Overview

• Director Kash Patel announced the FBI will sever formal ties with the Anti-Defamation League and said the bureau is reviewing outside partnerships to safeguard independence.
• The ADL retired its online Glossary of Extremism this week, saying entries were outdated or misused after criticism over references to Turning Point USA and related topics.
• Patel alleged the ADL embedded FBI agents and ran operations spying on Americans, claims reported from his statements without independent public evidence to substantiate them.
• The ADL said it has deep respect for the FBI and reaffirmed its mission to protect Jewish people, highlighting decades of cooperation that included training and information-sharing.
• Former Director James Comey publicly praised ADL-FBI cooperation in 2014 and 2017; his recent federal indictment has added political context to the bureau’s sharp break from that approach.