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US Terror Summit Draws Ambassadors, Sparks Left-Bias Claims

7/17/2026

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted a Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Violence with representatives from 66 countries in Washington.
Civil-rights groups and former State Department officials said the summit inflates a far-left terror threat and that the May counterterrorism strategy omits far-right groups, prompting bias accusations.
France and Germany sent ambassadors instead of foreign ministers, indicating reluctance to endorse the U.S. focus on leftist terrorism.

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted a Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Violence with representatives from 66 countries in Washington.
Civil-rights groups and former State Department officials said the summit inflates a far-left terror threat and that the May counterterrorism strategy omits far-right groups, prompting bias accusations.
France and Germany sent ambassadors instead of foreign ministers, indicating reluctance to endorse the U.S. focus on leftist terrorism.