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Project 2025 is a lengthy set of policy plans put together by former Trump officials.

Kristen Eichamer holds a Project 2025 fan in the group's tent at the Iowa State Fair, Aug. 14, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. With more than a year to go before the 2024 election, a constellation of conservative organizations is preparing for a possible second White House term for Donald Trump. The Project 2025 effort is being led by the Heritage Foundation think tank. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption

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Project 2025 is a lengthy set of policy plans put together by former Trump officials.

What is Donald Trump's plan for a second term? He's got ideas of his own, the Republican party has released a platform document — but the most comprehensive set of policy ideas have been put together in a document called Project 2025. Here's what it says.

Project 2025 is a lengthy set of policy plans put together by former Trump officials.

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President Biden, defiant, is not going anywhere — except the campaign trail.

President Joe Biden visits Denim Coffee after a campaign event in Harrisburg, Pa., on Sunday, July 7, 2024. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption

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President Biden, defiant, is not going anywhere — except the campaign trail.

Over the weekend, a number of high-level congressional Democrats called for the president to step back from the ticket. He sent a letter on Monday that said, in short, fat chance. And, for now, it appears that Biden has largely stopped the bleeding.

President Biden, defiant, is not going anywhere — except the campaign trail.

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What the next president has to contend with: AI weapons, North Korean cybercrime

Lattice Mission Autonomy software by Anduril is demonstrated at the Air & Space Forces Association Air, Space & Cyber Conference, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in Oxon Hill, Md. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption

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What the next president has to contend with: AI weapons, North Korean cybercrime

Amid a frenetic campaign newscycle, we take a look at some of the very real challenges that the next president will have to tackle during their four-year term including AI-guided weaponry and a complex web of North Korean cybercrime.

What the next president has to contend with: AI weapons, North Korean cybercrime

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Roundup: Dems ask if Biden's time is up; DOJ fears unethical orders post-SCOTUS

President Joe Biden looks at his watch as he waits on the White House balcony for the start of the Fourth of July fireworks in Washington, Thursday, July 4, 2024, during a Fourth of July celebration and barbecue on the South Lawn for active-duty military service members and their families. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption

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Roundup: Dems ask if Biden's time is up; DOJ fears unethical orders post-SCOTUS

With Congress returning to Washington next week and more lawmakers raising the possibility that President Biden should step down from the ticket, the president's ABC interview and weekend events will be closely watched by Democrats looking for a clear path forward.

Roundup: Dems ask if Biden's time is up; DOJ fears unethical orders post-SCOTUS

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How to trade stocks like a member of Congress

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How to trade stocks like a member of Congress

Our friends at the Indicator from Planet Money caught up with congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh to talk about her reporting on how members of Congress and their families trade stock. Then, in classic style, the Indicator team tried their hands at doing so themselves.

How to trade stocks like a member of Congress

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Campaign roundup: Biden's troubles come as Trump's fundraising hits highs

This combo image shows Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, March 9, 2024 and President Joe Biden, right, Jan. 27, 2024. AP hide caption

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Campaign roundup: Biden's troubles come as Trump's fundraising hits highs

As President Joe Biden continued to face fallout from his poor performance at the CNN Presidential Debate — including calls from fellow Democrats to drop out of the race — former President Donald Trump raised a lot of money, had his New York criminal sentencing delayed & won an immunity case at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Campaign roundup: Biden's troubles come as Trump's fundraising hits highs

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In a reversal, Supreme Court gives judges, not agency experts, final say on regulation

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In a reversal, Supreme Court gives judges, not agency experts, final say on regulation

In our wrap of the Supreme Court term, we reflect on the huge number of consequential rulings and explain some of the cases we initially did not have time to cover — including three that will dramatically reshape how financial, environmental and all other regulations work in the United States going forward.

In a reversal, Supreme Court gives judges, not agency experts, final say on regulation

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Supreme Court grants Trump broad immunity from prosecution

The Supreme Court opinion in former President Donald Trump's immunity case is photographed Monday, July 1, 2024. In a historic ruling the justices said for the first time former presidents can be shielded from prosecution for at least some of what they do in the Oval Office. Jon Elswick/AP hide caption

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Supreme Court grants Trump broad immunity from prosecution

What the ruling means for the charges against Donald Trump, the power of the presidency and the movement to reform the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court grants Trump broad immunity from prosecution

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Roundup: Supreme Court's abortion, Jan. 6 rulings; Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Tonya Morris, from Cincinnati, reacts during the presidential debate between President Joe Biden and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at Tillie's Lounge on Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Cincinnati Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption

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Roundup: Supreme Court's abortion, Jan. 6 rulings; Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

The Supreme Court largely punted on abortion access and curtailed a law the Department of Justice has been using to prosecute accused Jan. 6 insurrectionists. And NPR spoke with independent candidate for president Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about why he is running a race he almost certainly cannot win.

Roundup: Supreme Court's abortion, Jan. 6 rulings; Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

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Biden struggled, Trump repeatedly lied, and CNN's moderators didn't fact-check.

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Biden struggled, Trump repeatedly lied, and CNN's moderators didn't fact-check.

President Biden fumbled in the CNN Presidential Debate, offering often rambling answers in a hoarse and quiet voice. Donald Trump, who also rambled, painted a characteristically dark vision of the country and repeatedly lied about his and Biden's records — which went largely unchallenged by CNN's moderators.

Biden struggled, Trump repeatedly lied, and CNN's moderators didn't fact-check.

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