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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

Hard-right groups have expanded their influence across US government, report finds

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The Capitol and the US Senate are seen as the Senate participates in a series of votes on a bill that would fund ICE and border patrol in Washington DC on 4 June. Photograph: Bonnie Cash/UPI/Shutterstock

A new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) finds hard-right groups have increasingly expanded their influence across the US government, which is pursuing a federal fraud case into the civil rights organization.

Tuesday’s report – which identified 1,263 hate and anti-government groups in operation throughout 2025 – comes less than two months after it was indicted by the government it says the hard right has infiltrated.

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