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    5 Takeaways About The Trump Administration's Response To Far-Right Extremism

    Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are pushing the federal government to detail its plans to fight white supremacy and other far-right extremism. Details are scarce, but here's what we know so far.
    by Hannah Allam Jun 07, 2019 4 minutes

    Lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee questioned senior FBI and Homeland Security officials this week about their response to white supremacist violence.

    This was the latest in a series of hearings, led by Democrats, to gauge the Trump administration's commitment to fighting a threat that federal agencies deem the most lethal and active form of domestic extremism.

    There were no bombshell revelations, but lawmakers did get a few details on some key questions.

    Here are five takeaways:

    There is no national policy to combat the far-right threat

    Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Maryland Democrat who led the hearing, started by asking what he called the

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