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NPR (Hansi Lo Wang) - Trump officials propose testing a citizenship question amid a push to alter the census Thu Feb 5 16:20:44 2026

The Trump administration proposes to include a question about U.S. citizenship status in this year's field test of the 2030 census, as Republicans push to alter the counts behind voting maps.

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NPR (Hansi Lo Wang) - A major census test faces cutbacks — with postal workers tapped to help count Mon Feb 2 18:04:47 2026

The Trump administration has shrunk the number of locations for this year's field test of the 2030 census and added plans to test replacing temporary census workers with U.S. Postal Service staff.

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