They wrote Project 2025. Now they’re dictating some U.S. policy.

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  Good morning. It's Tuesday, July 22. I'm Shemita Basu.

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  This is Apple News Today.

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  On today's show, Harvard takes the Trump administration to federal court.

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  Some members of the National Guard who went to LA amid protests wonder why they're still there.

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  And according to new research, the chance of having a baby girl or baby boy is not actually 50-50.

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  But first,

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  as we continue to evaluate how America has changed over the first six months of President Trump's second term,

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  we wanted to return to a question that dominated the 2024 presidential campaign.

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  Under a Trump presidency, how much could Project 2025 shape U.S. policy?

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  As you most likely know by now,

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  Project 2025 is a conservative agenda from the Heritage Foundation written as a kind of aspirational guide for a prospective Republican administration.

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  It features many far-right proposals.

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  And as it was scrutinized last year, it became extremely unpopular with voters.

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  So much so that Trump spent a lot of time trying to create distance from it on the campaign trail.

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  Many of the points are Many of the points are absolutely ridiculous.

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  I have nothing to do with the document.

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  I've never seen the document.

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  But when he took office,

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  Trump quickly put principal architects of Project 2025 in powerful positions like John Ratcliffe,

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  the head of the CIA,

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