by drjmcurtis | Oct 23, 2025
LOS ANGELES (OC).—-President Donald Trump went against his best judgment imposing new sanctions on Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil accounting for over 5% of Russian oil output. Trump was reluctant to resort to new sanctions knowing it could boomerang with...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 23, 2025
LOS ANGELES (OC).–Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico said he will back a new round of economic sanctions, concerned that it would increase the cost energy, already too high in Slovakia and the European Union. Fico had been an obstacle to passing the 19th round...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 22, 2025
LOS ANGELES (oc).–President Donald Trump announced today that his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin has been postponed while the Russian and U.S. delegations can work out the details of a future summit more completely. Putin wants the U.S....
by drjmcurtis | Oct 21, 2025
LOS ANGELES (OC).–Republicans and Democrats in Congress continue to stonewall on the Oct. 1 government shutdown now the third longest shutdown in U.S. history. By tomorrow it will be the second longest shutdown with no real end in sight. House Speaker Mike...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 21, 2025
LOS ANGELE (OC).–President Donald Trump irked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensk in a White House meeting Oct. 17, when Trump said he would not supply Ukraine with Tomahawk Cruise missiles. Zelensky made has best case for receiving the long-range weapons,...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 20, 2025
LOS ANGELES (OC).–Behind closed doors at the White House with President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was anything but happy when Trump said he wants to end the Ukraine War requiring Zelensky to negotiate and compromise to end the war. ...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 20, 2025
LOS ANGELES (OC)).–President Donald Trump has taken the symbolic drug war literally, going after Venezuela and Columbia as if the sovereign states were in military conflict with the United States. Trump has ordered unprecedented extrajudicial attacks on...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 19, 2025
LOS ANGELES (OC).–Striking Russia’s largest natural gas processing plant with drones, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky showed that he’s not taking the war lightly, serious about inflicting maxium damage on the Russian Federation. Zelensky struck the...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 18, 2025
LOS ANGELES (OC).–Meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office yesterday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky complained about Russian strikes on his country, killing innocent civilians and destroying Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Zelensky...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 18, 2025
LOS ANGELES (OC).–Meeting at the White House today, President Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he would not supply Tomahawk Cruise missiles to Ukraine, saying he didn’t want to deplete U.S. stockpiles but, more importantly, that he...