‘I Think That MAGA Is Dying:’ Inside the Youth Movement at CPAC NYT | Top Stories Nathan Taylor Pemberton 30 March 2026 at 23:17 At a sparsely attended Conservative Political Action Conference, young Republicans were eager to start the post-Trump era. © Desiree Rios for The New York TimesThe annual Conservative Political Action Conference has been gradually waning in energy for years, but empty convention halls and an anemic speakers list gave many young people in attendance a doomed feeling.