Congressional Investigations

This interim staff report shares findings from the House Judiciary Committee’s investigation of whether the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) sought to bias judges who may hear climate-related cases through judicial educational training programs. Among other concerns, the report alleges that ELI through its Climate Judiciary Project (CJP) designed educational trainings “designed to predispose judges to rule in favor of radical environmentalists.” It also raises concern about potential conflicts of interest amongst authors and presenters at CJP seminars, who may have ongoing or prior communications with litigants in climate cases.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | environmental | judicial independence

This letter summons ActBlue attorney Ronald Machen for a closed-door interview, which is differentiated from a legally-binding subpoena. The letter alleges that Machen previously provided information that contradicted other data collected on ActBlue’s standards for verifying that a donor is a U.S. citizen.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | elections | campaign finance

In a letter to the CEO of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Ways and Means Committee Chairman along with every Republican member of the Committee, referred the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) to the IRS for investigation and potential revocation of its tax-exempt status. This letter follows the Committee’s ongoing investigation into foreign-funding in the tax-exempt sector, including its scrutiny of nonprofits allegedly funded by the Shanghai-based businessman and activist, Neville Roy Singham. The letter asserts that MECA has given grants to organizations with alleged ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), which the US has designated as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO). It also alleges that MECA has not been transparent about its receipt of foreign funding because it stopped voluntarily reporting foreign grantees by name.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | funder, Israeli-Palestinian conflict | anti-terrorism, foreign influence, tax exempt status

This letter requests the IRS to investigate whether certain allegedly Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-linked nonprofits have violated the requirements of their tax-exempt status by “peddling disinformation campaigns against U.S. data center construction.” This inquiry follows ongoing Congressional scrutiny of foreign-funding in the tax-exempt sector, including scrutiny of nonprofits allegedly funded by Neville Roy Singham. Citing reports by OpenAI and Bitcoin Policy Institute, the letter alleges that there has been Chinese interference in discussions about data centers in the U.S., and that the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), a group supported by Singham, led campaigns against data centers in the U.S.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | responsible AI | foreign influence, tax exempt status

In this letter to ClientEarth USA, the House Judiciary Committee cites concern that ClientEarth has received foreign funding to “abuse the American legal system to disrupt American industries and stop domestic energy production.” The letter cites ClientEarth USA’s receipt of funding from its UK-based parent entity, ClientEarth UK, noting that foreign entities and their donors “may have outsized influence on the types of lawsuits that ClientEarth brings” in the U.S. The letter also raises the separate concern that ClientEarth is coordinating with “allied special interest groups” to bring lawsuits against U.S. energy companies, citing ClientEarth’s partnership with the Carbon Tracker Initiative Inc. as an example. The letter concludes by requesting information and materials related to ClientEarth’s relationship with affiliated foreign entities, litigation on energy development, and the process for finding cases brought in federal court.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | environmental | foreign influence

Following up on its investigation into ActBlue, the House Judiciary Committee published this interim staff report on “ActBlue’s failure to prevent illegal foreign political contributions.” The report cite “new details” that the Committee has uncovered about ActBlue, including that foreign actors could allegedly easily bypass ActBlue’s policies to prevent illegal contributions, that ActBlue’s “passport verification process” was allegedly an ineffective security method, and that ActBlue allegedly repeatedly instructed its fraud prevention analysts to “give the donor the benefit of the doubt.”

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | elections | foreign influence

This letter follows up on a July 2025 investigation into Bloomberg Philanthropies’ alleged support of “environmental lawfare.” The letters cite concern about Bloomberg Philanthropy’s funding of organizations that have engaged in environmental litigation, such as Earthjustice. It also claims that Bloomberg Philanthropies is furthering Chinese interests, including through supporting Energy Foundation China and the US-based Energy Foundation. The letter notes concern that Bloomberg Philanthropies’ support of environmental organizations and the allegedly Chines Communist Party (CCP)-linked Energy Foundation China may result in American climate activists “knowingly or unknowingly acting as agents of the CCP.” It concludes by requesting documents and information related to its grants to organizations engaged in environmental advocacy.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | environmental | foreign influence

In letters to the National Science Foundation, Indivisible Project, Sierra Club, 350.org, and Oil Change International, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee raises concerns about foreign influence (especially Chinese influence) over U.S. AI and energy policy and potential Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) violations. Among other resources, the letters reference a 2026 Bitcoin Policy Institute, a 2026 American Energy Institute report, and a 2025 Americans for Public Trust report, all examining the foreign support of organizations engaged in energy or climate-related advocacy. The letters conclude by requesting the organizations to share information such as documents and communications related to their foreign funders and any “foreign principals,” as well as any analysis they have undertaken of their registration obligations under FARA.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | environmental | foreign influence

In letters to 19 environmental organizations, the House Natural Resources expresses concern that the organizations have abused fee-shifting provisions under federal law to generate income. The letters follow hearings from December 2025 and May 2026 on the same topic. The letters cite the Endangered Species Act, statutes covered by the Equal Access to Justice Act, and other laws as examples of provisions that “enable[] prominent environmental nonprofits…to recover the litigation costs of their vexatious lawfare campaigns.” The letters conclude by demanding the organizations to share documents and information such as processes for pursuing legal action against federal agencies or personnel. The following organizations received letters: Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Cascadia Wildlands, Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Earthjustice, Great Old Broads for Wilderness, High Country Conservation Advocates, Montana Environmental Information Center, Native Ecosystems Council, Natural Resources Defense Council, Oregon Wild, Rocky Mountain Wild, San Juan Citizens Alliance, Sierra Club, Western Watersheds Project, WildEarth Guardians, The Wilderness Society, Wilderness Watch and Wilderness Workshop.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | environmental | none

This letter follows up on an investigation into the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM)’s decision to publish a “fast track” review about whether greenhouse gas emissions are reasonably anticipated to endanger public health and welfare in the U.S. The letter alleges that NASEM fast tracked the review in order to publish it before public comments were due on the Environmental Protection Agency’s July 2025 proposal to rescind an endangerment finding under the Clean Air Act related to greenhouse gas emissions. Among other allegations, the letter expresses concern that NASEM “bends its efforts to provide environmental plaintiffs with ammunition to conduct climate lawfare.” The letter concludes by requesting all documents and communications related to the fast track review.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | scientific research | conflict of interest

This letter from Senator Rick Scott, Representative Young Kim, Senator Marsha Blackburn, and Senator Mike Lee, urges the Justice and State Departments to open a formal investigation into whether California has unconstitutionally engaged with organs and entities of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party. The letter focuses its allegations on California’s use of state entities to engage in bilateral relations with China, in potential violation of Article I, Section 10 of the Constitution. It also mentions that nonprofits including the Hewlett Foundation and Energy Foundation China have funded or facilitated engagements between California and China. Among other requests, the letter concludes by asking the Justice and State Departments to conduct a Foreign Agents Registration Act review as to whether any intermediary organizations, such as the Energy Foundation China, have acted as unregistered agents of China.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | funder, US-China relations | foreign influence

In a letter to the International Association of Machinists (IAM), the Senate HELP Committee raises concerns that the union has used member dues to “finance[] efforts to change U.S. policy related to the Cuban regime…instead of supporting American workers’ priorities.” As examples, the letter claims that at least one local IAM Union official and one union member have organized or participated in a meeting as part of the U.S. Hands Off Cuba campaign to “change U.S.-Cuba policy,” and that the IAM District 190 Area Director appeared in a video released by the Cuban Embassy “urging Americans to protest in defense of “the solidarity of Cuba.”” The letter concludes by requesting information about IAM Union member dues (especially in relation to its activities that allegedly aim to change US-Cuba policy) and its policies and contacts connected to Cuba.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | union | tax exempt status

In letters to several unions, the House Education and Workforce Committee expressed concern that the unions that “diverted workers’ dues to bankroll partisan political agendas and lavish spending that many rank-and-file members neither support nor benefit from.” The letters reference a recent article and report by the American Accountability Foundation that asserts that [the unions] have directed much of their political spending towards Democratic candidates and causes despite have diverse members. The letters conclude by requesting detailed records from each union regarding their revenue, expenditures, policies related to use of member dues for political or lobbying purposes, and documentation of related complaints, grievances, or objections, among other information. The Committee sent letters to the following unions: UAW (International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America), United Steelworkers, SMART Transportation Division, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, and Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | union | labor

Following up on the investigation into BreakThrough News, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, and the People’s Forum, the House Ways and Means Committee has issued subpoenas compelling production of specific documents. The subpoena cover letters emphasize that the legislative purpose of its previous requests for information about these nonprofits and their links to Neville Roy Singham and other foreign entities or governments was “examining whether existing legal standards governing tax-exempt status adequately account for foreign influence and control.” The cover letters reject the organizations’ legal objections to producing the requested information, insisting that the Committee’s legislative purpose has not changed since the beginning of the investigation, that it has been “examining a specific, concrete funding arrangement” that “directly informs the Committee’s legislative inquiry,” and that the First Amendment does not “categorically shield an organization from congressional inquiry.”

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | fiscal sponsor, US-China relations | foreign influence, tax exempt status

In a letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Senator Josh Hawley urged the DOJ to investigate Plan C for allegedly acting as a “referral and logistics hub” for a network of organizations that allegedly ship abortion drugs into states whose laws prohibit them. The letter notes that these alleged acts implicates federal criminal law, including the Federal food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act prohibiting the introduction of unapproved and misbranded drugs into interstate commerce as well as dispensing prescription drugs without a valid prescription, criminal anti-smuggling statutes, and federal conspiracy statutes.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | reproductive rights | conspiracy, health, other

In this letter, the Judiciary and Ways and Means Committees accuse the New Israel Fund of engaging in electioneering in violation of laws governing its tax-exempt status. The letter cites several examples as evidence, including that the New Israel Fund provided financial support to an Israeli organization engaged in voter turnout activities as well as to an organization that provided legal representation to an alliance of groups that campaigned to oust the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. The letter concludes by asking the New Israel Fund to provide documents and information pertaining to awards providing to a specific list of organizations.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | democracy and governance, funder, Israeli-Palestinian conflict | tax exempt status

In a letter to the current President and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the House Judiciary Committee warns that it will “use available mechanisms to enforce” an earlier subpoena. The referenced subpoena from May compelled materials related to SPLC’s use of paid informants to engage extremist groups.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | civil rights | fraud, money laundering

In a letter to Covington & Burling LLP, the House Judiciary, Administration, and Oversight Committees follow up on their investigation into fraudulent political donations on the ActBlue platform. The letter references two memoranda that the firm prepared and delivered to Actblue regarding allegations of fraud on its platform, and notes that ActBlue has “publicly attacked [the firm’s] integrity and competence.” The letter then requests the firm to share all documents and communications related to potential fraud at ActBlue.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | elections | campaign finance, fraud

Following up on their investigation into fraudulent political donations on the ActBlue platform, the House Judiciary, Administration, and Oversight Committees send this letter to ActBlue requesting it to share documents compelled by an earlier subpoena. The letter claims that ActBlue made an overbroad assertion of attorney-client privilege when refusing to produce certain documents in response to the subpoena. It concludes by noting that the Committees are prepared to enforce the subpoenas “through all available mechanisms.”

