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U.S. NEWS Friday 14 July 2023
Even the most populous places are pushing for U.S. census

corrections

By MIKE SCHNEIDER of Finance in California, the
Associated Press most populated U.S. state
A misplaced naval ship in with 39 million residents.
California. Overlooked col- California officials also con-
lege students in New York tend that almost 10,000 col-
City. Missed inmates in Tex- lege students and inmates
as. These are some of the were overlooked during the
reasons why the two most census. They were among
populous states and the the most difficult to count
largest city in the U.S. filed as campuses closed and
last-minute requests for cor- prisons were locked down
rections to their 2020 cen- at the start of the COVID-19
sus figures right before the pandemic, which coincid-
deadline at the end of last ed with the beginning of
month. California, Texas the head count. The Cen-
and New York City were sus Bureau created a sep-
joined by a dozen and a arate program to handle
half other stragglers, includ- these challenges.
ing Illinois and New Orleans, California officials said they
that made down-to-the- waited until the deadline to
deadline appeals over the make their filings because
numbers that help deter- they wanted to first see if
mine political power and local municipalities would
the annual distribution of The sun sets behind the New York skyline, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, as seen from Calvary Cemetery. file requests.
$2.8 trillion in federal fund- Associated Press ILLINOIS
ing. Illinois, the sixth most popu-
In total, nearly 200 requests ment process, nor for the to gain three additional aircraft carrier USS Abra- lous U.S. state with 12.5 mil-
for corrections were filed by data used for redrawing congressional seats instead ham Lincoln. California lion residents, was one of
local, state and tribal gov- political districts. That’s too of the two it gained after officials believe its more six states that had under-
ernments through two pro- bad for some cities and the 2020 census. than 5,000 crew members counts of its population,
grams started by the U.S. states not to mention the In one of the most unusual were wrongly assigned to according to the Census
Census Bureau to give gov- two major political parties reasons given for a correc- San Diego’s population Bureau. In his correction re-
ernments opportunities to fighting over every foot of tion request, sailors on an total instead of neighbor- quest, Gov. JB Pritzker didn’t
have their population totals territory in a closely divided aircraft carrier in Southern ing National City’s figures. specify how many people
reviewed and corrected if nation. If the Democratic- California may have been Although part of the ship he believes were missed
need be. If successful, any leaning state of New York assigned to the wrong city’s is located in San Diego, of- but cited the bureau’s es-
corrections will be applied had counted 89 more resi- population because of the ficials said what matters is timate of almost 2% of the
only to future population dents the equivalent of a location of the ship’s slip. where crew members get population. Among the
estimates used for the rest small apartment building’s Here’s a look at some of off and on the ship: the part omissions were residents
of the decade in determin- tenants in New York City the last-minute requests for of Naval Base San Diego in in nursing homes, dorms,
ing federal funding. They during the 2020 census, it corrections made by states National City. homeless shelters, residen-
can’t be used to change wouldn’t have lost a con- and cities: “Kansas doesn’t have this tial treatment facilities and
how many congressional gressional seat. Among Re- CALIFORNIA problem,” said H.D. Palmer, jails, Pritzker said in one of
seats each state was allot- publican-controlled states, The slip-up, so to speak, re- deputy director of external two letters submitted to the
ted during the apportion- Texas had been expected portedly took place on the affairs for the Department Census Bureau.q

DOJ urges judge to not postpone Trump’s classified documents trial

By ERIC TUCKER countered this week with requires postponement of
Associated Press a request for a delay. They the trial, saying they’ve al-
WASHINGTON (AP) — The did not propose a specific ready produced grand jury
Justice Department urged date but said the case con- transcripts and unclassified
a judge Thursday to re- cerned novel legal issues, witness statements. They
ject Donald Trump’s ef- and proceeding with a trial said that in the next week,
forts to postpone his clas- within six months is “unrea- they will produce witness
sified documents trial, say- sonable” and would “result statements for interviews
ing there was no basis for in a miscarriage of justice.” conducted through June
an “open-ended” delay On Thursday, prosecutors 23, or two weeks after the
sought by his lawyers. Fed- on special counsel Jack indictment was returned.
eral prosecutors last month Smith’s team responded Though the defense law-
proposed a Dec. 11 trial for by asking U.S. District Judge yers had said a continu-
Trump, who is charged with Aileen Cannon to not post- ance was necessary be-
37 felony counts related to pone the trial beyond the cause they hadn’t yet re-
the mishandling of classi- December date they rec- ceived classified evidence Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event,
fied documents at his Mar- ommended. in the case, prosecutors Saturday, July 8, 2023, in Las Vegas.
a-Lago estate, though the They rejected the idea that noted that as of Thursday, Associated Press
actual date will be up to any of the legal arguments only two of the attorneys cation for a security clear- them to access such evi-
the judge. Trump’s lawyers the defense intends to raise have submitted an appli- ance that would enable dence. q