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Trump's week of setbacks: The president's priorities get rare pushback

NPR | By Danielle Kurtzleben ,
A Martínez
Published September 18, 2026 at 4:44 AM EDT

President Trump's agenda has run into rare institutional pushback on a variety of issues from mail-in voting to the Federal Reserve.

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Danielle Kurtzleben
Danielle Kurtzleben is a White House correspondent on NPR's Washington Desk. She appears regularly on the NPR Politics Podcast and other NPR shows. 
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A Martínez
A Martínez is one of the hosts of Morning Edition and Up First.
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