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Trump to announce new executive action on census question

Washington • President Donald Trump is expected to announce new executive action Thursday after the Supreme Court blocked his effort to require a citizenship question on the 2020 census.

Trump tweeted Thursday morning that he would be holding a news conference on the subject. A senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity to preview the plans, said the president would be announcing new action but did not elaborate.

Any action to get past the Supreme Court ruling would likely draw an immediate legal challenge, and officials were still scrambling to finalize language in the hours after Trump's tweet.