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | elections | campaign finance, fraud

This letter from the House Oversight Committee expresses concern that the State Democracy Defenders Fund is (1) engaging in activities beyond its stated charitable purpose, (2) lobbying beyond allowed amounts for 501(c)(3) organizations, and (3) undertaking activities to advance private financial interests. As examples of such activities, the letter cites the Fund’s work to “advance the interests” of certain unions and other entities, its criticism of President Trump’s acceptance of a gold bar gift from Apple, Inc., and its criticism of the Paramount-Warner Brothers Discovery merger, among other instances. The letter concludes by requesting documents related to the Fund’s internal governance and policies, including policies on accepting foreign donations, and communications between the Fund and certain entities and individuals.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | democracy and governance | tax exempt status

In a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, six members of the House of Representatives call on the IRS to revoke the tax-exempt status of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). The letter claims that SPLC has “engaged in the partisan targeting of conservative groups” and that a recent Justice Department indictment has accused the group of fraudulently funding some of the hate groups it told donors it was fighting. Because of these actions, the letter asserts that “SPLC does not operate as a charitable organization and should therefore lose its tax-exempt status.” The representatives who signed the letter include Mark Harris, Bryon Donalds, Barry Moore, Harriet Hageman, Mary Miller, and Andy Ogles.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | civil rights | tax exempt status

In a letter to the Acting Attorney General, Senator Tom Cotton requests the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate foreign influence efforts targeting the building of AI infrastructure in the US. The letter cites reports alleging that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has led efforts to “manipulate U.S. policy and public opinion on data centers.” It notes that nonprofits funded by Neville Roy Singham have produced content that oppose the development of American AI infrastructure. The letter concludes by requesting the DOJ to launch a full investigation into the matter because no entity in Singham’s network has yet been charged under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | environmental | foreign influence

In a letter to the Co-Chairs of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology as well as the FBI Director, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voices concern about foreign influence campaigns targeting AI development in the US. The letter cites recent investigations by the Bitcoin Policy Institute and Power the Future, which allege that foreign actors have engaged in a coordinated effort to slow AI development and the building of related infrastructure in the US. For example, the cited investigations allege that foreign entities or individuals have funded U.S. nonprofits to advocate against AI data infrastructure through environmental litigation or other methods. The letter concludes by requesting a briefing on how the Administration is investigating the matter.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | environmental | foreign influence

In letters to multiple ActBlue directors and ActBlue’s Board of Directors Chairwoman, the House Judiciary Committee requested several documents as well as a transcribed interview. The documents requested include those related to the fraudulent and illegal political contributions, policies, practices, and procedures for preventing such contributions, as well as communications related to ActBlue’s response to congressional oversight, among others. These letters follow up on the ongoing investigation into whether ActBlue allowed “bad actors, including foreign actors, to exploit its online platform to make fraudulent political donations.”

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | elections | campaign finance, foreign influence, fraud

In a letter to Texas Attorney General Kenneth Paxton, Representatives Jamie Raskin, Robert Garcia, and Joseph D. Morelle call for the AG to investigate the donation platform WinRed. The letter notes that recent investigations have raised concerns that WinRed has defrauded several individual donors while also potentially funneling “illegal foreign money into American elections”–allegations that recent Republican-led investigations have made against ActBlue, the Democratic fundraising platform. The letter concludes by requesting the AG provide documentation related to all records of consumer complaints regarding WinRed since 2015, internal documentation regarding such complaints, and communications with WinRed.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | elections | campaign finance, fraud

Following up on its July 2025 memo on the Biden Administration’s alleged funding of “Anti-Netanyahu NGOs,” the Judiciary Committee issued another memo on the same topic with several new findings. The new memo calls out several nonprofits, including the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Tides Network, and Jewish Communal Fund. It expresses concern about these and other federal grantees’ use of federal funding to support “anti-Israel groups, including some with alleged ties to terrorist organizations” during the 2023 judicial reform protests in Israel and more recently across U.S. college campuses. The memo concludes by stating that the incidences cited reveal the Biden Administration’s misuse of federal funding, and that several U.S. nonprofits are violating their obligations to retain 501(c)(3) status.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | fiscal sponsor, funder, Israeli-Palestinian conflict | federal funding, tax exempt status

As part of its ongoing investigation into the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)’s coordination with the Biden Administration on federal civil rights matters and associated issues, the House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena to SPLC’s Interim CEO and President to produce specific documents by June.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | civil rights | fraud, money laundering

These letters express concern that these institutions may be vulnerable to foreign influence due to their receipt of foreign gifts or contracts with foreign entities. In particular, the letters highlight the danger that “countries of concern” could gain access to “highly sensitive, critical research with direct military applications” by way of gifts and donations. The letters emphasize that Section 117 of the Higher Education Act requires universities to disclose foreign gifts or contracts over a certain threshold, and that the Department of Education is prioritizing enforcement of the provision. The letters conclude by requesting details about each university’s gifts, contracts, or financial transactions received from specified countries, any safeguards they have against foreign influence, policies and procedures for complying with Section 117, and other information. The universities contacted include Bryant University, University of Texas at Arlington, University of Arizona, Georgia Institute of Technology, UC-Berkeley, MIT, Portland State University, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, and UC-Irvine.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution | foreign influence, national security

Following up on its June 2025 investigation into Planned Parenthood’s alleged misuse of federal funds, the House Oversight Committee sent letters to several Planned Parenthood affiliates expressing concern that they may be using federal funds for “unpermitted purposes.” The letters specifically cite concern about Planned Parenthood’s provision of abortion services and gender affirming care for minors. The letters conclude by requesting information about the affiliates’ financial statements and annual reports, internal governance documents, and specific activities related to abortion or gender affirming care services.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | reproductive rights | federal funding

As part of its investigation into the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) and allegations of improper attempts by ELI to influence federal judges who may rule on climate-related cases, the House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena to Roger Worthington of Worthington and Caron, P.C. The cover letter to the subpoena asserts that Worthington and Caron “appears to be working with allied parties to predispose judges” to rule in their favor on climate change-related cases. The letter notes that the Committee is issuing a subpoena because Mr. Worthington declined to provide voluntary testimony after multiple requests. The subpoena compels Mr. Worthington to appear for a deposition in June.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | environmental | judicial independence

Following up on an ongoing investigation into “dark money groups skirting campaign finance disclosure laws,” the House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena to Sixteen Thirty Fund. The subpoena cover letter alleges that Sixteen Thirty Fund has refused to provide certain requested documents from prior letters, as well as taken other actions that make it difficult for the Committee to obtain information for the investigation. The Committee had previously sent a letter to Sixteen Thirty Fund requesting information about its Chorus creator incubator project, which it alleges paid participants to bolster Democratic messaging online while hiding its funding sources.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | elections, fiscal sponsor, funder | campaign finance

In letters to Thundermist Health Center, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the Senate HELP Committee expresses concern that certain HRSA-funded community heath centers, including Thundermist and the Hasbro Children’s Hospital, have used federal funding to offer gender-affirming care to children. The letters cite President Trump’s Executive Order 14187 which directs federal agencies to enforce applicable laws to prohibit or limit these services. The letters to Thundermist and Hasbro Children’s Hospital ask about the organizations’ provision of these services as well as their receipt of federal funding, among other questions. The letter to HRSA asks for information about community health centers that provide “gender transition-related services” as well as HRSA’s policies on funding organizations that provide these services, among other questions.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | health | federal funding

In a letter to the Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and the Technology, the House Oversight Committee expresses concern that “left-wing activists have coopted otherwise apolitical standards-setting bodies to compel policy on unwilling companies.” The letter cites as one example the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)’s partnership with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, which was established by the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, to integrate its carbon emission framework into ISO standards. The letter concludes by asking what the Commerce Department (through the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the American National Standards Institute) is doing to “guard against bias and ensure accuracy in ISO’s standards” and requests a briefing in mid-May.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | environmental | none

Writing to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology expresses concern about the impact of international protocols on American businesses. The letter cites particular concern that the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and other international greenhouse gas standards have “influenced” federal approaches to measure and report greenhouse gas. This letter is a continuation of an investigation opened in 2024 scrutinizing the Biden Administration’s award of a federal contract to a London-based nonprofit, which the Committee claims “involve[d] the systematic transfer of American regulatory authority to international frameworks operating outside the bounds of U.S. law and democratic accountability.” The letter concludes by requesting a briefing on the EPA’s measures to protect domestic rule-making from undue international influence.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | environmental | foreign influence

In letters to the legal counsels of BreakThrough News, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, and the People’s Forum, the House Ways and Means Committee requests more information about coordination or financial links between the nonprofits and Neville Roy Singham or other foreign entities or governments. The Committee and other Congressional peers have long alleged ties between Singham and the Chinese Communist Party. The letters follow up on correspondence sent to the three nonprofits in 2025 in an investigation questioning whether receiving certain amounts of foreign funding “align with Congress’ intent when tax-exempt status was created originally.” The letters also raise concerns that the three nonprofits’ role as “fiscal sponsors” to other organizations may allow foreign influence to flow to downstream organizations.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | fiscal sponsor, US-China relations | foreign influence, tax exempt status

Following up on its 2024 investigation into potential collusion between the Biden Administration and Everytown for Gun Safety on litigation against firearm manufacturers, the House Oversight Committee requests the National Archives and Records Administration to provide documents and communications relevant to the investigation. These include documents and communications between certain government officials and Everytown and its affiliates.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | gun safety | abuse of power, anti-trust

In letters to the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, and Sher Edling LLP, the House Judiciary Committee follows up on its ongoing investigation on allegations of improper attempts by the ELI to influence federal judges by providing judicial training and resources. The letters lay out connections between ELI and the other two letter recipients, and suggests these groups may have coordinated to secure favorable judgments in climate-related cases. The letters conclude by requesting information related to the alleged collaboration between the three groups. The letter to ELI also alleges that ELI has not sufficiently responded to prior Congressional inquiries on the same topic.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | environmental | judicial independence

In a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Congressman Chip Roy requests the HHS to suspend federal funding for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and its affiliates, and initiate formal debarment proceedings to bar CAIR from all federal non-procurement programs under 2 CFR 180.700. The letter cites CAIR’s alleged ties to designated foreign terrorist organizations such as Hamas, as well as alleged “rampant financial irregularities” within the organization.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | civil rights, immigration | federal funding

Following up on previous letters sent to ActBlue as well as a joint report, this letter invites ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones to testify in a public hearing over fraud concerns on the ActBlue platform. As noted in other letters to the organization, this letter alleges that ActBlue deliberately misled the House Administration Committee when responding to its letters and subpoena for certain information.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | elections | campaign finance, foreign influence, fraud

Following a federal grand jury indictment charging the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) with wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, this letter requests documents and information related to SPLC’s past program involving paid informants engaged in extremist groups. The letter echoes the allegation from the federal charges that SPLC used its charitable donations to pay leaders of “violent hate groups.”

