The president is instead ordering all federal agencies to turn over information on the numbers of citizens and noncitizens.
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Appeals court dismisses constitutional case involving LePage’s stays at Trump hotel in D.C.
The unanimous ruling is a victory for the president in a case brought by the attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia.
Judge blocks government lawyers from quitting census fight
U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman wrote ‘defendants provide no reason, let alone “satisfactory reasons,” for the substitution of counsel.’
Susan Collins teams up with Lindsey Graham to raise campaign cash
Heading into a tough 2020 re-election campaign, Maine’s senior senator formed a joint fundraising group with her Republican colleague from South Carolina.
Opponents of a dozen new laws aim to erase them with ‘people’s veto’ campaigns
With a short time to collect 63,067 signatures, special interest groups and individuals file more than a dozen requests to challenge newly signed laws.
Dems want Acosta to quit for role in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex plea
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and a growing collection of congressional Democrats say President Donald Trump’s labor secretary should quit
Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot, 2-time candidate for president, dies at 89
The self-made billionaire was still at the office most days, even after being diagnosed with leukemia in February.
Republican lawmakers and Mills spar over nursing home funding
The legislators criticize the governor for delaying action on a funding bill, but the Democrat says it would have set reimbursement rates too high to qualify for federal matching funds.
LePage’s final year included 39 days in Florida and a $33,000 trip to Montenegro
Newly obtained documents reveal details of trips the former governor tried to conceal.
U.K. ambassador called Trump administration ‘clumsy and inept’
The memos also characterize the president’s policy on Iran as ‘incoherent, chaotic.’