How President Trump's memo on domestic terrorism has targeted left-leaning protests

NPR | By Michelle Aslam,

Mallory Yu, Sacha Pfeiffer

Published September 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with the Brennan Center's Faiza Patel about the year since President Trump issued National Security Presidential Memorandum 7.

Michelle Aslam

Mallory Yu

Mallory Yu is an associate producer for All Things Considered.

Sacha Pfeiffer

Correspondent, Investigations

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