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

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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Linah Mohammad
Prior to joining NPR in 2022, Mohammad was a producer on The Washington Post's daily flagship podcast Post Reports, where her work was recognized by multiple awards. She was honored with a Peabody award for her work on an episode on the life of George Floyd.
Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.