A copy of Project 2025 will be held during the Democratic National Convention in August.

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This story originally appeared as part of NPR's live coverage of the 2024 election. For more election coverage from NPR Network, visit our live updates page.

A phrase you've probably heard a lot this election cycle is “Project 2025.”

It refers to a controversial plan by the conservative Heritage Foundation to reform the U.S. government. The 900-page document contains a roadmap for reorganizing the federal government to promote a conservative agenda.

Democrats have repeatedly tried to link Trump to the most controversial aspects of the plan, while Trump has tried to distance himself from it.

While Trump has tried to deny a connection, there are numerous overlaps between Project 2025 and his agenda. It proposes the mass deportation of millions of illegal immigrants. This also applies to Trump.

Trump has called for cuts to federal agencies such as the Department of Education. Project 2025 calls for its abolition.

“He has expressed interest in taking over certain parts of it, and in other parts he believes it is too extreme for the nature of his future potential administration, and we at the Heritage Foundation think that is sufficient,” said senior Sarah Parshall Perry Legal Counsel Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, told NPR.

But there are also differences. When it comes to abortion, for example, the 2025 project will continue with the restrictions than Trump announced.

“If President Donald Trump is a successful candidate here and wins the general election, then there are certain parts that he would like to adopt based on representations that he has already made in the public context,” Perry said. “And there may be other parts that he doesn’t want anything to do with.”

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