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | civil rights | fraud, money laundering

This letter to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) raises concerns about the impartiality of members of NASEM’s Attribution Committee. The Attribution Committee leads NASEM’s review of human causes of climate change. The letter alleges that there is a “troubling pattern” of Attribution Committee members being affiliated with nonprofits that support climate accountability lawsuits, noting that this “rais[es] the appearance of impropriety and member bias.” It draws parallels between these alleged connections and NASEM’s recent retraction of a climate science chapter in a Federal Judicial Center reference manual because the retracted chapter had “substantial unattributed contributions” from an attorney from a firm litigating a climate accountability lawsuit. The letter emphasizes the importance of having “an appropriate range of perspectives” on issues such as climate change and recommends the Attribution Committee address potential conflicts of interest through mechanisms similar to those found in the Federal Advisory Committee Act. It concludes by asking for more details about NASEM’s conflict of interest policies and procedures.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | environmental, scientific research | conflict of interest

Following up on its year-long investigation of ActBlue, this interim staff report summarizes the Judiciary Committee’s examination of allegations that ActBlue has allowed “bad actors, including foreign actors, to exploit its online platform to make fraudulent political donations.” In addition to laying out the allegations, the report claims that ActBlue obstructed the investigation. The report notes that it is unlawful to (1) solicit, accept, or receive political contributions or donations from foreign nationals, (2) make a materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation to Congress, and (3) fail to produce papers upon any matter under inquiry by Congress, and that ActBlue has done all three of these actions.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | elections | campaign finance, foreign influence, fraud

This letter outlines concerns that Heartland China is acting under the influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), potentially in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The letter requests information related to all of Heartland China’s programs held in China or with Chinese organizations, records of all communication between Heartland China and certain U.S. officials, copies of agreements between Heartland China and all Chinese partners, and records of all foreign funding received by the organization.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | US-China relations | foreign influence

Following up on its year-long investigation of ActBlue, this letter alleges ActBlue of withholding information in response to subpoenas issued in October 2025. The letter cites documents referenced by a recent New York Times article that ActBlue did not produce in response to the subpoenas, and notes that “there is considerable reason to believe that ActBlue may have deliberately withheld this responsive material to impede our investigation.” The letter concludes by requesting all documents and communications since January 2020 that are related to the potential or actual use of ActBlue by foreign nationals to make political contributions, as well as those related to ActBlue’s policies, practices, or procedures related to political contributions by foreign nationals.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | elections | campaign finance, foreign influence, fraud

This letter to the Treasury Secretary and CEO of the IRS expresses concern that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is interfering with political processes and elections by utilizing tax-exempt organizations. The letter follows up on a Ways and Means Committee-led hearing from February 2026 on foreign influence over American nonprofits, as well as letters to allegedly CCP-linked nonprofits, such as The People’s Forum, BreakThrough News, and Tricontinental from earlier in 2026. It cites a 2025 New York Times investigation that identified at least 53 501(c)(3) organizations that have endorsed or raised money for political candidates, “likely in violation of rules against political campaign intervention” in the tax code, and that many of these organizations “quietly foiled the careers of politicians who opposed China’s authoritarian government while backing others who supported [the CCP’s policies].” The letter requests a briefing on the steps the IRS is taking to address the outlined concern.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | elections, US-China relations | foreign influence, tax exempt status

This letter follows up on an investigation opened in 2024 that scrutinized whether Columbia’s medical institutions are complying with anti-discrimination provisions in the Civil Rights Act. The Committee requests Columbia to provide a comprehensive record of discrimination and harassment complaints, investigations, and outcomes since January 2023. Citing an alleged rise in antisemitism in New York since Mayor Mamdani took office, the letter notes concern that Mayor Mamdani’s recent policies may “embolden[ ] Columbia to move away from the [International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance] definition [of antisemitism]…” and that it may not adequately respond to discrimination and harassment. The letter emphasizes that Columbia has an obligation to comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act as a recipient of federal funding.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution | anti-discrimination, federal funding

In a letter to the IRS’s Director of the Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division, Senator Marsha Blackburn expresses concern about Planned Parenthood affiliates’ new offering of aesthetic services such as Botox injections and IV hydration treatments. The letter raises concerns about Planned Parenthood “growing beyond its original mission statement” in violation of rules governing its tax-exempt status and using its federal resources to support the new services in violation of rules banning the use of federal funds to subsidize unrelated commercial services under 2 CFR 200.403 and 405. The letter also emphasizes that a nonprofit’s tax-exempt status may be threatened if its unrelated business activities become substantial relative to its overall operations. The letter concludes by asking the IRS to share its guidance on and actions taken to review unrelated business activities of nonprofits as well as nonprofits’ use of federal and state funding to support unrelated business activities. It also asks whether Planned Parenthood has reported unrelated business income from its aesthetic services.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | reproductive rights | federal funding, tax exempt status

In this letter to the Acting Commissioner of the IRS, Congresswoman Claudia Tenney calls for an investigation into 501(c)(3) nonprofits that may have made political contributions or engaged in electioneering. The letter cites an article by the Albany Times Union that reports that 501(c)(3) organizations in New York have “used their funds to influence elections and have contributed directly to candidates’ campaigns.”

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | elections | tax exempt status

In advance of the 2030 Census, which will attribute to the apportionment of future congressional seats, this letter requests information from the U.S. Census Bureau on the 2020 Census as well as preparations for the 2030 Census. The letter raises concerns about the accuracy of the 2020 Census, and among other issues, notes that some of the Bureau’s nonprofit partners for the 2020 Census were biased against President Trump. The letter cites the NAACP, National Urban League, and the Human Rights Campaign as examples, and requests information on how the Bureau ensured its partner organizations “remained political neutral and unbiased” during the 2020 Census and how the Bureau will ensure its partners are non-partisan for the upcoming Census.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | civil rights, elections | census

Following up on letters sent during the 118th Congress, these letters to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Endocrine Society express concern about the organizations’ support for or engagement in gender-affirming care for children and adolescents. In particular, the letters cite concern about the organizations’ relationship with World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), an organization that reportedly raised concerns about setting age limits for gender-affirming procedures when engaging with the Biden Administration. The letters then request information related to the organization’s relationship with WPATH, as well as communications and documents between the organizations and other professional and medical organizations and with former Biden administration personnel.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | health, trade or professional association | none

This letter expresses concern about San Jose State University’s (SJSU) alleged “lackadaisical” attitude about antisemitism incidents on campus. The letter notes that SJSU did not appear to issue official statements condemning graffiti that referenced 9/11 and targeted Jewish community members.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution | anti-discrimination

As part of its investigation into “dark money groups skirting campaign finance disclosure laws,” the House Oversight Committee sent a letter to Creator Collective on activities related to the Chorus creator incubator project. The Committee had sent a letter in November to the Sixteen Thirty Fund and Sunflower Services alleging that they had attempted to circumvent campaign finance disclosure requirements by supporting the Chorus project, which allegedly paid participants to bolster Democratic messaging online while hiding its funding sources. The current letter is addressed to the Creator Collective, which currently hosts the Chorus project, and requests documents and communications related to the Chorus project.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | elections, fiscal sponsor, funder | campaign finance

Following several letters and hearings, this majority staff report on antisemitism on college campuses arrives at four conclusions: (1) university leaders are failing to address antisemitism on campuses, (2) faculty members are legitimizing and amplifying antisemitism on college campuses, (3) student groups act as “ringleaders” of antisemitic harassment and hostility, and (4) American universities with campuses in the Middle East are failing to promote American values in some ways.

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Congressman Tony Wied of Wisconsin sent this letter to HUD Secretary Scott Turner requesting HUD to investigate the mismanagement of federal funding by Newcap. The letter reportedly alleges that Newcap has abnormally high salaries and has used grant funds to purchase first-class plan tickets and fund team building activities.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | community development | federal funding

This letter to the Secretary of State expresses concerns that the Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) is advancing Chinese Communist Party interests on U.S. campuses. The letter asks the Secretary to make a formal determination on whether to designate the CSSA as a foreign mission under the Foreign Missions Act, alleging that CSSA branches are “directed and controlled by the CCP.”

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution, US-China relations | foreign influence

As part of an investigation into fraud in Minnesota’s social services programs, launched in December 2025, the letter asks whether the Justice Department is monitoring “widespread fraud and social unrest” in Minnesota for “signs of interference by foreign actors or obstruction of justice by criminals.” The letter claims that because the recent fraud in Minnesota’s social services programs “disproportionally [sic] involved Minnesota’s immigrant community,” ICE plays a key role in disrupting the fraud. It then cites concern that foreign funding and proceeds of financial crimes may be financing protests against law enforcement. The letter concludes by asking for a briefing that covers several specific questions, including whether the DOJ is assessing “the routing of fraud schemes through nonprofit, community-based, or organizational entities” and whether financial crimes involving federal funds are contributing to “civil order challenges.”

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | funder, immigration | foreign influence, fraud

In letters to six environmental nonprofits, the House Committee on Natural Resources investigates the nonprofits’ opposition to the Willow Project, an oil drilling venture. The letters highlight the organizations’ “history of questionable litigation strategies,” and accuse the organizations of exploiting the Equal Access to Justice Act to bring “vexatious litigation” to stop the Willow Project. The letters request information including documents and communications amongst the six named nonprofits and between them and Russian, Chinese, Iranian, or North Korean nationals, among other information. The six organizations under investigation are the Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Earthjustice, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, and Natural Resources Defense Council.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | environmental | foreign influence, none

In this letter to Attorney General Pam, Bondi, Senator Jim Banks urges the DOJ to investigate foreign influence over anti-ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) activities. The letter warns that “foreign adversaries” may support anti-ICE activities, including training exercises to interfere with ICE and social media campaigns. The letter cites Neville Singham as a source of foreign influence over progressive groups. It concludes by urging the DOJ to investigate anti-ICE activities and answer questions such as the number of organizations that participate in anti-ICE activities that receive foreign support, whether organizations funded by Neville Singham have complied with the Foreign Agents Registration Act, and how the DOJ plans to hold nonprofits that oppose ICE accountable for any violations of law.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | immigration | foreign influence

These letters raise questions about whether BreakThrough News and Tricontinental operate as a foreign agents as defined under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The letter to BreakThrough News alleges that BreakThrough News “has produced and distributed content that aligns with pro-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rhetoric,” that it has ties with individuals (such as Neville Roy Singham) or entities that either promote or support CCP views or receive CCP funding, and that it has “played a significant role in organizing anti-Semitic and anti-American protests,” such as anti-ICE demonstrations. The letter concludes by raising concerns about whether BreakThrough News is “acting within its tax-exempt purpose and as a foreign agent,” and requests information about BreakThrough News’ income and grantees, connections to “foreign principals,” among other documentation and communications. The letter to Tricontinental contains similar allegations and requests a similar list of information.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | US-China relations, immigration, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, media, think tank | foreign influence, tax exempt status

Citing its jurisdiction over tax-exempt entities such as the Future Farmers of America (FFA), the Ways & Means Committee sent this letter to FFA raising concerns about FFA’s relationship with Syngenta. The letter alleges that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) controls Syngenta and expresses concern that the FFA’s relationship with Syngenta could pose “a direct threat to [the US’s] farm and food security.” It cites FFA’s selection of Syngenta to implement the DEI goals in the latest FFA Strategic Plan as evidence that “Syngenta is attempting to gain greater insight into and influence over the internal operations of [the FFA].” The letter requests information and documents related to the FFA’s relationship with Syngenta.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | trade or professional association | foreign influence, tax exempt status

In this letter to Attorney General Bondi, Senator Josh Hawley requests the DOJ to open a full investigation into the funding of recent protests, including anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protests. The letter suggests that foreign-linked actors may provide funding, direction, or material support to those organizing anti-ICE and other protests, possibly in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act, federal campaign finance laws, and other laws. The letter also notes that “taken together, coordinated activity of this nature may amount to racketeering.”

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | funder, immigration | campaign finance, foreign influence, racketeering

As part of an investigation into the enforcement of federal immigration law, this letter requests the Acacia Center for Justice to provide information about its programs that provide legal services to immigrants. The letter suggests that “illegal immigration serves as a windfall for organizations like the Acacia Center for Justice,” noting that the Center received “hundreds of millions of dollars” from “U.S. taxpayers.” Without directly naming any concerns about legal violations by the Center, the letter requests information such as the total amount of federal funding the Center received from January 20, 2021 to the present, the amount the Center has spent on activities such as strategic litigation and lobbying, and statistics related to cases in which the Center supported “unaccompanied alien children.”

