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A federal appeals court kept blocking Trump’s attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, undercutting a central administration push that had already been battered by the Supreme Court. The ruling did not end the fight, but it deepened the sense that the White House had run a political crusade into a legal brick wall.
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A federal appeals court kept blocking Trump’s attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, undercutting a central administration push that had already been battered by the Supreme Court. The ruling did not end the fight, but it deepened the sense that the White House had run a political crusade into a legal brick wall.
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