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Trump Demands New US Census As Redistricting War Spreads

Lawmakers in Texas are at loggerheads over a Republican move to ram through a redistricting measure seen as partisan (Credit: AFP)

US President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered officials to work on a new census excluding undocumented immigrants, as the White House presses Republican states to draw more favorable voter maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Trump called for a "new and highly accurate" census that he wanted based on unspecified "modern day facts and figures" gleaned from the 2024 election.

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