Good Wednesday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today.

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• The Trump administration abandoned its quest to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, a week after being blocked by the Supreme Court. The decision was a victory for critics who said the question was part of an administration effort to skew the census results in favor of Republicans.

• Overcrowded, squalid conditions are more widespread at migrant centers along the southern border than initially revealed, the Department of Homeland Security’s independent watchdog said Tuesday. Its report describes standing-room-only cells, children without showers and hot meals, and detainees clamoring desperately for release.

• As criticism of Customs and Border Protection amplified on Capitol Hill this week, the agency’s officials condemned a secret Facebook group for current and former agents that featured jokes about migrant deaths, obscene images of Latina lawmakers and threats to members of Congress.