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | immigration | federal funding

In a letter to the Acting Commissioner and CEO of the IRS, the House Ways and Means Committee expresses concern that several nonprofits are exploiting tax-exempt status to engage in non-tax-exempt purposes, including supporting terrorism. The letter urges the IRS to “utilize a more hands-on approach” when overseeing tax-exempt organizations. It cites as examples for concern the possibility that the nonprofit Feeding Our Future continued to benefit from tax-exempt status after the IRS revoked its status in June 2020, as well as ongoing investigations across multiple federal agencies into the funneling of nonprofit funds into designated terrorist organizations and other illicit purposes.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | anti-terrorism, fraud, tax exempt status

As part of its investigation into allegations that the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) and its Climate Judiciary Project (CJP) have improperly influenced federal judges who may preside over lawsuits related to climate change claims, the House Judiciary Committee sent out letters to several institutions it claims has coordinated with ELI. These include the Federal Judicial Center, Environmental Integrity Project, and the law firm Worthington & Caron, as well as a judge who serves as Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and Secretary of the Judicial Conference of the United States. The letters claim that the ELI improperly influenced judges through judicial trainings and sharing resources. The letters request information from these institutions regarding topics such as transparency policies and documentation of coordination with ELI and CJP as well as with federal judges where relevant.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | environmental | abuse of power, conflict of interest, ethics rules, judicial independence

This interim staff report covers preliminary findings from the House Judiciary Committee’s investigation into whether FireAid sent donations meant for victims of the Southern California fires to nonprofits working on issues unrelated to the fires. The report accuses FireAid of using donations to fund “causes and projects completely unrelated to fire recovery,” including groups that promote voter participation, protect civil rights, and support immigrants. As part of its ongoing investigation, the Committee also sent letters to Altadena Talks Foundation and Community Organized Relief Efforts requesting details about money received from FireAid and communications with or referring to FireAid.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | civil rights, elections, humanitarian, immigration | fraud

In a letter to New York Governor Kathy Hochul, Representative Elise Stefanik alleges that the New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) has been influenced by foreign actors and “malign domestic actors” and requests the Governor to turn over documents and information related to alleged instances of influence. Among other examples, the letter highlights the NYC DOE’s receipt of funding from the Qatari royal family’s U.S.-based nonprofit, the Qatar Foundation International, as well as the NYC DOE’s collaboration with the nonprofit Bridging Cultures on programs that train teachers to teach 9/11 with multicultural awareness and how to speak about the October 7 attacks in Israel. The letter criticizes these and other actions for potentially exposing NYC student to the influence of “malign foreign or domestic actors.”

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | civil rights, funder | foreign influence

The letter expresses concern about antisemitism at the APA, citing testimonies that Jewish APA members report harassment and ostracism and that the APA has not meaningfully responded to these incidents. The letter requests documents and communications about antisemitism at the APA, including all communications amongst leadership that refer to related topics such as “Israel” and “Palestine,” as well as any documented complaints and follow-up related to antisemitic incidents.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | trade or professional association | anti-discrimination

In a letter to New York Governor Kathy Hochul, Representatives Elise Stefanik and Jim Jordan cite concern about “widespread political interference in [New York’s] administration” by the Chinese Communist Party. The letter requests that Governor Hochul’s administration take a number of actions in response to the concern, including terminating state funding and tax-exempt privileges to nonprofits with verified ties to the CCP and its proxies, and to fully cooperate with federal investigations into violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act and other federal laws. It is not clear if the letter specifically names any nonprofits for further scrutiny.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | elections, US-China relations | foreign influence

Following up on a letter sent in 2024, this letter expresses concern about antisemitism at MIT, citing allegedly antisemitic incidents including a map marking campus buildings linked to Jews and Israelis and a professor’s cancellation of a research grant from Israel, among others. The letter reminds MIT of its obligations as a federal grantee under Title VI to maintain a safe learning environment, and requests documents and communications related to antisemitic incidents and MIT’s responses.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution | anti-discrimination

As part of an investigation into the Biden Administration’s cancellation of mineral leases in the Superior National Forest and withdrawal from mineral exploration and development in the area, the Committee on Natural Resources sent letters to the Center for Biological Diversity, Earthjustice, and the Wilderness Society. The letters allege that the Biden Administration took these actions after “private, off-the-books meetings” with at least one of the environmental groups, raising concerns about ethics violations and “potentially improper relationships” between the Administration and the groups. The letters request all documents and communications related to the groups’ interactions with Biden Administration representatives on the mineral leases and withdrawal, including meeting minutes and costs of the subsequent litigation to defend the lease cancellation and withdrawal.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | environmental | conflict of interest, ethics rules

As part of an investigation into whether the Biden Administration weaponized federal law enforcement resources against conservatives, the letter requests all information about the DOJ’s collaboration with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) between January 2021 and January 2025. The letter expresses concern that the Biden Administration worked with SPLC even though SPLC allegedly “routinely maligns conservative and religious organizations…as ‘hate’ groups.”

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | civil rights | abuse of power

As part of an investigation into antisemitis in K-12 schools, the Committee sent letters to the Berkely Unified School District, Fairfax County Public Schools, and the School District of Philadelphia. Each of the letters cite concern about alleged antisemitic incidences in the school districts and requests documents and information about all complaints about antisemitic incidents since October 2023, and all documents and communications, including contracts and agreements, referring or relating to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and related concepts.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution | anti-discrimination, federal funding

In a letter to Attorney General Bondi, nine representatives express concern about the People’s Republic of China’s alleged influence over U.S. energy and environmental policy to further its own interests. The letter cites as an example of influence the Energy Foundation’s support of climate initiatives and nonprofits in the U.S., alleging that the Energy Foundation is tied to the Chinese Communist Party. It voices concern about these nonprofits’ abuse of their tax-exempt status as well as potential violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The letter requests the DOJ to investigate the potential use of nonprofits as tools for foreign influence, including whether there are “undisclosed or obscure foreign donations” to U.S. climate advocacy groups and whether these groups have violated disclosure laws. The representatives who signed the letter are: Lance Gooden, Christopher Smith, Keith Self, Ben Cline, Mark Alford, Mary Miler, Clay Higgins, Harriet Hageman, and Tom Tiffany.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | environmental | foreign influence, tax exempt status

As part of an investigation into Sixteen Thirty Fund’s alleged attempt to circumvent campaign finance disclosure requirements, the letter requests documents and information related to Sixteen Thirty Fund’s Chorus Creator Incubator Program. The letter alleges that the Chorus program paid participants to “bolster[] Democratic messaging on the internet” while hiding the sources of funding for creating the content.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | elections, fiscal sponsor | campaign finance

As part of an investigation into Sixteen Thirty Fund’s alleged attempt to circumvent campaign finance disclosure requirements, the letter requests documents and information related to Sixteen Thirty Fund’s Chorus Creator Incubator Program. The letter alleges that the Chorus program paid participants to “bolster[] Democratic messaging on the internet” while hiding the sources of funding for creating the content. The Committee is writing to Sunflower Services because Sunflower announced its acquisition of Arabella Advisors, which the Committee seems to allege oversees the finances of Sixteen Thirty Fund.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | elections, fiscal sponsor, funder | campaign finance

Letter from Senator Tom Cotton to Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting that the Department of Justice investigate Code Pink for potential violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and for providing material support to foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs). The letter cites Code Pink’s receipt of approximately 25 percent of its funding from Neville Roy Singham, who reportedly works closely with the “Chinese government media machine and finances propaganda worldwide…” It notes Code Pink’s reported shifts in positions on China after it began receiving a significant source of funding from Singham. Regarding the concern that Code Pink has provided material support for FTOs, the letter cites Code Pink’s past partnerships with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Samidoun.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | US-China relations, Israeli-Palestinian conflict | anti-terrorism, foreign influence

Letters to Open Society foundations and Alliance for Global Justice regarding their alleged connections to Refuse Fascism and other groups purportedly tied to Antifa. The letters allege that both groups have supported nonprofits with ties to Antifa or other purported terrorist organizations. The letters request documentation related to the two organizations’ communications related to Antifa, financial contributions to allegedly Antifa-affiliated groups, and other information.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | civil rights, funder, Israeli-Palestinian conflict | anti-terrorism

As part of an investigation into whether the Environmental Protection Agency funded “far-left organizations” through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), the letter requests that the EPA provide information about GGRF grantees and EPA employees overseeing the fund. Information requested includes EPA guidance on conducting due diligence for grants, reports from banks or the U.S. Treasury regarding the financial histories of GGRF grantees, among other information.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | environmental, government | abuse of power, conflict of interest, fraud

In letters to the Gates Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Ford Foundation, the Senate Judiciary Committee requests information about how the foundations are complying with applicable tax laws given their alleged funding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its allies. The letters cite articles from the Washington Examiner, the Free Beacon, and other news sources to back its inquiry, and request further information about whether these reports are accurate, how many foreign projects and organizations the foundations have supported, and other related topics.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | funder | tax exempt status

In a letter, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee alleges that the Vice President of the AFT has made publicly antisemitic or political remarks. The letter requests the AFT to share more information about its response to allegations that it has become insensitive and hostile to concerns of its Jewish members, amongst other requests.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | union | anti-discrimination

In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Representative Lance Gooden urges the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the National Lawyers Guild for its “pattern of legal and logistical support to left-wing extremists engaged in violence and property destruction.” The letter notes NLG’s “close ties” with Antifa, which President Trump recently designated as a “domestic terrorist organization.” The letter suggests that the DOJ and all relevant agencies take “stringent action”, including potentially disbarring NLG’s member attorneys, revoking the NLG’s tax exempt status, and bringing relevant criminal charges.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | civil rights | anti-terrorism, tax exempt status

Letter to California Volunteers Fund, a nonprofit within the California Governor’s office, claiming that they received money from FireAid. Reportedly FireAid had held a benefit concert that raised $100 million to be sent directly to fire victims, but that many of these donations were instead sent to nonprofits, including $500,000 to the California Volunteers Fund. The letter requested information on all money received from FireAid and the purpose of expenditures related to it along with communications involving FireAid.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | government | fraud

Letter to the acting IRS Commissioner and CEO of the IRS from Chairman Jason Smith asking them to investigate and revoke the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it had previously referred to the IRS on September 24, 2024. These organizations are Americans for Justice in Palestine Educational Foundation, American Muslims for Palestine, Alliance for Global Justice, Islamic Relief, Jewish Voice for Peace, the People’s Forum, the Tides Foundation, United Hands Relief, and Westchester Peace Action Committee Foundation. It also reiterates calls in a June 10, 2024 committee letter to revoke People Media’s Project’s tax exempt status. To justify this request, the earlier letters note that acts of civil disobedience do not qualify for tax exemption and claim some of these organizations have substantial activities that do not support their exempt purpose, including supporting terrorism. The letter also notes that President Trump’s September 25, 2025 National Security Memorandum directs the IRS Commissioner “to ensure that no tax-exempt entities are directly or indirectly financing political violence or domestic terrorism.”

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | immigration, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, media | tax exempt status

Letter to Wikimedia Foundation alleging that Wikipedia has biases against “conservatism, traditional religiosity, and minority perspectives on science and medicine.” The letter alleges that Wikipedia entries “reflect a left-wing bias,” citing as examples its listing of Fox News as a “generally unreliable” source for politics and science. The letter also notes that the Wikimedia Foundation “financially supports left-wing organizations that contribute to Wikipedia content,” including grant recipients such as “Art+Feminism” and “Whose Knowledge,” which aim to “dismantle supremacist systems” and “decolonize the internet,” among other stated goals. The letter requests all documents from January 1, 2020 to the present relevant to Wikipedia’s content creation and editing processes, how the Wikimedia Foundation addresses political or ideological bias, and other topics.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | media | speech

In a letter to the President of Harvard University, the House Education and Workforce Committee and Representative Elise Stefanik express concern that the university is violating obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. The letter cites several instances of concern, such as the university’s alleged failure to discipline students who allegedly assaulted an Israeli Jewish student in 2023 and its partnership with a University whose student body allegedly “overwhelmingly supports Hamas.” The letter requests several documents and communications related to Harvard’s response to antisemitism on campus, including a comprehensive chart documenting all reports or complaints of antisemitic acts or incidences since October 7, 2023 and the status of Harvard’s response in each incident.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution | anti-discrimination

In a letter to the President of Stanford University as well as the President of the Stanford Graduate Workers Union (SGWU), the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee expresses concern that graduate students are mandated to pay dues or agency fees to SGWU. The letter contends that the mandatory fees may have a chilling effect on speech because SGWU allegedly sends a portion of its dues to an organization that supports activities that may run contrary to certain religious beliefs. The letter then requests details about Stanford’s graduate program as well as the SGWU’s activities and administration.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution, union | anti-discrimination, speech

