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

from All Things Considered · host Patrick Jarenwattananon

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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