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The Trump administration infrequently backs down, but it did this week

NPR Politics · Jun 4, 2026, 8:02 PM · Also reported by 3 other sources

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NPR's Scott Detrow talks to The Atlantic's Anne Applebaum about why the Trump administration appears to be backing off some of its actions and what that means for concerns about democratic backsliding.

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