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Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee have issued subpoenas to three left-wing groups, including a news outlet, demanding that they turn over their communications and financial records as the Trump administration escalates its McCarthyist crackdowns on those with left-wing views.

The committee has demanded documents from BreakThrough News, a left-wing news outlet; the People’s Forum, a political organizing group based in New York City; and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, which describes itself as “a network of research institutes in the Global South.”

According to Fox News, the committee previously sought records from the People’s Forum in September 2025 and BreakThrough News and Tricontinental in February 2026, but the groups did not comply, with the People’s Forum’s attorney likening the efforts to a “witch hunt” akin to the actions of the Joe McCarthy-era House Un-American Activities Committee.

People’s Forum and BreakThrough News have asked for support after the subpoenas, saying that they are being targeted for their work on Palestine, ICE, and Cuba, as part of the Trump administration’s sweeping attacks on the left. People’s Forum says that the committee has demanded its “internal communications, organizational records, and financial documents.”

“We call on all people of conscience to join us in defending democratic rights and civil liberties. We say NO to the New McCarthyism,”........

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