As part of an investigation into whether the Biden Administration “funneled U.S. taxpayer funds to foreign entities closely affiliated with designated terrorist groups,” these letters ask RBF and RPA about how they spent grants and other awards received from USAID, the State Department, or the Department of Defense. The letter to RBF asks for documents and information about these awards, including a detailed breakdown of how funds received from or donated to specific partners were spent. The named partners include USAID, the State Department, the Department of Defense, the Tides Network, the Foundation for Middle East Peace, New Israel Fund, Open Society Foundations, Adalah Justice Project, the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, Alliance for Global Justice, Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, Defense for Children International Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace, Al-Shabaka—the Middle East Policy Network, Breaking the Silence, B’Tselem, and the American Friends Service Committee.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | Israeli-Palestinian conflict | anti-terrorism, tax exempt status

In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Representative Elise Stefanik requests that the Department of Justice investigate Doctors Without Borders under the Anti-Terrorism Act. The letter alleges that Doctors Without Borders has share propaganda that mirrors that “continuously pushed by Hamas.” As examples, the letter claims that the organization has not addressed Israeli victims of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and has allegedly had staffers that engaged in “extremist actions and rhetoric.” The letter also notes that the alleged actions may be evidence that Doctors Without Borders has violated its obligations as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and recommends that the DOJ refer the organization to the Internal Revenue Service as appropriate.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | humanitarian, Israeli-Palestinian conflict | anti-terrorism, tax exempt status

The Chair of the House Oversight Committee and Representative Anna Paulina Luna sent this letter to the Treasury Secretary as part of an investigation into the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s alleged efforts to “sow discord” in the U.S. and the U.S. government’s capacity to combat these alleged efforts. The letter raises concern about “certain far-left entities” that are allegedly organized and funded by Neville Roy Singham, an American entrepreneur based in China, claiming that Mr. Singham “may have acted as an agent for the CCP.” The letter requests that the Treasury undertake a formal evaluation to determine the applicability of sanctions and other civil remedies and criminal penalties for Mr. Singham’s assets. It also requests an evaluation of 19 non-profit entities alleged to have ties with Mr. Singham: Party for Socialism and Liberation; Code Pink; No Cold War; Tricontinental; United Community Fund; Justice and Education Fund; People’s Support Foundation; New Fame; People’s Forum; Dongsheng News; Shut It Down for Palestine; ANSWER Coalition; International People’s Assembly; Al-Awda NY; National Students for Justice in Palestine; Palestinian Youth Movement; Palestinian American Community Center NJ; Samidoun; and BreakThrough Media.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | funder, Israeli-Palestinian conflict | foreign influence

Twenty-three Congressional members pen a letter to the Speaker of the House and the Chairmen of the House Judiciary and Oversight committees requesting the formation of a select committee on “the money, influence, and power behind the radical left’s assault on America and the rule of law.” The letter cites the 2024 assassination attempt on President Trump and the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk among other incidences as evidence of “anti-American assaults” allegedly supported by left-leaning funders and organizations such as George Soros and the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | civil rights, funder | none

Letter to The People’s Forum alleging the organization of “using tax-exempt status to spread foreign propaganda while acting as a foreign agent” in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The letter points to The People Forum’s receipt of funding from Neville Roy Singham, a philanthropist based in China, its engagement in protests in support of Palestinian rights , and its hosting of events on China-related topics as evidence of this alleged violation. The letter requests several documents, including a comprehensive list of all organizations that The People’s Forum fiscally sponsors, a list of all donors and organizations who have given more than $5,000 to The People’s Forum since 2017, and communications between The People’s Forum and “foreign principals” since 2017.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | fiscal sponsor, US-China relations, Israeli-Palestinian conflict | foreign influence

As part of an ongoing investigation into online fundraising platforms that may have accepted fraudulent donations from domestic and foreign sources, the House Committees on the Judiciary, Administration, and Oversight issued subpoenas to several persons formerly or currently associated with ActBlue. The subpoenas compel the following persons’ appearance for a deposition in mid-October: the former Director and Associate General Counsel of Product and Privacy, the Legal Counsel, and the former General Counsel.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | elections | foreign influence, fraud

As part of an investigation into “allegations of improper attempts to influence federal judges,” the letter alleges that the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) influenced judges who may preside over lawsuits related to climate change. The letter cites as examples of influence ELI’s “Climate Science and Law for Judges Curriculum” and the attendance of various judges who have overseen climate-related cases at ELI-sponsored events. The letter then requests the provision of documentation related to ELI’s external funding for judicial education efforts and judges who have attended ELI’s events, among other topics.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | environmental | abuse of power, conflict of interest, ethics rules, judicial independence

Letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urging them to revoke the tax-exempt status of Chinese community “hometown associations” and to conduct a full investigation of them for potential violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. “Hometown associations” aim to support Chinese immigrants to build community with others from their home regions, but the letter alleges that these associations have been “co-opted by the CCP” and work to “influence U.S. political leaders toward CCP objectives.”

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | US-China relations | foreign influence, tax exempt status

Letter to Wikimedia Foundation expressing concern about individuals or specific accounts that may “inject bias into important and sensitive topics.” As examples of biases, the letter cites a recent report by the Anti-Defamation League on anti-Israel and anti-Jewish bias on Wikipedia as well as the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab’s report on “hostile nation-state actors” that may sow pro-Kremlin and anti-Western messaging in Wikipedia articles. The letter requests information such as records, communications, or analysis related to efforts to influence content in a way that might violate Wikipedia policies, and analysis by the Wikimedia Foundation of patterns of manipulation or bias related to antisemitism and conflicts involving Israel.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | media | none

Letters to three medical schools (University of Illinois, University of California, San Franciso, and University of California, Los Angeles) investigating their alleged failures to address antisemitism. The letters question whether the universities are complying with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to “end harassment, eliminate any hostile environment and its effects, and prevent any harassment from recurring.” The letters request information such as all documents and communications related to reports or complaints of antisemitic acts and the universities’ responses to these alleged incidences.

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Letter from Senator Tom Cotton requesting the IRS to investigate the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) and one of its donors, Honor the Earth. The letter alleges that PYM’s activities, “particularly its support for terrorist organizations such as Hamas,” should prohibit it from receiving tax exempt donations such as those from Honor the Earth.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | funder, Israeli-Palestinian conflict | tax exempt status

This letter is part of an investigation into an alleged pattern of antisemitism at the National Education Association (NEA). The letter cites as examples of antisemitism the NEA Representative Assembly’s vote to ban materials by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and allegedly antisemitic content in the NEA’s 2025 handbook. The letter requests all documents and communications amongst NEA leadership as well as meeting minutes that refer to concepts such as antisemitism, Israel, or Palestine, and those which refer to the NEA’s decision to ban ADL materials and to the allegedly antisemitic content in the NEA’s handbook. It also requests documents related to the NEA’s collective bargaining agreements that refer to antisemitism, Israel, or Palestine.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | union | anti-discrimination

In a letter to IRS Commissioner Billy Long, Senator Tom Cotton urges the IRS to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) for its alleged ties to terrorist organizations. The letter alleges that CAIR was listed as a member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestine Committee and that CAIR’s founders participated in a Hamas supporters meeting. The letter requests the IRS to investigate CAIR, including reviewing its financial records, affiliations, and activities.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | civil rights, Israeli-Palestinian conflict | tax exempt status

The letter reiterates concerns about Harvard’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party, following up on a similar letter from May. The Chair of the Education and Workforce Committee, Chairman of the Select Committee on the CCP, and Representative Elise Stefanik sent the letter jointly. This letter “identified[s] new evidence related to [Harvard’s] connections to the [CCP],” citing the Harvard Kennedy School’s partnership with the Chinese Executive Leadership Academy Pudong, which the letter alleges is controlled by the CCP Organization Department, as an example. The letter requests documentation of all formal or informal engagement, partnership, or collaboration between Harvard and the Chinese government or CCP, as well as a spreadsheet that details all monetary and non-monetary benefits from entities controlled or directed by the Chinese government or the CCP.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution | foreign influence

In letters to the Deputy Secretary and Acting Inspector General of the Department of Energy, the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology express concern about “questionable lending practices that occurred under the Biden-Harris Administration.” The letter accuses the Biden-Harris Administration of sending “billions of taxpayer dollars through the LPO to politically aligned nonprofit organizations,” though it mainly cites loans to for-profit organizations such as Sunnova and Plug Power as examples.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | environmental | abuse of power, conflict of interest, fraud

In a letter to the IRS, Representatives Nicole Malliotakis and Claudia Tenney, both from New York, expressed concern that four nonprofits were using tax-exempt resources to engage in activities that support or promote immigrants to unlawfully enter, remain in, or evade detection in the US. The letter called out the Bronx Defenders, the NY Immigration Coalition, Make the Road NY, and NY Lawyer for the Public Interest, noting that their activities “constitute[] grounds for revocation of tax-exempt status.” The letter also references President Trump’s executive order from April 2025 that directs agencies to withhold funds from sanctuary jurisdictions.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | immigration | tax exempt status

Letter to George Mason University expressing concern about the university’s compliance with civil rights law and requesting that the President appear for a transcribed interview before the House Judiciary Committee. The letter cites George Mason’s creation of a Task Force on “Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence,” its guidance to campus hiring authorities to give preference to members of “underrepresented groups,” and other actions as evidence of the university’s unlawful promotion of discrimination. The letter requests all documents and communications related to DEI between the university and any persons hired or contracted by or otherwise affiliated with the university.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution | anti-discrimination

Following a subpoena to ActBlue’s Senior Workflow Specialist, the committees on House Administration, Judiciary, and Oversight issued a subpoena to ActBlue’s CEO. The subpoena cover letter lays out its grounds for issuing the subpoena, including assertions that the ActBlue representative’s stated reason for noncompliance was unpersuasive and had no legal basis. The subpoena compels the production of certain requested documents by mid-August.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | elections, political action committee | foreign influence, fraud

As part of an investigation into alleged ties between NYU’s State Energy and Environmental Impact Center (State Impact Center) and certain state attorneys general offices, the letter requests information about the State Impact Center’s placement of fellows at state attorneys general offices, as well as the Center’s communications with one of its funders, Bloomberg Philanthropies. The letter expresses concern that the State Impact Center’s program that places law school fellows at offices of state attorneys general “raises ethical concerns and questions about the independence of state governments.” The letter alleges that the program is a way for Michael Bloomberg to “skirt legislative bodies and effect partisan policy,” and notes that State Impact Center fellows only work for Democratic attorneys general offices. The House Oversight Committee sent a similar letter to Bloomberg Philanthropies.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution, environmental, funder | abuse of power, ethics rules

This memo consolidates and analyzes information received from six U.S. and Israeli nonprofits after an investigation begun in March. The investigation looked into how grants issued to these nonprofits by the Biden Administration allegedly supported anti-Netanyahu and terrorist organizations. Some of the nonprofits scrutinized are funders in addition to recipients of federal funding. The memo alleges that the provision of these grants for such purposes risked harming the U.S.’s relationship with Israel and may amount to a misuse of federal grant funds.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | funder, Israeli-Palestinian conflict | federal funding

Letters to seven universities calling on them to end their joint programs with the Chinese Scholarship Council. The letters alleges that the Chinese Scholarship Council is a “CCP-managed technology transfer effort that exploits U.S. institutions and directly supports China’s military and scientific growth.” The universities that received letters include Dartmouth College, Temple University, UC-Davis, UC-Irvine, UC-Riverside, University of Notre Dame, and University of Tennessee.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution | national security

These subpoenas follow up on letters sent in April alleging that Ivy League schools were potentially violating antitrust laws by “collectively raising tuition prices while engaging in perfect price discrimination by offering selective financial aid packages to maximize profits.” The cover letters to the subpoenas state that Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania had inadequate responses to the letters.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution | anti-trust

