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As of October 2026, what from Project 2025 works, is blocked, or got dropped?

Research question: As of October 2026, which parts of Project 2025 are in effect, which are blocked, and which have been publicly abandoned by their own backers?

The records show that the administration had initiated or completed 283 of 532 recommended domestic actions, about 53 percent, as of February 2026 23. Enacted examples include the bar on Planned Parenthood receiving Medicaid funds, which passed in Congress's budget bill in summer 2025 25, and an early executive order directing HHS to review literature on care for children with gender dysphoria 27. Proposals that have not taken effect include nationwide abortion restrictions 26, and closing the Education Department, which still requires congressional approval 30, while the E-Verify mandate and repeal of Temporary Protected Status await congressional action 33. The facts do not describe courts blocking these proposals, and the newest fact is dated August 6, 2026 26. On abandonment, Trump disavowed the project in July 2024 4, and Heritage's director stepped down as Heritage said the policy operations were concluding 5, yet Heritage also said the project was not going away 20.

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In 2018, Heritage claimed the Trump administration had embraced about 64% of 334 proposed policies in its Mandate for Leadership.
"In 2018, Heritage claimed the Trump administration had by then embraced 64%, or nearly 2/3rds, of 334 proposed policies in the foundation's Mandate for Leadership ."
Mandate for Leadership
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The ninth edition of Mandate for Leadership, titled 'The Conservative Promise,' was published in April 2023, before the 2024 U.S. presidential election, and it runs over 900 pages in 30 chapters.
"The ninth edition in the Mandate series, Mandate for Leadership 2025: The Conservative Promise , was published in April 2023 prior to the 2024 U.S. presidential election . The ninth edition includes 30 chapters and is over 900 pages in length."
Mandate for Leadership
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The Mandate for Leadership 2025 edition provides the policy agenda for Project 2025.
"This document provides the policy agenda for Project 2025 ."
Mandate for Leadership
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Trump publicly disavowed the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 in July 2024, despite its ties to the MAGA movement.
"Trump disavows Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, despite MAGA ties"
Trump disavows Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, despite MAGA ties
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Paul Dans, director of Project 2025 at the Heritage Foundation, stepped down, and Heritage said Project 2025's policy operations were concluding.
"Heritage said Paul Dans was stepping down and Project 2025's policy operations are concluding."
project 2025 trump heritage
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Trump said on social media that he had not read Project 2025 and knew nothing about it, and he repeatedly disavowed the document.
"Yet Trump has repeatedly disavowed the document, saying on social media he hasn’t read it and doesn’t know anything about it."
Project 2025 director leaves Heritage Foundation after Democratic attacks and Trump criticism
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Trump repeatedly disavowed Project 2025, saying on social media that he hasn't read it and doesn't know anything about it.
"saying on social media he hasn’t read it and doesn’t know anything about it."
heritage foundation project 2025 director steps down blowback trump camp
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Many former Trump administration officials worked on and endorsed Project 2025.
"A plethora of former Trump administration officials have worked on and endorsed Project 2025."
Trump disavows Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, despite MAGA ties
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Heritage President Kevin Roberts said the policy work was always set to conclude after the party conventions, but the personnel work would continue.
"Foundation President Kevin Roberts said in a statement that the policy work was always set to conclude after party conventions, anyway, but that their personnel work would continue."
project 2025 trump heritage
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The Trump campaign said Project 2025 had nothing to do with the campaign and should not be associated with the campaign or the president in any way.
"President Trump’s campaign has been very clear for over a year that Project 2025 had nothing to do with the campaign, did not speak for the campaign, and should not be associated with the campaign or the President in any way,” Trump campaign advisers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita said in a statement."
Project 2025 director leaves Heritage Foundation after Democratic attacks and Trump criticism
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Trump's campaign said Project 2025 had nothing to do with the campaign and should not be associated with the campaign or the President in any way.
"President Trump’s campaign has been very clear for over a year that Project 2025 had nothing to do with the campaign, did not speak for the campaign, and should not be associated with the campaign or the President in any way,"
heritage foundation project 2025 director steps down blowback trump camp
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Heritage said its effort to build a personnel apparatus for policymakers at federal, state, and local levels would continue.
""Our collective efforts to build a personnel apparatus for policymakers of all levels—federal, state, and local—will continue," he wrote."
project 2025 trump heritage
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Former president Donald Trump is distancing himself from Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation-linked conservative policy initiative.
"Former president Donald Trump is distancing himself from Project 2025"
Trump Disavows the Heritage Foundation’s High-Profile Plan for a Second Term
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Heritage said Project 2025's website would stay live and the group would keep vetting resumes for its nearly 20,000-person database of potential officials, so the project was not being shut down.
"Project 2025’s website will remain live and the group will continue vetting resumes for its nearly 20,000-person database of potential officials eager to execute its vision for government, the Heritage Foundation said Tuesday."
Project 2025 director leaves Heritage Foundation after Democratic attacks and Trump criticism
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Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said director Paul Dans' exit came after Project 2025 'completed exactly what it set out to do,' and Roberts planned to lead the project going forward.
"Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said Paul Dans’ exit comes after the project “completed exactly what it set out to do.”"
heritage foundation project 2025 director steps down blowback trump camp
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Trump said on Truth Social that he knew nothing about Project 2025 and had nothing to do with it, while the Trump campaign tried to disavow the project.
"I know nothing about Project 2025. I have no idea who is behind it."
project 2025 trump heritage
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Heritage said director Paul Dans left voluntarily and was not under pressure from the Trump campaign, while an anonymous former Heritage aide said the campaign almost certainly forced the shakeup.
"The Heritage Foundation said Dans left voluntarily and it was not under pressure from the Trump campaign."
