The Center For Popular Democracy Action and the City of Newburgh, NY sued the Census Bureau and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in federal court, claiming their 2020 Census plans sharply reduce resources for counting black, Latino and other communities that the Census Bureau calls “hard to count.”
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The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday sued Attorney General Bill Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross for not responding to a congressional subpoena for records on the push to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
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With billions of dollars in federal aid and seats in Congress at stake, some Republican-dominated states are dragging their feet in carrying out one of the Census Bureau’s chief recommendations for making sure everyone is counted during the 2020 census.
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The re-election victory by Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards over the weekend has assured Democrats of an all-important place at the table when political maps are redrawn after the 2020 census for elections to Congress and the state Legislature.
Read moreA three-judge Fourth Circuit panel seemed open Wednesday to reinstating a lawsuit claiming the Trump administration is unprepared for the 2020 census, which activists say could lead to minority communities being undercounted.
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National security adviser Robert C. O’Brien and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will represent President Trump at two regional summits in Thailand this weekend, the White House said, a move widely viewed in the region as a snub.
Read moreThe Animal Legal Defense Fund sued Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and his agency’s creatures in federal court, claiming they illegally undermined the Endangered Species Act through regulations.
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Responding to reports that the U.S. Census Bureau is requesting drivers’ license records to verify whether those who take the survey in 2020 are citizens, experts say the predicted drop in participation from immigrants will be the same as if the Supreme Court had not barred the citizenship question in June.
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The gap between the haves and have-nots in the United States grew last year to its highest level in more than 50 years of tracking income inequality, according to Census Bureau figures.
Read moreCommerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Monday that the United States will extend by 90 days a limited reprieve on U.S. technology sales to Huawei.
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The House of Representatives passed a measure supporting their recent investigations of the Trump administration even as the Justice Department informed lawmakers Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will not be charged after being held in criminal contempt for defying congressional subpoenas.
Read moreThe House of Representatives voted 230-198 to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in criminal contempt of Congress Wednesday for their failure to respond to subpoenas issued in connection to an investigation into the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 census.
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A congressional committee Monday cleared the way for the U.S. House of Representatives to vote on whether to hold Attorney General William Barr and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with subpoenas relating to a census citizenship question.
Read moreWith the country waiting on his next move, President Donald Trump will make an announcement Tuesday afternoon about the 2020 census but it is unclear whether he will abandon or continue his fight to add a controversial citizenship question.
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As President Donald Trump pushes to add a citizenship question to the U.S. census despite a Supreme Court setback, a federal judge in California said he won’t have a role to play for the foreseeable future.
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Attorney General William Barr said Monday he sees a way to legally require 2020 census respondents to declare whether or not they are citizens, despite a Supreme Court ruling that forbade asking the question.
Read moreThe Justice Department is shaking up the legal team fighting for the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 census but offered no explanation why the change is being made.
Read moreA week after the Supreme Court rebuked the government’s contrived rationale for changing the 2020 census to include a citizenship question, Justice Department attorneys told a federal judge Friday they will continue their fight.
Read moreAs the 2020 census goes to print, in compliance with court orders to eschew a citizenship question expected to entrench Republican power, President Donald Trump said Wednesday that commitment to adding the question hasn’t wavered.
Read moreTrump administration officials said Tuesday they will move forward with the 2020 census without a question asking about respondents’ citizenship, abandoning its quest to add the controversial query after being blocked last week by the Supreme Court.
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