Extra Extra: Trump Reportedly Considering Executive Order On Census Citizenship Question

A Liberty dump truck in Herald Square.

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• After Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced the Census Bureau would begin printing the 2020 census without the controversial citizenship question, DOJ lawyers reversed course and said they would continue to appeal to include the question, which many believe would give Republicans an enormous political advantage for years to come.
• And President Trump is reportedly considering an Executive Order to require the citizenship question on the 2020 Census, which one former federal judge believes would be upheld by the Supreme Court.
• Firefighters called to rescue an infant from a hot car parked in Queens yesterday discovered that it was another one of those realistic baby dolls.
• Michigan Rep. Justin Amash, the only Republican in Congress to call for President Trump's impeachment, announced today that he is quitting the GOP.
• After nearly seven decades, beloved puerile satirical rag Mad Magazine will stop publishing new content..
• White House officials are reportedly worried Trump's big salute to himself in front of the Lincoln Memorial tonight will be sparsely attended.
• Three bedroom apartments in NYC are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive, making it harder for parents to raise families in the city.
• Stuyvesant High School administrators misspelled over 400 Certificates of Achievement awarded to top students at the end of the school year.
• Miami Dolphins' defensive tackle Kendrick Norton had to have his left arm amputated following a car crash on a Florida highway early Thursday morning.
• And finally, here's a good boy riding the subway: