President Donald Trump acted Saturday to fulfill a key portion of his pledge to “drain the swamp” in Washington, banning administration officials from ever lobbying the U.S. on behalf of a foreign government and imposing a separate five-year ban on other lobbying. Trump has said individuals who want to aid him in his quest to […]
New Trump Executive Order Targets Clinton-Linked Individuals, Lobbyists and Perhaps Uranium One…
The Trump Administration quietly issued an Executive Order (EO) last Thursday which allows for the freezing of US-housed assets belonging to foreign individuals or entities deemed “serious human rights abusers,” along with government officials and executives of foreign corporations (current or former) found to have engaged in corruption – which includes the misappropriation of state […]
U.S. Sanctions Top Burmese General, 51 Others for Human Rights Abuses…
American Bank Freezes $22B Owned by Kazakhstan…
Issuance of Global Magnitsky Executive Order; Global Magnitsky Designations…
United States Sanctions Human Rights Abusers and Corrupt Actors Across the Globe…
U.S. to Allow Refugees From All Countries but With New Rules…
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows…
U.S. Treasury Unveils Financial Reforms, Critics Attack…
The U.S. Treasury Department unveiled a sweeping plan on Monday to upend the country’s financial regulatory framework, which, if successful, would grant many items on Wall Street’s wishlist. The nearly 150-page report suggested more than 100 changes, most of which would be made through regulators rather than Congress, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in an […]
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Wants to Put a Bigger Blindfold on Consumers…
Trump Establishes Commission Investigating Voter Fraud…
Three weeks after winning the presidency, Donald Trump tweeted, “In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.” Although Trump has provided no evidence to support his claim that nearly three million people voted illegally (and only for Hillary […]