Letters alleging that the Biden-Harris Administration provided grants to nonprofits to “undermine Israel’s democracy.” The letters (addressed to purported recipients of federal funding) state that the support to these groups risked harming the U.S.’s relationship with Israel and undermined “core civil liberties” in both countries. The letters cite as examples the organizations’ alleged involvement in organizing protests in Israel against its proposed plans to reform its judicial system in 2023. The letters were sent to The Abraham Initiatives, Blue White Future, and The Tides Network

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | funder, Israeli-Palestinian conflict | federal funding

The letter alleges that Boston University is supporting “federally funded professors [to spread] disinformation” about the restructuring of USAID and its impacts. It highlights BU’s “Impact Counter,” a dashboard that visualizes the impact of recent funding changes for aid and support organizations. The letter asks about BU’s safeguards to “prevent federally funded research from being used as a vehicle for political advocacy,” as well as more specific questions about the methodology behind the Impact Counter.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution | speech

Following the testimonies of the presidents of DePaul University, California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo), and Haverford College during a hearing in May 2025, the Committee sent letters requesting additional information about alleged antisemitic incidents and the universities’ responses.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution | anti-discrimination

Subpoena to the Senior Workflow Specialist at ActBlue. The subpoena follows up on a request by the committees on House Administration, Judiciary, and Oversight for the ActBlue representative to appear at a transcribed interview, which the representative ultimately declined to do. The investigation responds to allegations that certain online fundraising platforms have accepted fraudulent donations from domestic and foreign sources. The subpoena cover letter lays out its grounds for issuing the subpoena, including assertions that the ActBlue representative’s stated reason for noncompliance was unpersuasive and had no legal basis. The subpoena compels the representative’s appearance for a deposition in mid-July.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | elections, political action committee | foreign influence, fraud

Letter to the Coalition for Humane Immigration Rights (CHIRLA) requesting information about its federal grants from January 20, 2021 onward, including documents and communications regarding the grants as well as how the funds were spent. The letter also requests information about all donations, grants, or other financial contributions CHIRLA received from or gave to any other nonprofit organization from January 20, 2021 onward, as well as any information about the immigration-related protests from earlier in 2025.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | immigration | federal funding

Letter to the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) as part of the Committee’s investigation into SEIU’s hiring of registered sex offenders. The letter cites SEIU’s alleged hiring of a registered sex offender to serve as its business agent and questions the decision given SEIU’s engagement with vulnerable populations. The letter requests SEIU to share information about employees who are registered sex offenders and policies and procedures related to job applicants and employees who may be registered sex offenders. The letter notes that the Committee is weighing whether reforms to the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act are necessary.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | union | labor

Letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting a briefing on the Justice Department’s efforts to investigate whether “certain far-left entities, organized and funded by Neville Roy Singham, may have engaged in activities at the behest of Beijing, requiring registration and disclosures under FARA.” It also alleges that some of the organizations funded by Singham are “radical, antisemitic entities.” The letter specifically requests that the DOJ address investigative efforts related to the following organizations:  the Party for Socialism and Liberation, Code Pink, No Cold War, Tricontinental, United Community Fund, Justice Education Fund, People’s Support Foundation, New Fame, Dongsheng News, Shut It Down for Palestine, ANSWER Coalition, International People’s Assembly, Al-Awda NY, National Students for Justice in Palestine, Palestinian Youth Movement, Palestinian American Community Center NJ, Samidoun, and BreakThrough Media.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | funder, immigration, Israeli-Palestinian conflict | foreign influence, supporting illegal activity

Letter to Neville Singham requesting the provision of documents and information related to Singham’s “funding and control” over organizations such as the Party for Socialism and Liberation. The letter voices concern over Singham’s support of organizations that engaged in the protests in Los Angeles as well as the possibility that Singham may be engaging in activities on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act and other federal laws.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | funder | supporting illegal activity, foreign influence

Letter to Planned Parenthood alleging that it may be “commingling federal funds and using them for unpermitted purposes,” citing the organization’s alleged provision of abortion services and gender-affirming care to minors “with little medical supervision and questionable adherence to parental consent laws.” The letter requests a range of documentation related to these activities, Planned Parenthood’s non-public financial statements and annual reports, internal policies, and also requests a staff-level briefing on the matter no later than June 20, 2025 with briefers prepared to answer several questions.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | reproductive rights, health | federal funding

Letters to over 200 NGOs that allegedly “were involved in providing services or support to inadmissible aliens during the Biden-Harris administration’s historic border crisis.” The letters request each NGO to complete a survey that includes questions about government grants, contracts, and disbursements received, lawsuits against the federal government as well as amicus briefs filed in lawsuits against the federal government, and other forms of assistance provided to “illegal immigrants or unaccompanied alien children” in recent years, among other questions.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | immigration | immigration

Senator Josh Hawley sent letters to three organizations alleging their role in “financing and materially supporting the coordinated protests and riots” in Los Angeles. The letters request information related to planning, coordinating, or funding the protests and immigration enforcement, including relevant communications, financial documents, grant applications or funding proposals, and other information. The organizations that received the letters are the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, Party for Socialism and Liberation, and Union del Barrio.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | immigration, funder, | supporting illegal activity

Follow-up letter to Sarah Lawrence College requesting more details about the safety of Jewish students on campus. The letter highlights Sarah Lawrence’s obligation to respond to alleged incidents of antisemitism under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which “requires colleges accepting federal funds to promptly address and eliminate a hostile environment.”

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution | anti-discrimination

Letter requesting information about whether Harvard University engages in discriminatory hiring and employment practices in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The letter cites several of Harvard’s diversity-related initiatives as evidence that Harvard may have or may still be discriminating with respect to its hiring and employment practices.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution | anti-discrimination

Report on the now-terminated grants to the Vera Institute of Justice and Impact Justice from the Justice Department. The letter explains that the two NGOs had received the funds to “help combat sexual abuse in prisons and ensure the integrity of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) audit process.” The report alleges that the two NGOs’ activities “prioritize[ed] violent criminals over victims and decline[ed] to fully prosecute felony charges.”

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | criminal justice | none

Letter seeking formal briefing with EPA staff to understand funding decisions behind the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF). The letter raises concerns about the choice of grantees for the GGRF, alleging “conflicts of interest and political favoritism.” It also questions the “complex funding structure” of the GGRF.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | environmental | abuse of power, conflict of interest, fraud

Letter demanding Bowdoin College to provide disciplinary records for students and faculty who participated in “antisemitic incidents on campus.” The letter follows up on a previous request from March and acknowledges that although Bowdoin produced documents related to the disciplinary action, it has allegedly failed to produce “all” the relevant documents. The letter notes that if Bowdoin fails to fully comply with the Committee’s requests, the Committee will “proceed with issuing compulsory process.”

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Letter to Harvard University expressing concern about certain activities that may “create risks to U.S. national security and further the Chinese Communist Party’s genocide in Xinjiang.” The questioned activities include Harvard’s provision of health-related training services to and collaboration on research with several Chinese entities. The letter asserts that these activities may “undermine Harvard’s nonprofit mission,” and requests a wide range of documents, including those related to Harvard’s engagement or collaboration with foreign individuals and entities on several national security lists and explanations of its collaboration with the various cited entities.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution | national security

Letters to the State University of New York (SUNY) and the University of California (UC) requesting the institutions to assess their management of the risk of efforts by the People’s Republic of China to acquire sensitive technology through the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution | national security

Letter calling on Duke University to end its Duke Kunshan University campus in China. The letter alleges that Duke’s partnership with Chinese entities has enabled the Chinese Communist Party to access sensitive U.S. technology, and has also made American students vulnerable to exploitation by CCP propaganda.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution | national security

Letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., requesting information about the HHS’s responses to complaints about Polaris Project’s management of the National Human Trafficking Hotline under a federal grant. The letter cites letters from 2023 and 2025 from a bipartisan group of attorneys general raising concerns about Polaris’ alleged failures to report certain trafficking tips to state law enforcement. It also asks about apparent conflicts of interest between Polaris and its co-founder, Katherine Chon, who is a senior adviser at HHS and HHS’ director of the Office on Trafficking in Persons.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | anti-trafficking | none

This letter requests Northwestern to submit a transcribed interview about steps being taken to combat “antisemitic threats and harassment occurring on its campus.” The letter alleges that Northwestern has not taken the steps to address antisemitism that its president cited during a testimony on antisemitism on college campuses in May 2024.

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Ahead of the House Committee on Education and Workforce’s May 7th hearing on antisemitism at universities, these letters lay out allegations of antisemitic incidences on each letter recipient’s campus, and requests information about the recipients’ responses to these incidents. The letter recipients were California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo), DePaul University, and Haverford College, whose respective presidents will be testifying at the hearing.

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As part of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s investigation into Harvard’s “lack of compliance with civil rights laws despite receiving [federal funds],” the letter requests all documents and communications on several issues, including its administrative structures, hiring and admissions policies, viewpoint diversity, DEI practices, and among others.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution | anti-discrimination, foreign influence

The letter requests a staff-level briefing on security risks and mitigation for partnerships under the Biden Administration’s Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program (REPI). The briefing is part of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s investigation of the Biden Administration’s “use of REPI to facilitate the sale of land easements…to nonprofits with ties to the Chinese Communist Party.” The letter cites as an example the Nature Conservancy, which was involved in 34 such agreements under REPI.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | environmental | abuse of power, foreign influence

Letter from Senator Charles Grassley to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting information to assist Congress to review enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) against The People’s Forum and Code Pink. The letter emphasizes that both organizations received significant funding from Neville Roy Singham, whom the letter alleges “works closely with the Chinese government media machine and is financing its propaganda worldwide.” It also highlights examples of both organizations’ activities that could be construed as sympathetic to China. The letter concludes that both organizations have been funded and influenced by foreign principals (Mr. Singham and the “communist Chinese government,” and have engaged in “covered political activities that directly advance the communist Chinese government’s political and policy interests.” The letter requests information from the DOJ about actions it has taken to assess and enforce The People’s Forum and Code Pink’s obligations under FARA.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | US-China relations | foreign influence

Letters to eight Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) grant recipients as part of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s investigation into the GGRF. The letters cite concerns including the GGRF’s “unusual structure,” “large funding amounts,” “speed of the awards process,” and “reports of potential conflicts of interest.” The letters request information about how the organizations became GGRF grant recipients and details about their awards, their organizational structure, their relationship with the EPA, and other topics. The letter recipients include Coalition for Green Capital, Climate United Fund, Power Forward Communities, Justice Climate Fund, Opportunity Finance Network, Inclusiv, Native CDFI Network, and Appalachian Community Capital.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | environmental | abuse of power, conflict of interest, fraud

Letters to Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University seeking documents and communications on these schools’ “apparent collusion to raise tuition prices.” The letter suggests that the schools’ actions may violate the Sherman Act.

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Letter requesting information about Future of Privacy Forum (FPF)’s use of grant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Department of Energy (DOE). The letter alleges that FPF is “attempting to hide its work in support of former President Biden’s AI Executive Order,” which laid out principles for the development and use of AI, including “advancing equity and civil rights.” The letter states that FPF “promoted efforts to incorporate DEI principles into AI-enabled technologies” and “supported gender-affirming care.” It also expresses interest in FPF’s work on model AI legislation for states. The letter requests information including all affiliated persons who worked on lobbying under specific NSF and DOE awards and information relating to various meetings and communications under the awards.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | responsible AI | speech

Report alleging that ActBlue’s election contribution platform has extensive fraud, including allegedly fraudulent contributions from foreign sources. The Committee also sent a letter requesting additional information from ActBlue about its compliance with applicable federal laws and certain whistleblowers and staff resignations. The letter also requests testimony from two named employees.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | elections, political action committee | foreign influence, fraud

As part of the Oversight Committee’s investigation into the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), the Committee sent letters to eight grantees of the fund. These include Power Forward Communities, Native CDFI Network, Appalachian Community Capital, Inclusiv, Opportunity Finance Network, Coalition for Green Capital, Climate United, and Justice Climate Fund. The letters request from each organization a full list of its employees as well as all documents and communications between the organization and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) related to the GGRF. The letters allege that the GGRF was “designed to reward President Joe Biden’s political allies.”

