Tag: Foreign Terrorist Organizations

New Legislation Would Revoke Tax-Exempt Status of Nonprofits Funding Hamas, Other Terrorists

The Center Square

Proposed new legislation would revoke the tax-exempt status of any nonprofit organization that is providing material support for terrorist groups.

The bipartisan bill, introduced by U.S. Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tenn., and U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Ill., comes out of the House Ways and Means Committee, which unanimously approved the legislation last week.

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Commentary: The Genius of Trump’s Terrorist Designation for Mexican Cartels

Michigan Star Staff

President Trump last week signaled his intention to designate the Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations (FTO). In doing so, he takes the most aggressive step yet toward addressing the brutal violence that plagues Mexico and is fueling a migrant crisis at the southern U.S. border.

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