House passes anti-terrorism financing bill despite concerns over how Trump could use it

Nonprofits like the American Civil Liberties Union have said the bill does not require the Treasury secretary to disclose all evidence used to make a ‘terror-supporting’ designation.

The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism, alarming civil liberties groups about how a second Trump presidency could invoke it to punish political opponents.