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Trump Administration Ends Bid to Add Census Citizenship Question

Reuters

   WASHINGTON - In a stinging defeat for President Donald Trump, his
   administration has ended its effort to add a citizenship question to
   the 2020 U.S. census, saying that it will begin printing forms that do
   not include the contentious query.

   White House and Justice Department officials confirmed the decision,
   which came in the aftermath of a Supreme Court ruling on June 27 that
   faulted the Trump administration for its original attempt to add the
   question.

   Although the court left open the possibility of the administration
   adding the question, there was little time left for the government to
   come up with a new rationale.

   The government had said in court filings that it needed to finalize the
   details of the questionnaire by the end of June.

   Trump had suggested delaying the census so that the question could be
   added.