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Congressman James Walkinshaw, D-Va., speaks at a press conference with other Democratic members of House Homeland Security Committee (including Sri Thanedar, D-Mich., left, and Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., right) on the killing of Renee Good, outside the U.S. Capitol on January 14, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Dems seek top-to-bottom assessment of CISA workforce

After the exit of around 1,000 CISA workers, legislation from three top House Democrats orders a force structure assessment like that more common to military branches.
A US Army Stryker seen moving towards the ARC Defender vessel at the Baltic Container Terminal in Gdynia. The US Army transports military equipment from Poland to the United States after being deployed for 9 months. It is the long-term rotation of the equipment. Another unit arrives to train together with the troops of Great Britain, Croatia and Romania as part of joint military maneuvers in Poland and in some parts of Europe. (Photo by Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

America’s cyber strategy overlooks the infrastructure that actually keeps the military moving

Ports, railroads, and utilities keep the military operational. They're all vulnerable to Iranian cyberattacks.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announces a new set of sanctions against Iran, describing them as “an economic D-Day,” in the Cash Room at the Treasury Department on August 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. Bessent threatened Iran in an opinion piece in the Financial Times on Sunday with “the single greatest financial offensive ever”, almost six months after the United States and Israel launched a war against Iran in February. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Treasury sanctions alleged Iranian hackers as part of ‘economic D-Day’

It’s a follow-up to an indictment the Justice Department unsealed last week against people affiliated with the Mabna Institute.
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A data center in Vernon, Calif. They are groups calling for AI, and the technology it sits on, to be designated as critical infrastructure. (Getty Images)

The push to designate AI as the next critical infrastructure sector

The designation would unlock a range of federal services, tools and resources for an industry that policymakers view as increasingly tied to national and economic security.
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