Project 2025, a comprehensive conservative blueprint crafted by the Heritage Foundation and its allies, is rapidly reshaping the U.S. government as predicted. According to a recent report from The Hill, the initiative stands at 47 percent completion just six months into Donald Trump’s second term. The Project 2025 Tracker, a community-based site monitoring these changes, outlines 317 policy recommendations, with 115 already fully enacted.
Key moves include the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, a ban on transgender military service, and funding expansion for ICE detention centers.
Deep Changes Across Core American Institutions
The Project 2025 agenda encompasses a wide spectrum of policy domains. Completed actions also target the reduction of science agencies like the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, which critics say is now pared down due to its emphasis on climate science.
Large-scale privatization initiatives, such as shifting TSA airport screenings to private contractors, are altering constitutional protections for travelers. In-progress efforts threaten longstanding legal settlements on immigrant child welfare and propose new restrictions on justice grants to states that do not comply with federal immigration priorities.
What is Still Ahead and Why It Matters
Despite rapid progress, 53 percent of Project 2025 remains to be implemented. These pending proposals involve introducing citizenship requirements into the census, slashing federal support for education and social safety nets, prosecuting educators for teaching what the agenda terms “gender ideology,” and even dismantling the Federal Reserve in favour of a deregulated “free banking” model.
Analysts warn these untested reforms could profoundly affect everything from civil rights to economic stability, and bipartisan resistance is expected.
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