cabinet – BTW – Stuff You Should Know

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Women’s History Month: Women in the Cabinet

March 5, 2025 btwadmin 0

Women’s History Month is observed each March in the United States. It provides a time to honor the many historical contributions of women and girls. […]

Status of Biden’s Cabinet

February 4, 2021 btwuser 0

This week’s Election Central post updates you on President Biden’s cabinet of advisors, what they do, and their progress in getting Senate confirmation. One of […]

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Biden Appoints First Native American Cabinet Secretary

January 26, 2021 btwuser 0

One of a new president’s most important jobs is appointing a new cabinet. President Biden has appointed New Mexico Representative Deb Haaland to be the […]

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Biden Begins Choosing Cabinet

December 18, 2020 btwuser 0

This week’s Election Central fills you in on President-elect Biden’s growing list of Cabinet nominees and other possible members of his staff. President-elect Joe Biden […]

Exterior of the Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Building in Washington DC

Pruitt Departs EPA

July 10, 2018 btwuser 0

This week’s story update on the Election Central Web site provides the news that the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, has resigned […]

Stuff YOU Should Know

February 24, 2017 btwuser 0

Puzder Steps Down Last Wednesday, Andrew Puzder, President Trump’s pick for labor secretary, withdrew his nomination for the cabinet. Mr. Puzder made the announcement after […]

What’s Happening with Trump’s Cabinet?

January 30, 2017 btwuser 0

This week, over on the Election Central Web site we take a look at progress being made in the number of nominees and appointments that President Trump […]

Francis Bicknell Carpenter (American painter, 1830-1900), First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Lincoln, 1864, oil on canvas, 108 inches (274.3 cm) x 180 inches (457.2 cm), located in the U.S. Capitol Building over the west staircase in the Senate wing. Carol Highsmith, photographer. Photographed: [between 1980 and 2006]. 1 color transparency; 4 x 5 in. or smaller.

History of the Presidential Cabinet

December 7, 2016 btwuser 0

Part of the executive branch, the cabinet is made up of the president’s most private, trusted advisers. All members are chosen by the president and […]

Nov. 17, 2016, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. speaks to media at Trump Tower in New York. President-elect Donald Trump has picked Sessions for the job of attorney general.

Meet (Some of) the Trump Cabinet

November 24, 2016 btwuser 0

This week, over on the Election Central Web site we begin to examine some of the top advisor picks made by President-elect Donald Trump. On […]