Overview
- Trump publicly embraced Project 2025 in October, aligning his administration’s agenda with the plan’s prescriptions.
- The federal workforce has shrunk sharply, with OPM reporting more than 315,000 departures by mid-November and agencies such as USAID effectively shut, with the Education Department mentioned as a possible next target.
- The White House installed loyal prosecutors and brought cases against political adversaries, though judges have dismissed some indictments and the Justice Department is appealing those rulings.
- Efforts to curb regulatory independence accelerated as Trump fired agency officials and the Supreme Court this month heard a case that could weaken a 1935 precedent protecting independent commissions.
- Policy shifts include slashed environmental rules, withdrawal from a major climate pact, dismantling of DEI enforcement, and aggressive immigration moves that reach visa holders and denaturalization efforts.