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Barr sees legal path for citizenship census question, but could face contempt charge
U.S. Attorney General William Barr says he sees a legal way to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, despite the Supreme Court's ruling two weeks ago. In an interview with the Associated Press Monday, Barr said the Trump administration will take action in the coming days that he believes will allow the government to add the controversial census query. Barr did not detail the plans, but a senior official said President Trump is expected to issue a memorandum to the Commerce Department instructing it to include the question on census forms. On June 27, the Supreme Court found that the reasoning provided by the administration for the citizenship question -- that it would help them enforce the Voting Rights Act -- was insufficient and sent the case back to the lower courts for further consideration.

However, matters could become complicated as House Democratic leadership has indicated that there will "soon" be a full House vote to hold Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in criminal contempt over their failure to comply with subpoenas regarding the citizenship question on the census form, a source told Fox News. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blasted the citizenship question as Trump's attempt to "make America white again."

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump, left, and Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta listen during a meeting of the President's National Council of the American Worker in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. The arrest of billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein on child sex trafficking charges is raising new questions about the future of Acosta as well as Epstein’s relationships with several major political figures, including President Donald Trump and former President Bill Clinton. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

The Epstein web: Pelosi calls Trump Cabinet member's resignation, Clinton distances himself
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi late Monday called on Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta to step down for what she called an “unconscionable agreement” with Jeffrey Epstein, who was charged earlier with sex trafficking in New York City federal court. In 2008, Epstein faced similar charges, and Acosta, then a U.S. attorney in Miami, helped secure a plea deal that resulted in an 18-month sentence for the politically-connected hedge fund manager. Epstein served only 13 months. The deal was criticized as lenient because he could have faced a life sentence.

Meanwhile, Bill Clinton distanced himself from Epstein Monday, as a spokesman said the former president "knows nothing" of the alleged crimes. Clinton admitted flying on Epstein's airplane four times between 2002 and 2003 as part of his work for the Clinton Foundation but said he had not talked to him in over a decade.

FILE - In this May 29, 2019, file photo, special counsel Robert Mueller speaks at the Department of Justice Wednesday, in Washington, about the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Mueller has Barr's blessing to back out of July 17 hearing
Attorney General William Barr said in an interview Monday that the Justice Department would support Robert Mueller if he decides he "doesn't want to subject himself" to questioning from congressional Democrats at a planned July 17 hearing. Barr's comments raised the dramatic possibility that Mueller would pull out of the questioning at the last minute -- a potential coup for Democrats, as some Republicans and commentators have said Mueller's testimony could end up revealing fundamental problems with his now-closed investigation.

Trump: Green New Deal would 'crush' America's poor
In a White House speech that touted his administration's environmental efforts, President Trump issued a new full-throated denunciation of the Green New Deal championed by top Democrats, including New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, saying the proposal would devastate the economy and hit minorities the hardest. The address was aimed at publicizing the often under-reported work by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as well as firing a political shot across the bow of Democrats who largely have dominated the conversation on climate change. Meanwhile, Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders will introduce a resolution Tuesday declaring a climate change emergency, a move that comes after the Green New Deal failed to take off the ground earlier this year.

FILE -- In this Aug. 3, 2017 file photo Michelle Carter, center, listens to her sentencing for involuntary manslaughter for encouraging 18-year-old Conrad Roy III to kill himself in July of 2014. Lawyers for Carter have appealed her involuntary manslaughter conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court. (Matt West/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool, File)

Lawyers urge Supreme Court to toss conviction of woman who encouraged boyfriend's suicide
Lawyers for the Massachusetts woman who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for encouraging her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to throw out her conviction because it violated her right to free speech. Michelle Carter's lawyers called her conviction in Conrad Roy III's death "unprecedented," saying it raises crucial questions about whether "words alone" are enough to hold someone responsible for someone's suicide.

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