Project 2025 director leaves Heritage Foundation after Democratic attacks and Trump criticism
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The director of Project 2025 at the Heritage Foundation stepped down in July 2024.
"The director of the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 vision for a complete overhaul of the federal government has stepped down, a spokesperson for the think tank confirmed Tuesday."
project 2025 director leaves heritage foundation
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Trump regularly campaigned on many of the same proposals found in the Project 2025 book, such as mass deportations and upending the Justice Department, though some other proposals conflicted with his campaign pledges.
"regularly campaigns on many of the same proposals in the Project 2025 book"
heritage foundation project 2025 director steps down blowback trump camp
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Heritage said Project 2025 is not going away, and Kevin Roberts took over running Project 2025 operations after Dans departed.
"The group said Dans will leave the Heritage Foundation in August and Roberts will now run Project 2025 operations."
Project 2025 director leaves Heritage Foundation after Democratic attacks and Trump criticism
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Trump's campaign advisers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita said Project 2025 had nothing to do with the campaign and should not be associated with the campaign or the president.
"President Trump's campaign has been very clear for over a year that Project 2025 had nothing to do with the campaign, did not speak for the campaign, and should not be associated with the campaign or the President in any way,"
project 2025 director leaves heritage foundation
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Many Trump allies and former top aides contributed to Project 2025, which proposes a mass firing of government employees and sweeping changes to American life.
"Many Trump allies and former top aides contributed to the project, which proposes a mass firing of government employees and sweeping changes to American life."
project 2025 director leaves heritage foundation
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The Center for Progressive Reform analysis found the Trump administration had initiated or completed 53 percent of Project 2025's domestic agenda as of February 2026, which is 283 of 532 recommended actions.
"There's analysis from the Center for Progressive Reform that says that the Trump administration has initiated or completed 53 percent of Project 2025's domestic agenda as of February this year. That's 283 of the 532 recommended actions."
How much of Project 2025 has Trump enacted?
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A crowd-sourced effort and trackers from advocacy groups and unions found that the Trump administration had implemented roughly half of the goals in Project 2025.
"As the year draws to a close, a crowd-sourced effort , as well as trackers from advocacy organizations and labor unions , show that his administration has implemented roughly half of the goals laid out in the document's 920 pa"
Tracking how much of Project 2025 the Trump administration achieved this year
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One Project 2025 reproductive-health recommendation, barring Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funds, was enacted when Congress passed the budget bill the previous summer.
"one of them prohibiting Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funds. That happened last summer when Congress passed their budget bill that was in there."
How much of Project 2025 has Trump enacted?
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Nationwide abortion restrictions called for by Project 2025 have not been put in place, though 13 states now have complete abortion bans.
"Though 13 states now have complete abortion bans, and others have imposed strict limitations, there are no nationwide restrictions."
Project 2025: As midterms near, Trump’s window for action might be closing - CSMonitor.com
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Trump signed an early executive order directing HHS to review literature on health care for children with gender dysphoria, an approach that tracks Project 2025's recommendations on gender-affirming care.
"One of the first things that the president signed as an executive order when he came back into office was directing HHS to"
How much of Project 2025 has Trump enacted?
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As of November 2025, about 40 percent of Project 2025 policies aimed at restricting reproductive freedoms had been implemented, according to an abortion-rights group.
"as of November 2025, his administration had implemented about 40 percent of the Project 2025 policies aimed at restricting reproductive freedoms, according to Reproductive Freedom for All, an abortion-rights group."
Tracking how much of Project 2025 the Trump administration achieved this year
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The Center for Reproductive Rights says 85 percent of Trump's reproductive health actions have stemmed from Project 2025 recommendations.
"The Center for Reproductive Rights says that 85 percent of Trump's reproductive health actions have stemmed from these recommendations"
How much of Project 2025 has Trump enacted?
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Trump cut nearly half of the Education Department's staff and ordered its closure by executive action, but shutting the agency still requires congressional approval, which has not come.
"Last March, President Trump cut nearly half of the department’s staff and ordered its closure through executive action. But shuttering a federal agency requires congressional approval."
Project 2025: As midterms near, Trump’s window for action might be closing - CSMonitor.com
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The administration announced in November that core Education Department functions would be transferred to the Labor, Interior, Health and Human Services, and State departments, even though the president cannot lawfully eliminate the agency by executive order.
"In November, the administration announced that the Education Department's core functions related to K-12 education, higher education, Indian education and international studies would be transferred to the departments of Labor, Interior, Health and Human Services, and State."
Tracking how much of Project 2025 the Trump administration achieved this year
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Trump, who had said during the 2024 campaign that he did not know what Project 2025 was, was no longer distancing himself from the project by October 2025 amid a shutdown fight.
"Amid shutdown fight, Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025"
How much of Project 2025 has Trump enacted?
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Project 2025 proposals for a nationwide E-Verify mandate for private employers and repeal of Temporary Protected Status are still waiting on congressional action.
"On immigration, Project 2025 proposals to mandate a nationwide E-Verify system for all private employers, and for the repeal of Temporary Protected Status as a program, are also waiting on congressional action."
Project 2025: As midterms near, Trump’s window for action might be closing - CSMonitor.com
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Before the 2024 election, Trump insisted he had nothing to do with Project 2025, even though several of its authors now hold key posts in his administration.
"In the months leading up to his election, President Donald Trump insisted that he had nothing to do with the far-right vision for his second administration known as Project 2025"
Tracking how much of Project 2025 the Trump administration achieved this year