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The United States census will result in two new congressional districts in Texas, one fewer in California and New York; Alexei Navalny was in court Thursday as his organization suffers from a crackdown by Russian officials.    Tonight's Sentences was written by Gregory Svirnovskiy. TOP NEWS Census count shifting the political playing field away from the Rust Belt and into the Sun Belt Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images The decennial US census count is in. The official population of the United States now stands at 331 million people, but it's only grown by 7.35 percent since 2010, marking the slowest rate of population growth in the country since the Great Depression. [ AP / Mike Schneider and Nichol

President Joe Biden will unveil his $1.8 trillion human infrastructure package for American families before Congress Wednesday; the EU and Britain finalize their first post-Brexit trade agreement.   Tonight's Sentences was written by Gregory Svirnovskiy. TOP NEWS Biden's $1.8 trillion American Families Plan Drew Angerer/Getty Images President Joe Biden will unveil a $1.8 trillion package called the American Families Plan at his first address before a joint session of Congress Wednesday evening. Key elements of the plan would help families afford child care, provide paid family and medical leave, and make community colleges and prekindergarten education universally accessible and tuition-free. [ Vox / Anna North and Ella Nilsen ] The AF