by drjmcurtis | Sep 30, 2023
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), 58, pulled a rabbit out of his hat, passing a 45-day stopgap spending bill to give the government new life at least for another month-and-a-half. McCarthy battled at least 21 members of the ultraconservative Freedom Caucus led...
by drjmcurtis | Sep 30, 2023
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jeorme Powell, 70, sees economic storm clouds on the horizon, raising interest rates to battle the worst inflationary spiral seen in the United States in over 40 years. Powell can’t give markets any assurance that he won’t stop raising...
by drjmcurtis | Sep 29, 2023
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), 60, said on X (formerly Twitter), that he would not sign onto Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y) stopgap spending bill to prevent a government shutdown unless he removed all $6 billion in Ukraine War funding. White House officials...
by drjmcurtis | Sep 29, 2023
Battling over a 2024 fiscal spending bill, the U.S. government is due to shut down Sunday, Oct. 1, largely because the White House, House and Senate Democrats have a take-it-or-leave it approach to the U.S. budget. Communication between House Republicans and the White...
by drjmcurtis | Sep 19, 2023
President Joe Biden, 80, told the U.N. General Assembly today that Russian President Vladimir Putin must be stopped in Ukraine or all U.N. member states would be vulnerable to territorial aggression. Biden doesn’t admit to provoking the Feb. 24, 2022 Ukraine War by...