Trump's FY2027 Budget Proposes Major Cuts to CISA, Threatening Election Security

The Trump administration's FY2027 budget plan calls for slashing $707 million from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). This cut would completely eliminate CISA's election security program and result in a reduction of 860 staff positions. Such drastic measures would shrink the nation's main civilian cybersecurity agency to a $2 billion operation, following a year already marked by significant layoffs and mass resignations influenced partly by internal challenges.