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

NPR | By Danielle Kurtzleben ,

A Martínez

Published September 18, 2026 at 2:44 AM MDT

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

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.

A Martínez

A Martínez is one of the hosts of Morning Edition and Up First.

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