US President Donald Trump backed down Thursday from a push to force a controversial question on citizenship onto the 2020 census following a backlash by civil rights campaigners. "We are pursuing a new option to ensure a complete and timely count of the non-citizen population," the president told a news conference at the White House. Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court seemingly ended a legal and political battle over the issue.

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