Citizenship

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Democrats have a perverse legal logic on illegal immigration

Jenna Ellis · March 28, 2018 9:11 pm

Rubio charged that by cutting funding for democracy programs in Cuba, the State Department has conceded. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Marco Rubio: Outrage over citizenship question on 2020 census is ‘latest absurd freakout’

Katelyn Caralle · March 28, 2018 2:12 pm

American Samoans sue for US citizenship at birth

Associated Press · March 28, 2018 2:01 am

The nation's Hispanic population grew by 2.2 percent to 56.6 million, and New Mexico had the largest percentage of Latinos in the country at 48 percent, according to new information from the U.S. Census Bureau. Data also showed New Mexico has one of the highest percentages of minorities in the country.

Multistate coalition expected to challenge citizenship question on Census

Melissa Quinn · March 27, 2018 8:26 pm

Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., the ranking member on the House Benghazi Committee, speaks to reporters before the start of the committee's closed-door hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. The House committee is looking into the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya and is interviewing former CIA director David Petraeus as the investigation enters its third calendar year, and a presidential election year. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats demand hearing on census citizenship question

Susan Ferrechio · March 27, 2018 7:39 pm

In a Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012 file photo, from left; Racial Statistics Branch Chief of the U.S. Census Bureau Nicholas Jones presents a graph of Native American population during. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

White House defends addition of citizenship question to 2020 census

Gabby Morrongiello · March 27, 2018 7:19 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., pointed to the fact that several Americans and Russian nationals and entities have been indicted by special counsel Robert Muellerâs Russia probe.

Nancy Pelosi: Adding citizenship question to census violates the Constitution

Katelyn Caralle · March 27, 2018 3:03 pm

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a key member of the group, are trying to avoid lawmakers adding money to the resolution as they work on the tax legislation.

Beltway Confidential

Conservatives fear a missed opportunity on funding for the border wall

Al Weaver · March 25, 2018 4:00 am

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House approves $1.3 trillion spending bill just hours after it was introduced

Susan Ferrechio · March 22, 2018 4:58 pm

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Deficit hawks rip $1.3T spending bill: ‘When will we learn?’

Pete Kasperowicz · March 22, 2018 2:09 am

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross testifies during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

‘No decision’ on whether Census will ask about citizenship, Wilbur Ross says

Sean Higgins · March 20, 2018 10:28 pm

Beltway Confidential

Chris McDaniel’s feud with Mississippi governor delaying conservative support for his Senate campaign

Al Weaver · March 18, 2018 4:01 am