Overview

• FBI Director Kash Patel said this week the bureau ended decades-long partnerships with the Anti-Defamation League and Southern Poverty Law Center, arguing their materials are politicized and claiming they have inspired violence.
• The ADL removed its online Glossary of Extremism, saying entries were outdated and being misused, and the group affirmed its commitment to combating antisemitism.
• The SPLC said it will keep its resources, including its hate map, available and stated it remains focused on exposing hate and protecting marginalized communities.
• Republican lawmakers and conservative activists praised the break and pressed for next steps, including congressional probes, an IRS review of the SPLC’s tax status, and pressure on platforms that use watchdog research.
• Scholars told Axios the split signals a shift under the Trump administration away from prioritizing right‑wing domestic extremism toward investigations of left‑wing violence.