For the second time, a court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s attempted firing of Federal Trade Commission members Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya was illegal and ordered the agency to reinstate the commissioners. By law, the FTC governs by a bipartisan 3-2 split, with the president’s party getting an extra seat and controlling the…
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Trump administration proposes cutting $491M from CISA budget
President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget proposal would slash $491 million from the budget of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, according to a summary released Friday. That would amount to a nearly 17% reduction to the agency’s approximately $3 billion budget. The administration did not release a detailed itemization of the cuts, only an…
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Noem: No anti-disinformation, misinformation action under her as DHS secretary
Department of Homeland Security secretary nominee Kristi Noem committed to senators Friday that if confirmed she would keep the department out of efforts to combat disinformation and misinformation, and pledged to make the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency “smaller, more nimble.” The South Dakota governor’s remarks signal that the incoming Trump administration will act on…