US Govt Subpoenas BreakThrough News Amid Growing Crackdown on Anti-War Voices

Press freedom groups warn ‘no newsroom in America is safe’ after House GOP subpoenas left-wing outlet

This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on July 23, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license. Press freedom groups are issuing dire warnings on Thursday that House Republicans’ efforts to subpoena the nonprofit left-wing news organization BreakThrough News represent a dangerous new step in a McCarthyite war on political dissent. On Wednesday, Fox News reported that BreakThrough, a New York-based outlet, …

House Investigators Just Subpoenaed Three Left-Wing Nonprofits, And More Than $39 Million Leads Back To One Man – 100PercentFedUp.com – by Donald

Three left-wing nonprofits spent months resisting congressional requests for financial records. Now the requests have become subpoenas. The House Ways and Means Committee has ordered The People’s Forum, BreakThrough News and Tricontinental to produce documents in an investigation of foreign-linked funding inside the tax-exempt sector. The man at the center of the money trail is Neville Roy Singham, an American-born tech mogul who lives in Shangh…

US House Committee Targets Non-Profit Press Freedom – Consortium News

As part of a probe of leftwing nonprofits, a congressional committee subpoenaed BreakThrough News, the People’s Forum and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. By Stephen Prager Common Dreams Press freedom groups have issued dire warnings that House Republicans’ efforts to…Read more →

US govt subpoenas BreakThrough News amid growing crackdown on anti-war voices

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has launched a campaign targeting left-wing political activists under the pretext of fighting terrorism

House Committee Subpoenas Media Outlet's Financial Records

The Republican-controlled House Ways and Means Committee subpoenaed BreakThrough News in an effort to force the outlet to turn over financial records and records of internal communications.BreakThrough News, a nonprofit media and educational organization aligned with grassroots social movements throughout the world, said, “For years, Republican lawmakers have painted a target on our backs, falsely claiming that our political views and reporting …

House Subpoena of BreakThrough News Threatens Press Freedom

In a direct attack on the First Amendment, the House Ways and Means Committee has subpoenaed independent news outlet BreakThrough News, demanding internal records under the guise of investigating foreign influence in the tax-exempt nonprofit sector.The committee, chaired by Rep. Jason Smith, is seeking BreakThrough News’ financial records, internal communications, and more. Lawmakers claim the probe focuses on tax compliance. But abusing congres…