Hansi Lo Wang
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Politics
Judge To Review Claims Of Census Citizenship Question's 'Discriminatory' Origins
While the Justice Department continues exploring possible ways to add a question about citizenship to the census forms, a federal judge in Maryland is moving ahead with reopening two cases against it.
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Politics
News Brief: Trump's July 4 Speech, Census, Gaza Exodus
President Trump plans to speak on the National Mall during what has traditionally been a nonpolitical event. Also, we have the latest on the census citizenship question.
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Politics
Trump Digs In On Census Citizenship Question, Sparking Confusion And Court Activity
Tweets by President Trump are sowing confusion about the upcoming 2020 census and whether his administration plans to continue a legal fight to add a citizenship question.
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National
How The Fight Over The Census Citizenship Question Could Rage On
President Trump threatened to delay next year's constitutionally mandated head count hours after the Supreme Court ruled to keep a citizenship question off 2020 census forms for now.
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Politics
Supreme Court Rules On Citizenship Question, Partisan Gerrymandering
The Supreme Court is blocking a citizenship question from the 2020 census for now. Also, it ruled that partisan redistricting is a political question that federal courts cannot weigh in on.
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Politics
Supreme Court Leaves Citizenship Question Blocked For Now From 2020 Census
The decision comes more than a year after the Trump administration announced plans to include on forms for the national head count the question, "Is this person a citizen of the United States?"
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Politics
Trump Blocked Congress From Seeing These Emails About The Census Unredacted
President Trump has claimed executive privilege over emails and memos that Democratic lawmakers say may reveal the real reason why the administration pushed for a census citizenship question.
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Politics
Citizenship Question Lawsuit Plaintiffs Ask Supreme Court To Delay Ruling
In a last-minute request, plaintiffs' attorneys led by the ACLU are asking the justices to wait to rule on the census question in light of documents that show an alleged Trump administration cover-up.
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Politics
GOP Redistricting Strategist Played Role In Push For Census Citizenship Question
A deceased redistricting specialist's documents suggest the citizenship question was added to redraw political maps to favor Republicans and non-Hispanic white people, according to a new court filing.
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Politics
Trump's Proposed Census Citizenship Question Bucks Centuries Of Precedent
Never before has the U.S. census directly asked for the citizenship status of every person living in every household. The question the Trump administration wants on the 2020 census could change that.