Trump has banned officials to engage in lobbying after leaving office

US President Donald Trump imposed a life-long ban on lobbying for foreign governments for US administration officials, and also banned any other lobbying for the next 5 years after they leave office. According to Trump, those who want to help him ...

Trump stopped programs for refugees and banned entry to the Syrians

US President Donald Trump has banned refugees from Syria and other countries that support terrorism from entering the United States, and also suspended the American refugee program for 120 days. On January 27, the president signed a decree that set tougher obstacles on the way ...

Trump tightened refuge cities

Trump signed an executive order tightening policies regarding so-called sanctuary cities, in which illegal migrants are not prosecuted for violating immigration laws, the BBC reports. Earlier, his press secretary Sean Spicer explained that cities like San Francisco are refusing to cooperate with federal authorities in the fight against...

Trump's first decrees and their possible consequences

On Monday, January 23rd, President Trump signed a federal recruitment freeze and directive that prohibits U.S. nongovernmental organizations from receiving federal funding for overseas abortions. On Freezing Federal Employment By signing this decree, Trump will thereby reduce ...

Trump has signed a decree on the US withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership

The 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, signed a decree withdrawing the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The president called the decision “very important for American workers,” Reuters reports. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a trade agreement between 12 countries: Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, Singapore, USA, Australia, Peru,…

Putin signed a decree on the termination of trade with Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree suspending the free trade agreement with Ukraine from January 1, the day when a similar trade agreement between Kiev and the European Union comes into force. Speaking in Brussels, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko admitted ...

Putin has allowed to ignore the priority of international law

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that allows the Constitutional Court to declare unenforceable decisions of international courts, primarily the European Court of Human Rights, if their decisions contradict the Russian constitution. The law amends the Federal Law “On the Constitutional Court of Russia”.…

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