House passes anti-terrorism financing bill despite concerns over how Trump could use it

Get the Full StoryNonprofits like the American Civil Liberties Union have said that the bill does not require that the Secretary of Treasury disclose all the evidence used to make a terror-supporting designation.

The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism, alarming civil liberties groups about how a second Trump presidency could invoke it to punish political opponents.

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