Census Bureau Director Robert Santos’ resignation will allow Trump to reshape the agency. During his three-year tenure, Robert Santos said he worked to ensure the Census Bureau’s work remained nonpartisan and prioritized collecting accurate data on underrepresented communities. | Mariam Zuhaib/AP

Robert Santos' decision comes halfway through his 5-year term as census bureau director and amid preparations for the 2030 census.

Robert Santos, who emphasized inclusivity and outreach to overlooked communities, has resigned as director of the U.S. Census Bureau, midway through his five-year term and in the midst of planning for the 2030 census, which will determine political power and federal funding nationwide for another decade to come.

The lawsuit is attempting to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from numbers used to divvy up congressional seats among states after each once-in-a-decade census.

President Trump revoked a Biden-era executive order that affirmed the longstanding practice of including the total number of persons residing in each state in a census count used for election maps.

Trump is joining Republican efforts to change how the population is counted—which is used for allocating congressional seats.

Among the dozens of Biden-era ... would revive these census-related efforts. In his new order, Trump said revoking Biden's order "will be the first of many steps the United States Federal ...

Biden's order also effectively ended a Trump administration-initiated project at the Census Bureau to produce neighborhood ... the first of many steps the United States Federal Government will ...

A flurry of activity during the end of President Joe Biden’s term and the start of President Donald Trump’s made clear that we’re about to see yet more fights with the potential to reshape our democracy.

Robert Santos, who emphasized inclusivity and outreach to overlooked communities, has decided to resign as director of the U.S. Census Bureau, midway through his five-year term and in the midst of planning for the 2030 census,