Current Events

​1. What event has caused Trump to make changes to his staff and advisers? . Beyond that, Trump was said to want a chief of staff with more political expertise to help him handle the inevitable investigations and legislative battles with next year’s Democrat-controlled House, and to prepare for the 2020 election. 2. How did CNN describe the relationship between the president and the Chief of Staff this week? his week that Kelly and Trump were no longer even speaking to each other.his week that Kelly and Trump were no longer even speaking to each other. 3. Who was Trump's original Chief of Staff and what job did he come from before that? Reince Priebus RNC chair 4. Why did Trump pick Kelly (the military general) to become his new Chief of Staff? Trump picked Kelly, a retired Marine general, to be his secretary of homeland security, and he held that post for about the first six months of the Trump presidency. 5. In what ways did Kelly influence policy making while he was Chi...

1 Look at the map.  By what margins did Democrats win in the 3 districts that they won? 10 2. Look at the map.  By what margins did Republicans win in the 9 districts that they won? 20 3. What percent of the votes for Representatives did Republicans and Democrats earn statewide? 48.3 and 50.4 4. What have federal courts said about the district lines in North Carolina?  federal judges had deemed unconstitutional; those lines were drawn because previous ones had also been deemed unconstitutional. 5. What did Democrats fail to do in both North Carolina and Ohio?  federal judges had deemed unconstitutional; those lines were drawn because previous ones had also been deemed unconstitutional. 6. Why did Pennsylvania have new districts for this election? What was the result of the House elections in Pennsylvania this year? Pennsylvania, which voted under a new nonpartisan, court-ordered map, went from 13 Republicans and five Democrats to nine Republicans and nine ...