WASHINGTON D.C. – President Donald Trump and the White House task force on coronavirus will provide an update on the nation’s response to the pandemic Monday after 5 p.m.
Watch live at the top of this story. EARLIER STORY: The White House has asked to delay census deadlines in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
The decennial count helps distribute federal funds and determine congressional districts. The Census Bureau was scheduled to deliver counts to the President and Congress by December.
U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney said administration officials were asking that all census field operations be postponed until June 1 and that the deadline for wrapping up the nation’s headcount be pushed back until Oct.