported by evidence and applicable legal procedures rather than electoral considerations.
For prosecutors, the immediate issue is whether the financial records support Omar’s explanation for the amended disclosures or raise questions requiring further investigation.
For Omar, the earlier congressional watchdog recommendation provides a substantive response to allegations that her office says have already been examined.
For the public, the distinction between a review, an allegation and a proven violation remains essential.
Pirro has not provided a timetable for the investigation or identified the specific documents her office has obtained.
She also has not indicated whether prosecutors expect to bring charges.
The latest announcement therefore establishes that federal prosecutors are reviewing Omar’s financial disclosures, according to Pirro’s reported statements, but it does not establish the outcome of that review.
With questions continuing over the original multimillion-dollar asset figures, the subsequent amendments and the separate immigration-related inquiry, the Minnesota congresswoman remains at the center of several politically sensitive allegations.
The next significant development will depend on what the underlying financial records show and whether investigators identify evidence warranting additional legal action.
Until then, the discrepancy in the filings remains a subject of examination rather than proof of criminal misconduct.
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Speaker Johnson Pulls It Off! This Changes Everything…
After more than two centuries in American commerce, the penny is moving closer to becoming a thing of the past.
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved bipartisan legislation that would permanently end production of one-cent coins for everyday circulation and establish nationwide rules allowing businesses to round certain cash transactions to the nearest nickel.
The measure, known as the Common Cents Act, H.R. 10167, passed by voice vote under suspension of the rules, a procedure typically used for legislation with broad bipartisan support.
Because lawmakers did not conduct a recorded roll-call vote, individual representatives’ positions were not formally documented.
The legislation was introduced by House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain of Michigan and Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia of California.
If enacted, it would formally direct the Treasury Department to stop producing pennies for general circulation, while permitting the U.S. Mint to continue manufacturing limited quantities for collectors.
The legislation would codify a change that has already taken place.
On November 12, 2025, the U.S. Mint struck its final penny intended for general circulation, ending a 232-year production tradition dating back to the earliest years of the American republic.
The decision followed years of concerns about the rising expense of producing a coin worth only one cent.
According to the Mint, manufacturing and distributing each penny had reached approximately 3.69 cents, meaning the government was spending considerably more to produce the coin than its face value.
Ending circulating penny production was projected to save approximately $56 million annually.
“Today the Mint celebrates 232 years of penny manufacturing,” Acting Mint Director Kristie McNally said when production concluded.
“While general production concludes today, the penny’s legacy lives on. As its usage in commerce continues to evolve, its significance in America’s story will endure.”
Although production has ended, Americans will not be required to surrender the pennies already sitting in their wallets, jars or coin collections.
Under the proposed legislation, existing pennies would remain legal tender for debts, taxes and other payments.
The Mint estimates that approximately 300 billion pennies remain in circulation, meaning the familiar copper-colored coins could continue appearing in everyday transactions for years.
One of the most significant provisions of the Common Cents Act addresses how retailers would handle cash purchases as pennies become increasingly difficult to obtain.
The legislation would allow businesses to round the final cash transaction total to the nearest five cents when exact change cannot be provided.
Under the proposed system, amounts ending in 1, 2, 6 or 7 cents would be rounded down to the nearest nickel.
Totals ending in 3, 4, 8 or 9 cents would be rounded up.
Transactions already ending in zero or five cents would remain unchanged.
For example, a cash purchase totaling $10.42 could be rounded down to $10.40, while a purchase totaling $10.43 could be rounded up to $10.45.
The rounding would apply to the final transaction amount, not individually to every item purchased.
Importantly, the proposed rules would apply only to cash transactions.
Consumers paying with credit cards, debit cards, checks, electronic transfers, gift cards or similar methods would continue paying the exact amount owed, down to the cent.
Businesses would also retain the option of providing exact change when they have sufficient pennies available.
The legislation would not require every cash purchase to be rounded automatically.
Supporters view the measure as a practical response to the declining availability of pennies and the increasing cost of manufacturing them.
The proposal also includes provisions intended to reduce the expense of producing another familiar American coin: the nickel.
Currently, the five-cent coin consists of 75 percent copper and 25 percent nickel.
The bill would authorize the Treasury Department to explore an alternative composition using a zinc inner layer and nickel outer layer.
Any change would depend on whether the new design could reduce manufacturing costs without creating significant problems for vending machines, coin-counting equipment and other devices that process currency.
The legislation would also require the Federal Reserve to develop a strategy for managing the enormous existing supply of pennies.
Federal officials would be tasked with evaluating the potential consequences of rounding practices, particularly for lower-income Americans, older consumers and individuals who rely heavily on cash because they lack access to traditional banking services.
Those considerations could become increasingly important as businesses transition away from handling one-cent coins.
The legislation follows months of congressional activity aimed at formally addressing the penny’s future.
The House previously approved an earlier version of the Common Cents Act in July, while the Senate passed its own version, S. 1525, by unanimous consent on August 7.
The latest House action involved the newer H.R. 10167, meaning the measure has not yet completed the legislative process.
Both chambers must approve identical legislation before it can be presented to President Donald Trump for his signature.
Until that happens, the proposed nationwide rounding framework is not yet federal law.
Regardless of the remaining legislative steps, the practical end of new circulating penny production has already occurred.
The change marks the conclusion of a longstanding American manufacturing tradition and reflects the growing financial pressures associated with producing low-denomination coins.
For taxpayers, the government projects millions of dollars in annual savings.
For businesses, the transition could simplify cash handling while requiring adjustments to how certain purchases are totaled.
And for consumers, the most noticeable change may eventually be that cash purchases no longer require counting out individual pennies.
The coins themselves will remain valid, and collectors will still have opportunities to obtain specially produced examples.
But after 232 years, the penny’s role in everyday American commerce is entering a new era.
The House has now taken another step toward making that transition permanent, leaving the Senate and President Trump to determine whether the proposed rules become federal law.
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