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FBI Cuts Ties with SPLC & ADL as DOJ Pulls White Supremacy Report - Trump's Extremism Agenda - FIVE MINUTE NEWS
In a stunning shift, FBI Director Kash Patel announced the bureau is cutting ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation League—two groups that for decades partnered with federal law enforcement to track domestic extremism and hate crimes.
At the same time, the Department of Justice quietly removed a study showing white supremacist violence outpaces all other forms of extremism in the U.S. - 10/03/2025.