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | environmental | abuse of power, conflict of interest, fraud

Letters to UCLA, Barnard College, The George Washington University, and Columbia University requesting information about incidents on campus involving the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). The letters note that SJP is supported by American Muslims for Palestine, which allegedly have ties to Hamas.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution, Israeli-Palestinian conflict | anti-discrimination, anti-terrorism

Letters from Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg and Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens to five schools requesting answers regarding their “lackluster response to the rise of antisemitism on their campuses. The schools are Barnard College, Bowdoin College, Northwestern University, Pomona College, and Sarah Lawrence College. The letters cite incidences such as protests in support of Palestinians and the provision of legal representations by students in a clinic to organizers of a demonstration.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution, Israeli-Palestinian conflict | anti-discrimination

Letters from Representatives Jim Jordan and Brian Mast to PEF Israel Endowment Funds, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Movement for Quality Government in Israel, Blue and White Future, Jewish Communal Fund, and Middle East Peace Dialogue Network requesting information about these organizations’ funding agreements with USAID or the State Department, these organizations’ relationships to each other, and a “detailed breakdown” of how the organizations spent funds received from USAID, the State Department, or each other. The letters allege that these organizations supported protests in Israel, which “jeopardizes” the U.S.’s relationship with Israel and “undermines core civil liberties” in both countries. The letters also formally request the organizations to “preserve all existing and future records and materials relating to the topics addressed” in the letters.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | funder, Israeli-Palestinian conflict | fraud

Letter to DOJ and FBI asking what the institutions are doing to investigate and address “threats posed by outside groups to safety on college campuses,” whether the institutions are coordinating with the Department of Education to gather information needed to investigate antisemitic harassment and discrimination, and steps the institutions are taking to ensure that colleges and universities are “fully apprised of threats to campus safety.” The letter cites its concern for American Muslims for Palestine (AMP)’s support of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and its campus demonstrations as the impetus for the questions.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | Israeli-Palestinian conflict | anti-discrimination, anti-terrorism

Letter to American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) requesting information about the relationship between AMP, Americans for Justice in Palestine Educational Foundation, and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), as well as other information relating to AMP’s involvement on college campuses. The letter expresses concern about AMP’s engagement on college campuses in light of its alleged ties to terrorist organizations. It also describes campus demonstrations as posing “significant threats to campus safety.”

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | Israeli-Palestinian conflict | anti-terrorism

Letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)’s Acting Commissioner encouraging the IRS to investigate the New Georgia Project and revoke the organization’s tax-exempt status. The letter references the Georgia State Ethics Commission (GESC)’s finding that the New Georgia Project made illegal contributions to Stacey Abrams’ 2018 gubernatorial campaign. It further notes that the Internal Revenue Code prohibits 501(c)(3) organizations from participating in or intervening in any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | elections | tax exempt status

Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator requesting more information about the Biden Administration’s allocation of funding, especially to environmental groups. The letter references the recently cancelled arrangement with a financial institution to disburse $20 billion in funds allocated under the Inflation Reduction Act’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | environmental | abuse of power

Letter from Senators Joni Ernst and Rand Paul to the Small Business Administration (SBA) alleging that the Planned Parenthood Federation of America wrongfully applied for and received loans under the Paycheck Protection Program. The letter follows previously letters to the SBA and requests information including records of Planned Parenthood affiliates’ applications for PPP funds and details about any Planned Parenthood affiliates’ PPP loans.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | reproductive rights, health | fraud

Letters calling on Eastern Michigan University, Oakland University, and the University of Detroit Mercy to end their partnerships with Chinese universities. The letters allege that these universities’ Chinese partners support the Chinese military and that these partnerships jeopardize the security of American research.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution | national security

Letter to Acting Secretary of the Department of Education alleging the Biden Administration’s lack of enforcement of the requirement for educational institutions that receive federal financial assistance to report receipt of foreign gifts or contracts under Section 117 of the Higher Education Act. The letter requests the Department to share information about Section 117 compliance investigations opened and closed during the Biden Administration, Section 117 noncompliance institutions, and other information.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution | foreign influence

Letter to Columbia University requesting disciplinary records for antisemitic incidents, noting that Columbia’s alleged failure to uphold its commitments to combat antisemitism is “untenable” given its receipt of federal funding.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution | anti-discrimination

Letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)’s Acting Commissioner encouraging the IRS to change the way the IRS operates. The letter cites several causes for concern, including the IRS’ “failure to take aggressive action against tax-exempt organizations that have caused antisemitic chaos on college campuses…and may be supporting terrorism.”

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | educational institution, Israeli-Palestinian conflict | tax exempt status

Letter to the National Public Radio (NPR)’s CEO and President requesting the CEO’s availability to testify at a hearing about federally funded radio and television and its “systematically biased content.” The letter cites NPR’s refusal to report on the Hunter Biden laptop story as indication that NPO’s reporting serves a “narrow slice of like-minded individuals and ideological interest groups.”

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | media | speech

Letter to the President and CEO of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) requesting the President’s availability to testify at a hearing about federally funded radio and television and “its systematically biased content.” The letter criticizes PBS for implying that Elon Musk made a fascist salute during an inaugural celebration for President Donald Trump.

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Tags: 119th (2025-2026) | media | speech

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce and House Committee on Education and the Workforce wrote a letter to the Gladstone Institutes’ president requesting information about antisemitic harassment and intimidation at the institution. Gladstone is a recipient of funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and affiliated with other institutions under congressional investigation for antisemitism, including UC San Francisco, UC Berkeley, and Stanford University.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | scientific research | anti-discrimination

Letter from Senator Ted Cruz to the U.S. Attorney General asking whether the U.K.-based non-profit Centre for Governance of Artificial Intelligence has registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | responsible AI | foreign influence

Letter to the IRS Commissioner reiterating a call for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to revoke the tax exempt status of Alliance for Global Justice “due to its financial support for its fiscally sponsored project” Samidoun. The letter states that the U.S. Department of Treasury labeled Samidoun a “sham charity” that “serves as a fundraiser for terrorist organizations.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | fiscal sponsor | anti-terrorism, tax exempt status

Letter from Chairman Westerman and 7 other members of the Committee to the Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) coalition in relation to an investigation of a pro-Palestine protest on National Park Service land in Washington DC on July 24, 2024. The letter alleges potential violations of the permit process and the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and potential ties to terrorist organizations. It requests several documents, including those related to the organization of the protest, the funding of the ANSWER coalition by Neville Roy Singham or any foreign entity (particularly those connected with the Chinese Communist Party), and any communications between the coalition and Iran or its terrorist proxies.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | Israeli-Palestinian conflict | anti-terrorism, foreign influence, protest

Letters from Chairman Smith to state attorney generals of six states (NY, VA, WA, AZ, CA, and TX) calling on them to investigate different groups registered in their state for potential violation of state law, including domestic terrorism, material support for terrorism, and misrepresentation and fraud. The referenced groups were The People’s Forum, the Westchester People’s Action Coalition, Americans for Justice in Palestine Educational Foundation, American Muslims for Palestine, People Media Project, Alliance for Global Justice, Jewish Voices for Peace, Tides Foundation, and United Hands Relief. The letters call for the revocations of some organizations’ charitable registration.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | Israeli-Palestinian conflict | tax exempt status

Letter from Senators Charles Grassley, Joni Ernst, Ted Cruz, and Tim Scott requesting that the Justice Department and FBI investigate the National Students for Justice in Palestine, and affiliated student chapters, for potential violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | Israeli-Palestinian conflict | foreign influence

Following up on its investigation into potential collusion between the Biden Administration and Everytown for Gun Safety, the House Oversight Committee issued subpoenas to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention to produce documents and communications related to meetings between those offices and Everytown and its affiliates.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | gun safety | abuse of power, anti-trust

Letter to the IRS Commissioner from Chairman Jason Smith asking the Commissioner to investigate and revoke the tax exempt status for Americans for Justice in Palestine Educational Foundation, American Muslims for Palestine, Alliance for Global Justice, Islamic Relief, Jewish Voices for Peace, the People’s Forum, the Tides Foundation, United Hands Relief, and Westchester Peace Action Committee Foundation. To justify this request, the letters point to a number of provisions of the law, including that acts of civil disobedience to do not qualify for tax exemption, that violations of the law that are an “antithesis of the public good” may bar tax exemption, and that organizations that are designated as terrorist organizations cannot maintain tax-exempt status.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | Israeli-Palestinian conflict | tax exempt status

Letters to over 130 entities, including nonprofits, universities, foundations, companies, and retirement systems, claiming potential violation of anti-trust laws for engaging in the Climate Action 100+ initiative. The letters ask these entities about planned actions under the initiative and request the entities preserve all materials related to their engagement with the initiative and referring to the entity’s own efforts to advance its ESG goals.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | environmental | anti-trust

Letter to the Secretary of the Department of Interior and Director of the National Park Service demanding they open an investigation into the “violent and illegal demonstrations that took place on National Park Service land – particularly Columbus Circle and Union Station- in Washington DC” during the visit of Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu on July 24, 2024. A permit had been issued to the Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) coalition for the demonstration. The letter demands a full investigation and to refer charges to the Justice Department for civil and criminal prosecution.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | Israeli-Palestinian conflict | protest

Letter to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation (USCCF) asking the reason the USCCF has received funding from the Tides Foundation, “a left-leaning organization that partners with and sponsors groups that advocate for policies that would harm the American business community.” The letter requests further information regarding this funding and how taxpayers benefit from the USCCF’s tax-exempt status.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | fiscal sponsor, trade or professional association | tax exempt status

Following receipt of a response from the Deputy Counsel to the President, the Committee sent a follow-up letter requesting documentation of communications between the White House Office on Gun Violence Prevention, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Everytown for Gun Safety and Everytown Law.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | gun safety | abuse of power, anti-trust

Letter to White House Office on Gun Violence Prevention Director and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director requesting information about communications with Everytown for Gun Safety and Everytown Law, its litigation arm. Everytown is a gun safety organization that is a plaintiff in a lawsuit against Glock, a firearm manufacturer. The letter notes that Everytown’s President had tweeted about “a private meeting between Glock and the White House,” which “raises questions about collusion” between the White House Office on Gun Violence Prevention and Everytown.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | gun safety | abuse of power, anti-trust

Letter from Senator Lindsey Graham and Senator Marco Rubio to the U.S. Attorney General calling on the Justice Department to investigate 18 U.S. non-profit organizations for potential violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The organizations allegedly received funds from Neville Roy Singham, an American philanthropist based in China. The named groups are Code Pink, No Cold War, Tricontinental, United Community Fund, Justice and Education Fund, People’s Support Foundation, New Frame, People’s Forum, Dongsheng News, Shut It Down for Palestine, ANSWER Coalition, International People’s Assembly, Al-Awda NY, National Students for Justice in Palestine, Palestinian Youth Movement, Palestinian American Community Center NJ, Samidoun, and BreakThrough Media.

Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | environmental, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, US-China relations | foreign influence

Letter from the Chairpersons of the House Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight, and Education and the Workforce to the U.S. Attorney General (AG) urging the AG to investigate The Palestine Chronicle and People Media Project for providing material support to a known terrorist organization and for filing false tax returns and failing to pay estimated taxes. Palestine Chronicle had a contributor who allegedly took part in holding Israelis hostage.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | Israeli-Palestinian conflict | anti-terrorism

Follow-up letter threatening subpoena after American Muslims for Palestine communicated it did not have information on funding for National Students for Justice Palestine.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | Israeli-Palestinian conflict | anti-terrorism

Letter to the Executive Director for American Muslims for Palestine requesting documents and information related to funding of the National Students for Justice Palestine (National SJP). The letter cites concerns that “organizations promulgating pro-Hamas propaganda and engaging in illegal activities at institutions of higher education might be receiving funding or other support from foreign or domestic sources which support the aims of Hamas or other foreign terrorist organizations.”

