Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon has designated Confucius Institutes a national security threat, after 80 Chinese-funded 'propaganda cells' resurfaced under new names at 30 universities.

The House Ways and Means Committee has given The People’s Forum, BreakThrough News and Tricontinental until Tuesday, Oct. 20, to turn over records demanded in July subpoenas. The committee says the groups are tied to Neville Roy Singham and warns their leaders could face questioning under oath. The groups call the probe an attack on the First Amendment. Here is what the committee is demanding and what each side says.