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

A new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center ( SPLC ) finds hard-right groups have increasingly expanded their influence across the US government, which is pursuing a federal fraud case into the civil rights organization. Tuesday’s report – which identified 1,263 hate and anti-government groups in operation throughout 2025 – comes less than two months after it was indicted by the government it says the hard right has infiltrated. …