July 2, 2019

Meanwhile. . .

The Trump administration has missed its own July 1 deadline to print the paper forms needed for next year’s Census, NPR reports. A website tracking the progress of 2020 Census materials shows they’re yet to be officially approved by the White House's Office of Management and Budget, which is headed by Trump’s acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney.

Almost 150 historians who specialize in genocide are asking the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to retract its statement condemning the use of Holocaust analogies when describing inhumane conditions in migrant detention centers.The scholars penned an open letter on Monday acknowledging support for the museum in Washington, D.C., but also expressing concern regarding its June 24 statement.

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