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Hansi Lo Wang

Correspondent, Politics and Policy Desk

Trump officials propose sweeping changes to the census that would reshape voting maps

Trump officials propose sweeping changes to the census that would reshape voting maps

Hansi Lo Wang | Sep 9, 2026, 12:58 PM UTC
A Trump census proposal would stop asking about race and exclude millions of U.S. residents from a count that the 14th Amendment says must include the "whole number of persons in each state."
Postal Service appeals order blocking plan for Trump's push to restrict mail voting
Postal Service appeals order blocking plan for Trump's push to restrict mail voting
The U.S. Postal Service appealed the court ruling blocking its plan for President Trump's order aimed at restricting mail-in voting for the midterm election, setting up a likely Supreme Court fight.
Hansi Lo Wang | Aug 26, 2026, 5:15 PM UTC
Supreme Court gives Trump an interim win on his mail voting order, but hurdles loom
Supreme Court gives Trump an interim win on his mail voting order, but hurdles loom
The Supreme Court paused a lower court's ruling that blocked key parts of Trump's order to limit voting by mail for the midterms. But U.S. Postal Service work on the order remains blocked nationwide.
Hansi Lo Wang | Aug 24, 2026, 8:53 PM UTC
Experts raise alarms over Census Bureau report Trump is touting on noncitizen voting
Experts raise alarms over Census Bureau report Trump is touting on noncitizen voting
A Trump-aligned think tank has ties to a highly unusual Census Bureau report that the president is using to renew false claims of widespread voting by non-U.S. citizens in 2020, NPR has learned.
Hansi Lo Wang, Jude Joffe-Block, Miles Parks | Aug 19, 2026, 9:27 PM UTC
Advocates worry new bans on student IDs will trip up younger voters
Advocates worry new bans on student IDs will trip up younger voters
New bans on using student IDs for voting in Indiana and New Hampshire have sparked lawsuits after creating the latest hurdles to the ballot box for the U.S. voting-age group least likely to vote.
Hansi Lo Wang | Aug 17, 2026, 9:00 AM UTC
A federal law bans late voter roll purges. Republicans are pushing to reinterpret it
A federal law bans late voter roll purges. Republicans are pushing to reinterpret it
There's a ban on most states systematically purging voter rolls within 90 days before Election Day. Republicans are pushing courts to reinterpret that longstanding protection for eligible voters.
Hansi Lo Wang | Jul 1, 2026, 9:00 AM UTC