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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.
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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Ivanka Trump, daughter of President Donald Trump, walks with Sean Cairncross, then-CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, through the alleys of Rabat’s Old city on Nov. 7, 2019. (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Sean Cairncross has policy coordination in mind if confirmed as national cyber director

The nominee, who doesn’t have as much cyber experience as his predecessors, also touted his credentials and views on current threats during his Senate confirmation hearing.
(L-R) Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Tex., Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. and Rep. Andrew Garbarino R-N.Y. listen during a hearing with the House Committee on Homeland Security on Jan. 30, 2024. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Rep. Garbarino: Ending CISA mobile app security program for feds sends ‘wrong signal’

CyberScoop is first to report on the letter to DHS from the chair of a cybersecurity subcommittee, which also addresses CISA’s role as lead coordinator with the…
With Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., by his side, President Donald Trump speaks to the press following a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 20. Trump joined conservative House lawmakers to help push through their budget bill after it advanced through the House Budget Committee. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Trump budget proposal would slash more than 1,000 CISA jobs

The fate of the fiscal 2026 budget blueprint, which includes a $495 million reduction for the agency, is uncertain.
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