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Madhu Gottumukkala, acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, testifies during the DHS oversight hearing in the Cannon House office building on Jan. 21, 2026. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Acting CISA chief says DHS funding lapse would limit, halt some agency work

Acting Director Madhu Gottumukkala said it could affect everything from responding to threats to finalizing CIRCIA regulations.
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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