Project 2025 revisited: After 100 days, is Trump running the playbook?

Published April 21, 2025 8:00am ET



Project 2025 was frequently pointed to by Democrats last year as a Day One playbook for how a second Trump administration would upend the federal government.

Former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris repeatedly levied attacks linking President Donald Trump to policies outlined in the 900-page blueprint published by the Heritage Foundation. Trump, for his part, distanced himself from the project during the campaign.

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