A rare federal case against left-wing demonstrators is underway, with jurors hearing how a July 4 protest outside an ICE facility turned violent, testing the Trump administration's claims of domestic terrorism.

Anti-ICE activists, suspected of belonging to the antifascist movement classified as terrorist by Donald Trump, are accused of attacking an immigration police prison on July 4 and injuring an officer.

The trial has commenced for a group of individuals accused of having ties to antifa in connection with a shooting incident at an immigration detention center in Texas.

GRAND RÉCIT - Il y a cinquante ans, l’antifascisme radical se méfiait profondément des institutions représentatives, jugées complices d’une dérive autoritaire. Aujourd’hui, il s’exprime au Palais-Bour

Mislav Herman, an HDZ MP and Vice President of the Zagreb City Assembly, criticized Croatian anti-fascism, equating it with the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) ahead of a party meeting.

Franjo Habulin, president of the Alliance of Anti-Fascist Fighters, asserts that Croatia has become a 'light' version of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), warning of historical revisionism and a lack of government response since 1990.

A neo-Nazi march featuring SS runes, Wehrmacht uniforms, and swastika flags took place in Budapest on February 14, while planned anti-fascist counter-protests were prohibited by authorities.

The death of French identitarian activist Quentin Deranque has caused ripples in Belgian political and associative spheres, prompting debate on whether to ban anti-fascist collectives.

A Fox News Campus Radicals newsletter highlights an Antifa-linked group mobilizing students and reports on college students allegedly faking disabilities nationwide.

Radical leftist leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon has polarized the public debate but still hopes to champion a front to block the far-right Rassemblement National in the 2027 presidential election.

The fallout from the violent death of Quentin Deranque exposes Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s flaws – and leaves the wider left facing an impossible dilemma In 2023 Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the firebrand leader of the radical left party La France Insoumise (LFI), made a fundamental miscalculation. He publicly promoted a small group of young antifascist activists. La Jeune Garde, founded in Lyon in 2018, were politically inexperienced and had organised a series of sometimes violent confrontations with far-ri...

French writer and academician Alain Finkielkraut states that Quentin Deranque died after a lynching by anti-fascist militants, not a brawl, calling 'anti-fascists' 'pogromists' in an interview.

Nine individuals accused of Antifa ties are facing trial in Texas after a violent anti-ICE protest where one activist allegedly shot an officer, with the government claiming they were part of a heavily armed 'cell' of left-wing activists.

Mislav Herman, an HDZ parliamentary representative and vice-president of the Zagreb City Assembly, criticized Croatian antifascism and stated he sees no difference between the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) and Croatian antifascism.

A variety of terms have been used in France's public debate to describe far-left groups after the fatal beating of far-right activist Quentin Deranque. Le Monde takes a look at the history behind each, in the French context.

Concerns are growing in Belgium that extreme anti-fascist violence, which led to a death in France, could spread across the border.

Raphael Arnault, an antifa activist and now an MP, is at the center of a political scandal in France following the death of a French nationalist, though Arnault himself is not accused of direct involvement in the violence.

The Rhône prefect has referred to the prosecutor the continued activities of a dissolved antifascist group in Lyon, citing recent social media publications with similar logos and branding.

New reporting suggests that Antifa members are using inflatable frog costumes as tactical disguises at protests to conceal their identities while appearing harmless.

The French executive has announced dissolution procedures against groups considered 'offshoots' of the far-left 'Jeune Garde' and has referred to justice a possible 'reconstitution' of the antifascist group.

A professor at Lyon 2 University, where Quentin Deranque studied, revealed he teaches under 'private protection' after being intimidated by masked individuals, whom he associates with an 'antifascist nebula.'

Deputy Prime Minister Tomo Medved stated that the coalition is stable.

Hundreds of Britain First protesters participated in an anti-Islam march in Manchester, where they were met by larger crowds of antifascist counterprotesters, leading to a tense standoff in the city centre.

FBI Director Kash Patel Says Bureau Uncovered Antifa Funding Sources Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), FBI Director Kash Patel said on Feb. 18 that the law enforcement agency uncovered what he said are funding sources tied to antifa organizations, suggesting that more enforcement actions could come against the left-wing movement. FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington on Dec. 4, 2025. Daniel Heuer/AFP via Getty Images “Whether it’s antifa or any other violent criminal organization—we know their operations don’t exist alone; they operate with heavy funding streams,” he wrote in a post on X, along with a clip from an interview with former deputy director Dan Bongino, on his show. Patel said that the FBI is “finding them and those who fund their criminal activity.” The FBI chief did not provide more information about the organizations, the source of the funding, or specific donors who may be involved. However, he said the FBI is looking into any financial backers linked to violence committed by alleged antifa operators. Agents are looking at whether funding was sent through U.S.-based nonprofit groups and whether any of those nonprofits had tax-exempt status. They are also evaluating potential foreign funding streams, he said. “Money doesn’t lie,” Patel told Bongino in the interview, saying that the FBI is right now “following the money” and that the law enforcement agency is “starting to arrest people who used their funds to incite violence in the guise of political peaceful protest.” Last year, Patel told The Epoch Times’s Jan Jekielek in an interview that the FBI is mapping out the entire antifa network and indicated that funding streams are being traced, coming months after the Trump administration designated antifa as a domestic terrorist group. The executive order, issued by President Donald Trump on Sept. 22, called antifa a “militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States Government, law enforcement authorities, and our system of law.” The administration also designated foreign antifa groups as foreign terrorist organizations in November 2025. The State Department, in its designation, stated that “groups affiliated with this movement ascribe to revolutionary anarchist or Marxist ideologies, including anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity, using these to incite and justify violent assaults domestically and overseas.” In his first term, Trump signaled that he would designate antifa a terrorist group in the midst of anti-police riots, violence, and demonstrations in the summer of 2020. At one point during the 2020 unrest, Trump warned that he would invoke the Insurrection Act that was last used during the Los Angeles riots in 1992, and he again suggested invoking the law as National Guard deployments were sent to multiple cities last year. Patel on Feb. 18 also dismissed longstanding claims that antifa is only an ideological framework and said that dozens of people in Texas have been arrested in connection with the left-wing organization. Federal officials in October 2025 targeted antifa and filed terrorism charges against five people in Texas, citing the order issued by Trump. In November 2025, the five defendants pleaded guilty in response to charges that they were accused of supporting antifa in a July shooting that wounded a police officer outside a Texas immigration detention center. Patel previously said the charges in Texas are the first time a material support to terrorism charge has targeted antifa. Bongino, who was the FBI deputy director before leaving the government in January, returned to hosting his podcast this month. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Tyler Durden Fri, 02/20/2026 - 08:55

A federal judge in Texas declared a mistrial in a case involving defendants accused of terrorism at an ICE protest, citing potential 'bias' from an attorney's T-shirt.