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

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Democratic National Committee prepares to elect a new chair, its departing leader says Democrats should have stuck with Joe Biden in the 2024 race.

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, which will determine political power and federal funding nationwide for another decade to come.

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

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 ...

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 ...

This was all mostly moot, because the pandemic significantly delayed the release of census data until well into Joe ... Biden’s apportionment order. The White House, the Census Bureau and ...

The 14th Amendment states that ... when President Joe Biden arrived at the White House in January 2021, before the 2020 census figures were released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Kobach and 18 other states’ attorneys general sent Costco a letter demanding the company comply with a new Trump edict and immediately end Costco’s diversity, equity and inclusion program, which gives a boost to people of color, women, veterans and LGBTQ persons.

U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Santos has announced he is resigning midway through his five-year term.  Santos, the first person of color to lead the bureau, was appointed by former President

Robert Santos, the first Hispanic director of the US Census Bureau, has resigned midway through his term. Appointed by Biden, his departure paves the way for Trump to potentially influence the bureau's leadership.