Federal agents from FBI and IRS probed the SPLC's paid informant program starting in Trump's first term.

The U.S. government alleged the nonprofit group enabled extremists to commit crimes in a covert operation. The group said it ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Tuesday on federal fraud charges alleging it improperly raised millions of dollars to secretly pay leaders of the Ku Klux Klan and other ...

Washington — A federal grand jury in Alabama indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 counts of wire and bank fraud-related charges on Tuesday, the Justice Department announced, accusing the ...

US officials have announced fraud charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a civil rights group that tracks extremist organisations and played a prominent role in confronting the Ku ...

WASHINGTON — The Southern Poverty Law Center says it's the subject of a criminal investigation by the Justice Department and faces possible charges over its past use of paid informants to infiltrate ...

Alabama officials are investigating the Southern Poverty Law Center for alleged deceptive fundraising following federal fraud and money laundering charges.

Federal law enforcement officials were "well aware" that the Southern Poverty Law Center provided information from its confidential informants that "put violent extremists in jail" before the Trump ...

FILE - Tourists walk past a banner with President Donald Trump hanging on the Department of Justice, Feb. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)(AP/Rahmat Gul) WASHINGTON (AP) — The ...