Jul 11 WATCH: Trump abandons 2020 census citizenship question, but seeks data from federal agencies President Donald Trump says he's ordering every federal department and agency to provide the Commerce Department with all records it requests pertaining to the number of citizens and noncitizens in the country. Continue reading
Jul 09 Judge blocks government lawyers from quitting census fight By Associated Press The Justice Department formally asked the judge on Monday to let them switch lawyers after an embarrassing episode last week when lawyers seemed to be giving up the legal fight as President Donald Trump vowed to keep trying to include… Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch 6:16 News Wrap: Iran exceeds allowed levels of uranium enrichment In our news wrap Monday, Iran announced it has begun enriching uranium to levels higher than is allowed under the 2015 nuclear accord. The new level is still far below weapons-grade, but a foreign ministry spokesman threatened that it could… Continue watching
Jul 05 Watch 4:00 As census goes to print, Trump administration isn’t giving up on citizenship question After a Supreme Court decision left open the possibility of justifying the addition of a citizenship question on the 2020 U.S. census, the Trump administration is exploring ways to do just that. Yamiche Alcindor joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the… Continue watching
Jul 05 DOJ still working to add citizenship question to 2020 census By Associated Press But the department says it's unclear how that will happen. Continue reading
Jul 05 WATCH: Trump considering executive order on census citizenship question President Donald Trump said issuing an executive order is among four or five options he's considering even though the government has already begun the process of printing the census questionnaire. Continue reading
Jul 04 Trump says officials are working holiday to resolve census dispute By Mark Sherman, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Trump hopes to find a way to have the 2020 census include a citizenship question even though the government has begun the process of printing the questionnaire without it. Continue reading
Jul 03 Watch 4:11 Trump rejects court decision on unconstitutional asylum detention Although the Trump administration has faced criticism for overcrowded and unsanitary migrant detention facilities, the president seems to be sticking to his hardline stance on immigration. He rejected a federal court ruling that it’s unconstitutional to hold asylum-seekers indefinitely without… Continue watching
Jul 03 Trump administration still exploring citizenship query By Associated Press A high-ranking Justice Department official is telling a federal judge that the Trump administration has not abandoned efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, even as the U.S. Census Bureau has started the process of printing the… Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch 5:13 News Wrap: Census forms won’t include citizenship question In our news wrap Tuesday, White House and Justice Department officials confirmed the U.S. Census Bureau will begin printing forms for the 2020 survey, without a citizenship question. Also, members of the European Union have broken a deadlock and chosen… Continue watching