The Trump administration defended the citizenship question by saying it was needed to better enforce the Voting Rights Act, which relies on accurate estimates of voting-eligible populations. The White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said in a briefing that the decision to gather citizenship data through the decennial census was “necessary for the Department…
States including Texas, Florida, Colorado and Oregon are projected to gain seats after the 2020 numbers are in. Illinois, Ohio, New York and West Virginia are among the states expected to lose seats. An undercount could shift those projections. Lawmakers also use census data to draw congressional district boundaries within states, an often-controversial process that…
Stocks were on the back foot again across both Europe and Asia as the selloff in technology shares that rattled U.S. markets on Tuesday weighed on sentiment. Amid the risk-off mood Treasuries extended gains, but the yen slipped.The Stoxx Europe 600 Index trimmed some losses, but equities still retreated across most sectors as technology companies…
Turmoil, meet month end. Month end, meet turmoil.The latest bout of risk-off moves in global markets has arrived just as investors prepare to close out the month and quarter. That leaves many with a conundrum: just how much of the current tumult is down to shifting fundamentals, and how much to portfolio rebalancing that usually…
This type of access has value on the international stage, where the perception of support from an American president — or even a photo with one — can benefit foreign leaders back home. Mr. Broidy was open about his business interests, but the administration made no effort to curtail his offers of access to clients…
That lawyer, Jay Sekulow, is a conservative commentator who made his name on religious freedom cases. Mr. Sekulow is in talks with other lawyers about joining the team, although it is not clear how far those discussions have progressed. Hours before the announcement of Mr. diGenova’s departure, which Mr. Sekulow said was related to a…
The Trump administration is under growing pressure to explain the details of its trade policies after fears of a tit-for-tat economic conflict between the U.S. and China sent stocks tumbling last week.Businesses and investors are awaiting details in the coming days of the proposed product list for the tariffs on roughly $50 billion in Chinese…
Here’s another reason to circle the 2020 election year on the calendar. It may well be the year of the next U.S. recession.Hefty tax cuts, stepped-up government spending and robust global growth should help insulate the economy against a downturn over the next two years, in spite of last week’s stock-market swoon. That would allow…
The president, furious over the failure of Congress to pay for his wall on the southern border with Mexico, began Friday by threatening in a Twitter post shortly before 9 a.m. to veto a $1.3 trillion spending bill passed hours earlier by Congress. That raised the specter of another government shutdown at midnight, this one…
“There is no evidence to support a policy that bars from military service patriotic Americans who are medically fit and able to deploy,” said Aaron Belkin, the director of the Palm Center, which focuses on sexuality and the military. “Our troops and our nation deserve better.” In a series of Twitter posts in July, Mr.…
