Overview

• Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president intends to sign an executive order very soon, possibly later Monday, to designate Antifa a domestic terrorist organization.
• Legal scholars note there is no statutory mechanism for designating solely domestic groups, and experts describe Antifa as a diffuse movement rather than a centralized organization.
• Reuters reports officials aim to use the move to subpoena financial records and probe foreign and domestic funding, with a stated focus on tracing money flows from abroad.
• Investigators have not presented public evidence linking Antifa to Charlie Kirk’s assassination, and authorities say the suspect’s motive remains under investigation.
• Abroad, Hungary says it will pursue a similar designation and Dutch lawmakers backed a motion urging action, while separate reporting says U.S. intelligence is examining Antifa’s transnational networks for a possible foreign-terror approach.