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Left-wing attacks surpass right-wing violence for first time in 30 years: Study

In the first half of this year, the U.S. saw a sharp decline in violent attacks seen as originating from right-wing ideology and a small increase in political violence labeled as coming from the left, ...
The Baltimore Sun

More left-wing violence than right-wing for first time in 30 years, study finds

Political violence from left-wing extremists exceeded attacks from right-wing extremists in the first half of 2025, according to a study from the bipartisan Center ...
Politifact

In blaming left for political violence, JD Vance ignores long-term trends

Vice President JD Vance did not point to a source, but a White House spokesperson separately cited an article about a Center for Strategic and International Studies study of 750 terrorist attacks and ...
Miami Herald

Right-wing violence outpaced left-wing attacks for 30 years — until now, study finds

For the first time in 30 years, left-wing political violence has outpaced right-wing attacks, according to a new CSIS study. It comes after Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist, was assassinated in ...
PBS

Analysis: What data shows about political extremist violence

This article was originally published by The Conversation. After the Sept. 10, 2025, assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump claimed that radical leftist ...
The Atlantic

Left-Wing Terrorism Is on the Rise

No matter how hard ideologues try to exclusively blame their political foes for acts of political violence, the truth is that violent extremists today emerge from across the political spectrum. We ...
NPR

A report claims left-wing terrorism is rising. The data paints a complicated picture

The assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk has turbocharged the conversation — and fears — around political violence in the U.S. And, more than perhaps any other recent high-profile ...
csis.org

Left-Wing Terrorism and Political Violence in the United States: What the Data Tells Us

In recent years, the United States has seen an increase in the number of left-wing terrorism attacks and plots, although such violence has risen from very low levels and remains much lower than ...
The Washington Post

Left-wing actors responsible for more attacks this year, report says

The nature of domestic terrorism has undergone a striking reversal this year, new research indicates: For the first time in more than 30 years, left-wing attacks are outnumbering those from the far ...
Washington Examiner

Study showing increase in left-wing violence omitted numerous acts of left-wing violence

The tragic assassination of conservative Republican activist Charlie Kirk was a grotesque display of left-wing intolerance. To many on the Right, this is nothing new. The Left has regularly touted the ...
foxbaltimore

Political violence rises: Left-wing attacks surpass right-wing for first time in 30 years

As she cleaned up shop for the afternoon, Cheryl Johns, assistant director of the Beans and Bread Homeless Day Resource Center in Southeast Baltimore, gazed out Two dead, two critically injured in ...