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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 the NPR Network go to our live updates page.

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

It refers to a controversial plan drawn up by the conservative Heritage Foundation to overhaul the US government. The 900 page document lays out a roadmap for reorganizing the federal government to advance a conservative agenda.

Democrats have repeatedly tried to tie 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 is plenty of overlap between Project 2025 and his agenda. It proposes mass deportations of millions of undocumented immigrants. So does Trump.

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

“He has expressed an interest in adopting 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 find that sufficient,” Sarah Parshall Perry, Senior Counsel. fellow at the Heritage Foundation, told NPR.

But there are also differences. On abortion, for example, Project 2025 goes further with restrictions than Trump has said he would go.

“If President Donald Trump is a successful candidate here and wins the general election, there are certain parts that he would be eager to adopt based on representations he’s already made in public contexts,” Perry said. “And there may be other parts that he wants nothing to do with.”