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President Donald Trump will make an announcement about the census on Thursday afternoon. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Confusion surrounds what Trump will say about census

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 11, 2019 at 3:04pm
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his administration will push for background checks legislation that would close “loopholes.” (Alex Wong/Getty Images file photo)

Trump steers again toward Supreme Court with census citizenship executive order

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 11, 2019 at 1:55pm
President Donald Trump waves as he walks off Marine One at the White House on Friday. Trump said he canceled the trip to Poland so he could monitor Hurricane Dorian, but some Democrats see political motives. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Trump will announce executive order on census and immigration on Thursday afternoon

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 11, 2019 at 7:36am
Attorney General William Barr has said the Justice Department will have more to say about how it will proceed on litigation on the census soon. But a path forward in the courts or in Congress is unclear. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Spending, legal hoops ahead for Trump on census question

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 9, 2019 at 2:32pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., sent a letter to colleagues Monday saying the House will “soon” vote to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with subpoenas seeking documents explaining the rationale for adding a citizenship question to the census. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

House will vote ‘soon’ to hold Barr, Ross in criminal contempt over citizenship question

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 8, 2019 at 6:46pm
President Donald Trump speaks at the “Salute to America” ceremony in front of the Lincoln Memorial on July 4. (Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)

DOJ, Trump push ahead in fight for census citizenship question

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 5, 2019 at 3:21pm
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his administration will push for background checks legislation that would close “loopholes.” (Alex Wong/Getty Images file photo)

Trump defends border patrol agents, need for citizenship question on census

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 5, 2019 at 1:32pm
Protesters hold signs at a rally in front of the Supreme Court on June 27 after its ruling on the census question. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Citizenship question dropped from the 2020 census

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 2, 2019 at 5:19pm