by drjmcurtis | Jun 8, 2019
Ordering the reopening the Columbia border, 56-year-old Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro signals that that 35-year-old opposition leader Juan Guaido’s U.S.-backed coup is dead. Since declaring himself interim president Jan. 24, Guaido failed to deliver on his...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 7, 2019
Hounding 68-year-old Atty. Gen. William Barr for more documents, 68-year-old House Government Affairs and Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) continues to throw subpoenas at the Justice Department. Democrats’ narrative heading into the 2020 election is that...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 6, 2019
Exposing Washington’s hyper-partisan divide, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that 72-year-old President Donald Trump should be sent to “prison,” not realizing she tipped her hand when it comes to impeachment. Since Special Counsel Robert Muller finished his...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 5, 2019
Rallying back over 700 points in the last two sessions, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended today’s trading session at 25,539, still off about 1,000 points from its record high in October 3, 2018. When Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell met with his Open...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 4, 2019
When Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said last week that the U.S. was open to talks with Tehran without preconditions, it looked like there might be an opening in a 40-year deep freeze since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 3, 2019
Responding to 72-year-old President Donald Trump’s threat to slap a 5% a month tariff on Mexico due to the government’s inability to stem immigrant-flows from Central America, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Mexico was doing everything possible to...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 2, 2019
After saying Iran would never talk with the United States, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khaemenei softened his tone, knowing U.S. sanctions has harmed the Persian economy. Without talking to the U.S., Iran faces tough sledding selling it oil into world markets, especially...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 1, 2019
Going hog wild with tariffs, 72-year-old President Donald Trump threatened to slap tariffs on Mexico due to frustration over Central American immigrants crossing their territory to the United States. Trump’s already in quicksand with China, embroiled in a trade war...
by drjmcurtis | May 31, 2019
When 72-year-old President Donald Trump walked out Feb. 28 of the Hanoi, Vietnam summit with 34-year-old North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, you knew heads would roll. Recent reports from South Korean intelligence indicate that Kim executed five diplomats involved in...
by drjmcurtis | May 30, 2019
Speaking the press for the first time yesterday, 74-year-old Robert Mueller said nothing about his 22-month investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and alleged collusion by 72-year-old President Donald Trump. Atty. Gen. William Barr said that...