March 2025

Hundreds of federal offices could begin closing this summer at DOGE’s behest, internal records show

Federal agencies will begin to vacate hundreds of offices across the country this summer under a frenetic and error-riddled push by Elon Musk’s budget-cutting advisers to terminate leases that they say waste money. Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency maintains a […]

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De-Dollarization Push: African Payment Provider Tests Platform to Facilitate Local Currency Trade

An African payment infrastructure provider is piloting the Africa Currency Marketplace, which seeks to enable countries to settle trades with local currencies. PAPSS Fees to Be Market-Driven The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), a payment infrastructure provider backed by

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The state and local tax deduction could change amid Trump’s tax cuts debate. Here’s what to know.

As lawmakers debate President Donald Trump’s tax cuts, a key deduction could become a sticking point in 2025 tax negotiations, policy experts say. Enacted via the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, or TCJA, of 2017, there’s currently a $10,000 limit on the federal deduction on state and

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