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | Israeli-Palestinian conflict | anti-terrorism

Letter to Stanford University after reports that the Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO) is being “discontinued” requesting information about the activities of the SIO and any successor organization. The SIO had partnered with the Election Integrity Partnership (EIP) to research voting-related misinformation during the 2020 U.S. elections.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | content moderation, elections | speech

Letter from six U.S. Senators (Senator Ted Budd, Senator Rick Scott, Senator Roger Wicker, Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Pete Ricketts, and Senator Joni Ernst) calling on the IRS to investigate Palestine Chronicle and revoke its nonprofit status for allegedly employing a freelance journalist accused of taking part in holding Israelis hostage after the October 6 attacks.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | Israeli-Palestinian conflict, media | anti-terrorism, tax exempt status

Letter from Senator J.D. Vance and Representative Matthew Gaetz to the Secretary of State to provide information on any agreements with Anatoly Bondarenko or Texty.org, a Ukrainian media outlet, after Mr. Bondarenko published a list of U.S. officials “who did not support the bill for aid to Ukraine in April 2024.” Mr. Bondarenko had reportedly received U.S. government assistance in the past.

Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | media, Russia-Ukraine conflict |

Subpoenas to As You Sow and Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) claiming that they may “facilitate collusion that may violate U.S. antitrust law” for promoting environmental, social, and governance (ESG)-related goals.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | environmental | anti-trust

Letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner calling the IRS to revoke the tax-exempt status of People Media Project, publicly known as Palestine Chronicle, for having as one of its contributors a Palestinian who allegedly took part in taking Israelis hostage. The publication also had articles that called Hamas “resistance fighters” and accused Israel of “ethnic cleansing.”

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | media | anti-terrorism, tax exempt status

Letter to the Treasury Secretary demanding information about any “suspicious activity reports” related to twenty non-profit organizations and funders that are reported to be “organizing, leading, and participating in pro-Hamas, antisemitic, anti-Israel, and anti-American protests with encampments on American college campuses.” The 20 groups listed are Students for Justice in Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace, Within Our Lifetime, American Muslims for Palestine, IfNotNow, Open Society Foundations, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Tides Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Solidaire Action, Libra Foundation, Westchester Peace Action Committee Foundation, Muslim Community Network, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Center for Popular Democracy, Peace Action New York State, People’s Forum, Samidoun, Adalah Justice Project, and Palestine Legal.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | fiscal sponsor, funder, Israeli-Palestinian conflict | foreign influence

Subpoena compelling Association of Legal Aid Attorneys/UAW Local 2325 President Lisa Ohta to participate in a deposition. The deposition is part of the Education and Workforce Committee’s investigation into Local 2325’s “contentious vote and subsequent adoption” of a resolution related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and concerns about “potential retaliation against dissenting union members.”

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | union | labor

Letter from 16 U.S. Senators to the IRS Commissioner demanding that they “open an investigation to determine if the supporters of the National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP), including the AJP Educational Foundation (AJP), the Tides Foundation, the Westchester Peace Action Committee Foundation (WESPAC Foundation), and other benefactors of NSJP have engaged in conduct warranting revocation of their tax exempt statuses on the basis of their financial support of NSJP.” The letter cites a 2024 lawsuit filed against AJP and NSJP to claim that AJP serves as Hamas’s propaganda division in the United States and that both organizations responded to Hamas’s “call for mass mobilization” after the October 2023 attack. The Senators who signed the letter were Senator Joni Ernst, Senator Bill Cassidy, Senator Marco Rubio, Senator Thom Tillis, Senator Markwayne Mullin, Senator Roger Marshall, Senator Kevin Cramer, Senator Mike Crapo, Senator Dan Sullivan, Senator James Risch, Senator John Thune, Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Marsha Blackburn, Senator Mitt Romney, and Senator Katie Britt.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | Israeli-Palestinian conflict | anti-terrorism, tax exempt status

Letter to the Administrator of the EPA raising concerns that the eleven grantmakers that were selected as passthrough grantmakers for the Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program as some of them “have a history of partisan, and in some cases, extreme, environmental activism” and “it appears this program may be funneling billions of taxpayer dollars to radical, far-left organizations whose mission is to protest, disrupt, and undercut United States energy production and leadership.” It asks the administrator for more information on how these grantmakers were selected and how the EPA will oversee the use of these funds.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | environmental, fiscal sponsor | protest

Letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner requesting information about the Energy Foundation and The People’s Forum. The letter claims these nonprofits are connected to the Chinese Communist Party because they have received money from American Neville Roy Singham, “who is actively fueling CCP propaganda.” Among other questions, the letter asks the IRS if it has information about whether these groups receive foreign funding, whether the IRS uses a definition of antisemitism when evaluating whether an organization is operating for an exempt purpose, how the IRS determines whether an organization meets exempt purpose, and if it is grounds to revoke tax exempt status if an organization operates to “promote conduct that is counter to public policy.”

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | environmental, funder, Israeli-Palestinian conflict | foreign influence, tax exempt status

Letters to CEOs of five companies, including Procter & Gamble and Unilever, that are part of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) investigating whether the alliance is violating antitrust law by promoting the elimination of disfavored content.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | content moderation | anti-trust

This letter expresses concern that the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) has unduly influenced judges to side with plaintiffs in climate change cases. The letter notes ELI’s connection with Ann Carlson who has worked with a law firm that engages in cases related to climate change. It then claims that ELI’s Climate Judiciary Project has trained judges to find in favor of plaintiffs in climate change cases against energy companies. The letter requests that ELI share information about its collaboration with Carlson, materials from the Climate Judiciary Project, the identities of all state and federal judges who received training and materials from the Climate Judiciary Project, and details about all funders of the Climate Judiciary Project.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | environmental | judicial independence

Letter from ten Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to the law firm Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, which had donated to the Rutgers Center for Security, Race, and Rights. The members were Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator Chuck Grassley, Senator John Cornyn, Senator Mike Lee, Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Josh Hawley, Senator Tom Cotton, Senator John Kennedy, Senator Thom Tillis, and Senator Marsha Blackburn.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | funder, Israeli-Palestinian conflict | anti-terrorism

Letter from ten Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to the President of Rutgers University about the Rutgers Center for Security, Race, and Rights. The members were Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator Chuck Grassley, Senator John Cornyn, Senator Mike Lee, Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Josh Hawley, Senator Tom Cotton, Senator John Kennedy, Senator Thom Tillis, and Senator Marsha Blackburn. The letter claims the Center “sponsors events featuring anti-Semitic speakers, individuals who justify violence against the State of Israel, terrorist sympathizers, and advocates for domestic radicalism.” The letter asks if the Center has ever been supported by federal or state funds, either directly or indirectly, or foreign funds. It also asks if the President supports the continued existence of the Center under current leadership.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | Israeli-Palestinian conflict | anti-terrorism

Letter from Representatives Elise Stefanik, Jim Banks, and Mike Waltz calling on the Justice Department to launch an investigation into the International Crisis Group for potentially violating the FARA. The letter follows reports that the organization had a memorandum of understanding with the “in-house think tank of the foreign ministry of Iran, the Institute for Political and International Studies.”

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | think tank | foreign influence

Letter to the Treasury Secretary and IRS Commissioner asking, among other questions: whether they are tracking U.S. tax exempt charities with suspected ties to Hamas or affiliated terrorist organizations, whether they are investigating any U.S. charities “whose employees previously worked for an organization that was deemed a terrorist organization,” and how many tax applications for tax exempt status have been denied because of potential involvement in or risk of terrorism.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | educational institution, Israeli-Palestinian conflict | anti-terrorism, tax exempt status

Letter to Energy Foundation China requesting information on all financial assistance it provided to U.S. organizations between 2019 and 2024, as well as communications with U.S. Energy Foundation between 2023 and 2024.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | environmental, funder | foreign influence

Letter to Secretary of State Blinken claiming that the State Department sought and received feedback from “leftist environmental groups on the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA).” The letter raises concerns that the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry colluded with these groups by sharing confidential information related to U.S. foreign policy, energy policy, and national security policy.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | environmental | abuse of power

Letter to Code Pink claiming it may be in violation of FARA for potential connections with the Chinese Communist Party. The letter notes that the President of Code Pink is married to Neville Roy Singham, an American philanthropist who is now based in Shanghai, China. It claims that the President of Code Pink has said that they refuse “to criticize any policy of the CCP.” It demands all communications between Code Pink and Neville Roy Singham or the Chinese Communist Party and any documents related to FARA registration or “policies or procedures Code Pink has implemented to ensure compliance with FARA registration requirements.”

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | environmental | foreign influence

Follow-up letter to LCV claiming that despite a response from LCV and meeting with their attorneys, “LCV has not provided a single document responding to the Committee’s request.” The letter demands that LCV provide all earlier requested communications and a new set of documents, including how LCV classifies political and non-political activity and communications with Sixteen Thirty Fund, New Venture Fund, Berger Action Fund, and Wyss Foundation.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | environmental, funder | foreign influence

Subpoena to Center for Countering Digital Hate requesting information about the Center’s interactions with the federal government and other social media companies related to content moderation. The subpoena was sent as part of an investigation into whether the federal government during the Biden Administration “coerced” or “colluded” with the private sector to flag and “censor” certain speech as disinformation or misinformation.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | content moderation | abuse of power, speech

Letter from House Committee on Foreign Affairs to the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the State Department concerning a grant to Humanist International provided under the title “Promoting and Defending Religious Freedom Inclusive of Atheist, Humanist, Non-Practicing, and Non-Affiliated Individuals.” The letter asks whether the Department views atheism as a religion and requests training and other materials from the grant.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | government | freedom of religion

Letter demanding the U.S. Attorney General provide information about whether certain U.S. environmental groups and funders may violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) for alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party and other foreign governments. The organizations named were National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Rocky Mountain Institute, Climate Imperative Foundation, Rewiring America, and Windward Fund.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | environmental, fiscal sponsor | foreign influence

Letter to Center for Countering Digital Hate requesting information about the Center’s interactions with the federal government and other social media companies related to moderation. The letter was sent as part of an investigation into whether the federal government during the Biden Administration “coerced” or “colluded” with the private sector to flag and “censor” certain speech as disinformation or misinformation.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | content moderation | abuse of power, speech

Letter to the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) claiming that LCV may be in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The letter expresses concern about LCV’s receipt of funding from foreign sources and the impact that these funding sources may have on LCV’s lobbying activities. The letter requests among other things, documents and communications between LCV and several funders and broader foreign entities, and policies and procedures for disclosing activities implemented in the U.S. that further the interest of a foreign government, entity, or individual.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | environmental | foreign influence

Subpoena to Stanford University for documents related to the Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO). The SIO was a member of the Election Integrity Partnership (EIP) and Virality Project (VP), which tracked election-related narratives on social media and filed “tickets” for alleged misinformation and disinformation.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | content moderation | speech

Letter to United Way requesting information about its funding sources, affiliates and grant subrecipients, information provided to immigrants served by the organization, and communications with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Executive Office of the President, among other information. The letter is part of the Committee’s oversight of the Biden Administration’s enforcement of federal immigration law.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | immigration | immigration

As part of the House Judiciary Committee’s oversight of the Biden Administration’s enforcement of federal immigration law, it issued a letter to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requesting information about non-governmental organizations’ (NGOs) use of DHS funding through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support “illegal aliens” at the Southwest Border.

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | immigration | abuse of power

Letter to the President of the National School Boards Association, Dr. Viola M. Garcia, who had not responded after a request for information regarding a letter that Dr. Garcia had co-signed “urging the executive branch to use counter-terrorism tools, including the Patriot Act, in response to parents protesting controversial educational curricula and policies.”

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Tags: 118th (2023-2024) | educational institution | abuse of power, speech