Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., speaks as U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan testifies at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill on June 11, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
Nick Andersen, the acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency speaks during a House Committee on Appropriations and Subcommittee on Homeland Security hearing on April 16, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)
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)
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.
The GAO found 80 out of 117 rules that “either contain the same kind of reporting requirement applicable to a sector or the same reporting requirement as at least one other regulation.” (Getty Images)
(L-R) Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., accept the Bipartisan Leadership in AI Award onstage during the Second Annual AI Honors hosted by the Washington AI Network at Waldorf Astoria Washington D.C. on June 3, 2026. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Washington AI Network)
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin arrives to testify before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland Security in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 2, 2026. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
He told lawmakers that he wants approximately 600 more people than it has now, which would still be well below personnel numbers prior to Trump’s second term.
Reps. Don Bacon, R-Neb., and James Walkinshaw, D-Va., found rare bipartisan agreement that the agency tasked with defending civilian networks has been diminished at a moment when…
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., talks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol after the last vote of the week on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)