Just trust him, right? | Julia Nikhinson/Pool/AFP via Getty Images One of the biggest changes so far during President Donald Trump’s second term has been the steady degradation of basic data collection.  In some cases, moves have been driven by his ideological resistance to the numbers themselves; in others, by a desire to bury uncomfortable trends. And in many places, it’s simply the result of deep job and budget cuts that have left agencies unable to track the country they’re meant to govern. Key takeaways • The federal government is a key collector of vital data about the make...

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