The states with the largest illegal immigrant populations stand to lose significant congressional representation under a sweeping new proposal from the Trump administration that would exclude noncitizens without legal status from the official census count.
The Trump administration has moved to change the national census to include only U.S. citizens and permanent residents rather than including all those in the country, such as those present illegally in the nation.
New York could be on track to lose two seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2030 census as its population growth lags behind faster-growing states.
President Donald Trump has directed his administration to begin working on a new census that does not incorporate those illegally present in the United States.
France’s birthrate fell to its lowest level since the end of World War I, with only 663,000 babies born in 2024, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). This marks a 2.2% decline from the previous year and the lowest recorded births since 1946. The fertility rate also dropped to 1.62 children per woman, well below the 2.1 replacement level needed to maintain population stability.
On Christmas Eve, outdoorsman and TV personality Bear Grylls took to his X account to make a misleading statement about the birth of Christ, calling Mary "a Palestinian girl" and claiming that she and Joseph were “refugees” when they traveled to Bethlehem. This inaccurate portrayal, which Grylls used to advance a political narrative, quickly garnered backlash.
Michigan's population has seen an uptick over the past year, primarily driven by international migration, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The new 2024 vintage numbers suggest that the state will maintain all 13 of its current Electoral College votes in the 2030 reapportionment, despite previous concerns about potential losses.
