Trump Administration Retreats on Census Citizenship Question

Pens are available at an even to mark the one-year-out launch of the 2020 census efforts in Boston,  April 1, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

In a stinging defeat for President Donald Trump, his administration 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. But, nevertheless, Trump later indicated he would still try to get the "most vital" question included on the questionnaire.

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