Biden Begins Choosing Cabinet
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 won’t take office until January 20, but in the meantime, he has a lot of work to do. He has begun choosing advisers, aides, and cabinet members. These people will […]
A Look at the 2020 Election
The entire 2020 presidential election season between Donald Trump and Joe Biden was unusual to say the least. The day after the election, more surprises remain because there is no clear winner. There are, however, several interesting things that can be learned from what we know right now. Here, btw takes a closer look at […]
COVID-19: What is the Government’s Role?
This week’s story update on Election Central focuses on the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak and how the government plays a role in the problem. Depending on where you live in the country, the impact you are feeling from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is likely to range from inconvenience to a total lifestyle change. That’s because […]
House Begins Public Impeachment Hearings
This week’s story update on Election Central summarizes the start of public hearings on the impeachment inquiry. By now, you’ve likely heard of President Trump’s July 25 phone call to the president of Ukraine, in which Trump is accused of pressured the leader to investigate Joe Biden and his son. It is suggested that Trump […]
Congress to Address Humanitarian Crisis at Southern Border
Over the past year, seven children have died while being held in U.S. custody at immigrant detention centers on our southern border. These are children whose parents have been detained while trying to cross illegally into the United States. Many of the children are kept in facilities that are cramped and overcrowded. Reporters have stated […]
Barr Under Fire
This week’s story update on the Election Central Web provides another update on the Mueller Report release and takes a closer look at Attorney General Barr’s summary of the report For most of Donald Trump’s presidency, he has been under investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller for his knowledge of Russian tampering in the 2016 […]
Federal Government: Open for Business!
This week’s story update on the Election Central Web site has some good news! The month-long federal government shutdown is over . . . for now. Last Friday, the White House agreed to temporarily reopen the federal government, putting to an end the longest government shutdown in American history. But it may not be too […]
Goodbye President Bush
This week’s story update on the Election Central Web site remembers the nation’s 41st president, George H.W. Bush. His state funeral was observed in the nation’s capital last week. President George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st president of the United States, died on November 30, 2018 at the age of 94. He was the longest-lived president […]
The President vs. Anonymous
This week’s story update on the Election Central Web site looks into two dramatic stories surrounding President Trump and his administration. On September 5, the New York Times published an anonymous Op-Ed piece by a White House insider. This individual, only identified as a Senior White House official, whose identity is known to the Times editorial leaders, wrote about […]
Manafort and Cohen Guilty
This week’s story update on the Election Central Web site provides an update on the trial rulings for former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen. Last week, in what many have described as the darkest day of Trump’s presidency, two key men close to the president learned that they will […]