Current Events

Citizen Bee questions in the Current Events category will be based on a number of sources. There are no Study Guide entries for this category. For the Current Events portion of the Bee, study the following:

• National and world headline news stories from September 1, 2020 through February 19, 2021
• Major actions of Congress from September 1, 2020 to February 19, 2021
• Newsworthy stories related to the President of the United States
• The two U.S. Senators from Texas
• Current Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court
• Names of the heads of “the big four” Cabinet departments: State, Defense, Justice, and Treasury
• Major stories concerning the “big four” Cabinet departments
• Major leaders in both houses of the U.S. Congress for 2020 and 2021
• National and Texas elections and politics for 2020 and 2021