Project 2025: What It Is, Who’s Behind It, and Why It Matters

When people talk about Project 2025, a detailed conservative policy plan developed by the Heritage Foundation to overhaul the U.S. federal government if Donald Trump wins the 2024 election. Also known as The Presidential Transition Project, it’s not a campaign slogan—it’s a 900-page manual for redefining how Washington works. This isn’t about minor tweaks. It’s about replacing career civil servants with political loyalists, rolling back decades of regulations, and shifting power away from independent agencies and toward the executive branch.

Project 2025 doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It’s built on the same ideas driving the Republican Party, the U.S. political party that has moved sharply right since the 2000s, with 77% of its members identifying as conservative in 2024. Also known as GOP, it has embraced hardline stances on immigration, deregulation, and social issues. The plan also ties directly to Trump 2028, the anticipated political campaign and potential second term of Donald Trump, which Project 2025 is explicitly designed to support. Also known as Trump’s next presidential bid, it isn’t just about winning votes—it’s about controlling the machinery of government from day one. The Heritage Foundation, a right-leaning think tank, led the project with input from over 100 conservative activists, former Trump officials, and policy experts who’ve been preparing for this moment for years.

What you’ll find in the articles below isn’t speculation. It’s fact-based reporting on how Project 2025 connects to real-world events: the push to dismantle federal agencies, the debate over presidential power, the quiet reshuffling of government roles, and how this plan influences everything from healthcare to education to how news is reported. You’ll see how it overlaps with other major stories—like the rise of AI in political campaigns, the changing media landscape, and the growing distrust in institutions. This isn’t theory. It’s happening. And if you’re trying to understand what’s coming next in U.S. politics, you need to know what’s in this plan. Below, you’ll find real stories from real people affected by these ideas—some before they’ve even been implemented.