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U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by Republican lawmakers, signs the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act into law during an Independence Day military family picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on July 4, 2025. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

GOP domestic policy bill includes hundreds of millions for military cyber

Democrats have critiqued the bill for not protecting funds for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
U.S. Representatives of the 119th Congress are sworn in during the first day of session in the House chamber in 2025. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Meta confused over WhatsApp ban issued to House staffers

The chamber’s chief administrative officer issued a memo Monday that the messaging app is not approved for official use.
Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, questions Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 2, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Financial deepfake scams targeted in bipartisan Senate bill

New legislation seeks the creation of a Treasury-led task force to examine and combat AI-fueled scams that trick Americans out of their money.
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House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark Amodei, R-Nev., questions acting FEMA Administrator Cam Hamilton at a hearing on May 7. (Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

House committee sets CISA budget cut at $135M, not Trump’s $495M

The move indicated at least some resistance to the president’s CISA reduction goal, but Democrats still said that was too steep for the agency’s fiscal 2026 funding…
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