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The Trump administration has not, in the sources provided, been shown to have cut monthly VA disability payments already being paid; VA compensation rates rose via a 2.5% COLA for 2025 (effective Dec....
Project 2025 is a large conservative policy initiative produced and coordinated by the Heritage Foundation that presents a 900-plus page policy playbook titled *Mandate for Leadership* intended to gui...
Project 2025 functioned as a blueprint and personnel pipeline that materially shaped many of the Trump administration’s early executive actions and regulatory priorities, with multiple trackers and ne...
Project 2025 was developed and directed by the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation, which assembled a large team of former Trump administration officials and conservative policy experts to...
Donald Trump publicly addressed Project 2025 multiple times across 2024 and 2025, first distancing himself from the plan during the 2024 campaign and later invoking or aligning with it in 2025 as an i...
A significant number of individuals who authored or contributed to the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 have been nominated, appointed, or confirmed to roles in the current Trump administration, inc...
Project 2025 is a sprawling conservative blueprint published and coordinated by the Heritage Foundation that packages policy recommendations, personnel lists, training programs and a playbook intended...
Project 2025 is a large, conservative policy-and-personnel playbook produced and coordinated by the Heritage Foundation with contributions from over 100 conservative organizations and dozens of former...
Histories and leaders of white Christian nationalist movements differ by country and era, but available reporting and scholarship trace modern U.S. white Christian nationalism from colonial Puritans t...
Key institutional and individual figures linked in reporting to white Christian nationalist movements include architects of Project 2025 (notably Russell Vought and the Heritage Foundation network), p...
The Heritage Foundation has produced a steady stream of conservative officials who have moved into influential government roles, particularly in Republican administrations: at least 66 employees and a...
Project 2025 is a 900‑page conservative blueprint, led by the Heritage Foundation and former Trump officials, that proposes sweeping reorganization of the executive branch and many policies critics ca...
Multiple reporting and organizational summaries show Project 2025 was produced by the Heritage Foundation with heavy involvement from former Trump aides and allied conservative groups; at least dozens...
Donald Trump publicly distanced himself from Project 2025 in 2024–25 by posting “I know nothing about Project 2025” and calling links between him and the plan “pure disinformation” on Truth Social . B...
Donald Trump posted a short, largely AI-generated music video portraying Russell Vought as a Grim Reaper on his Truth Social account, according to multiple news reports published on October 3, 2025. R...
Donald Trump’s 2025 administration shows with the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 in personnel and some early executive actions, but public reporting also documents gaps and lacks a single smoking‑...
Several authors of Project 2025 now occupy senior roles in the federal government: Russell Vought is serving as Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Brendan Carr is leading the Federal Com...
Multiple reporting outlets and watchdogs have documented that several Trump administration appointees and hires have either direct connections to extremist individuals or movements, or have promoted i...
Roughly half of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 “wishlist” has been put into motion through a mix of executive orders, regulatory changes, hiring choices and congressional moves—actions tracked...
Project 2025’s central planning and editorial leadership are attributed to Paul Dans and Steven Groves, identified as the primary editors or lead authors of the large Heritage Foundation policy guide ...