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Bitcoin will soon be an official currency in El Salvador

The Verge

El Salvador has passed a resolution to make Bitcoin a legal currency, which makes it the first country to do so ( via The Guardian ). According to the law, citizens will be able to use Bitcoin to do everything from paying taxes and paying off debts to buying goods and services. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards

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Webby Award for Government & Civil Innovation : USAFacts. Webby People’s Voice Award for Government & Civil Innovation : VOTE411 - Election Information You Need. Webby Award for Law : Knight First Amendment Institute Website by Tierra Innovation. Webby People’s Voice Award for Law : Urban Justice Center by Superunion.

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Trump defies U.S. judge’s order, deports hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador

Fast Company Tech

The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting Venezuelan gang members, officials said Sunday. Flights were in the air at the time of the ruling. District Judge James E.

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Trump wants to ramp up deportations. So why is he firing all these immigration judges?

Fast Company Tech

As part of its efforts to reduce the size of the government workforce, the Trump administration has been firing federal employees on probationary status , meaning that they had recently been hired for their positions. In the case of Kalebs parents, whom the government alleged were from Venezuela, he learned that they had moved to Arkansas.

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Jared Kushner floated the idea of a federal cryptocurrency, documents reveal

The Verge

Jared Kushner, former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law who acted as a senior advisor during Trump’s time in the White House, was apparently interested in the idea of whether the federal government should make a cryptocurrency in 2018. While there isn’t an AmericaCoin, the US government hasn’t been ignoring crypto.

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