#dhs shutdown

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Trump rejects off-ramp to fund DHS as airport delays worsen

Trump rejects off-ramp to fund DHS as airport delays worsen

Under a proposal pitched to Trump, Republicans would offer to reopen all of DHS except ICE and fund the controversial enforcement agency und

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[marvelsmostwanted]

A brief timeline indicating that Delta Airlines may or may not be more effective than the entire U.S. Congress

February 14, 2026:

DHS shutdown begins as funding expires without a deal in Congress

It's the second time in as many weeks that government funding has lapsed as Democrats and the White House remain at an impasse over immigrat

March 24, 2026:

Delta suspends 'specialty services' perk for members of Congress, cites DHS shutdown

Delta Air Lines' move comes as airports around the U.S. are seeing extra-long security lines as a result of elevated absences by TSA agents.

March 27, 2026:

Senate agrees to fund DHS, except ICE and Border Patrol, in bid to end weekslong shutdown

The measure, passed unanimously early Friday after a marathon session, faces an uncertain future in the House. It comes after President Dona

So take away their special perks and they'll magically reach an agreement 72 hours later. Got it got it ✍️

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‘No more games!’ Trump escalates threat to deploy ICE nationwide with strict deadline

President Donald Trump doubled down on his threat to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to airports nationwide on Saturday by

Alexander Willis at Raw Story:

President Donald Trump doubled down on his threat to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to airports nationwide on Saturday by issuing Democratic lawmakers a strict deadline for action, warning that if his demands were not met by Monday, he would make good on his threat. “If the Democrats do not allow for Just and Proper Security at our Airports, and elsewhere throughout our Country, ICE will do the job far better than ever done before! The Fascist Democrats will never protect America, but the Republicans will,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. “Just like the Radical Left allowed millions of Criminals to pour into our Country through their ridiculous and dangerous Open Border Policy, the Republicans closed it all down, and we now have the Strongest Border in American History. Likewise, I look forward to moving ICE in on Monday, and have already told them to, ‘GET READY.’ NO MORE WAITING, NO MORE GAMES!”

Satan lover Donald Trump threatens to deploy ICE at airports nationwide.

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The Guardian: Trump threatens to send ICE to airports on Monday amid DHS funding standoff

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Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Votes to Fund Most of D.H.S. in Bid to End Airport Crisis

What We’re Covering Today

D.H.S. Shutdown: The Senate voted early Friday to fund the Department of Homeland Security except for its immigration enforcement and deportation operations, raising the prospect of an end to a weekslong partial shutdown that has strained federal workers and caused long waits at airports. The House could consider the measure on Friday. Read more ›

Military Promotions: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is blocking the promotion of four Army officers to be one-star generals, a highly unusual move that has prompted some senior military officials to question whether the officers are being singled out because of their race or gender. Read more ›

Trump Signature: President Trump’s signature will appear on U.S. dollars later this year, the Treasury Department said, making him the first sitting president to have his signature on paper currency. The department said that the change was in honor of the United States’ 250th anniversary. Read more ›

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DHS Funding: Published 4/5/26

Exclusive: Congress eyes DHS shutdown endgame

Senate Republicans plan to try to pass virtually the same bill the chamber approved last week before it hit a wall in the House.

Trump says he'll sign order to resume pay for Homeland Security. His move bypasses Congress

President Donald Trump says he'll soon sign an order to pay all Department of Homeland Security employees who have gone without paychecks du

Lindsey Graham seen dining at Disney World, as airport lines grow

As the partial government shutdown causing chaos at U.S. travel hubs entered its sixth week on Sunday, the Republican senator was seen enjoy

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Shutdown Breakdown

I generally keep politics out of my reports. This blog is focused on cybersecurity and related tech issues. But today, politics is inextricable from my usual reporting. As part of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown effective on Saturday the 14th, CISA is currently operating with only a skeleton crew. And without pay.

NPR has listed a handful of things that may happen during the shutdown, which stems from a failure to reach a budget agreement to fund ICE, although evidently the expectation is that ICE operations will continue unabated without funding (we’ll see). CISA’s reduction to a fraction of its workforce was not listed among them, which is fairly indicative of how cybersecurity is viewed overall: as a low priority and acceptable collateral damage. And yet, where would we be without it?

Among the highlights on my cyber news feed are a ClickFix campaign variant using DNS lookups to stage malware payloads that include loaders and infostealers, as well as some remote access tools. These often target large informational hubs like federal departments. Another article covers the discovery of hundreds of Chrome extensions that have been harvesting user data. They have been exfiltrating data from emails and browser activity, with some extensions presenting themselves as AI tools, ad blockers or analytics utilities.

Acting CISA leader Madhu Gottumukkala recently commented, “When the government shuts down, our adversaries do not.” I’ve said it before myself, threat actors do not stop because their avenues of attacks are cut off from them. The danger here is that those avenues will have delays in being found in the first place, because there are simply not enough people looking for them. The KEV catalog will continue to be monitored and potentially updated, but just about everything else that we rely upon CISA for will not for the interim. Altruism may keep some workers at their posts, but that will only go so far. With only 38% of the department remaining in place – equally as furloughed as the rest of their coworkers – there is just too much work and not enough hours in the day. Not to mention, few people feel motivated to keep working without recompense or gratitude.

In essence, for the time being, threat detection is in the hands of individual entities, or people like myself, who do this research as part of our jobs. That means validating exploitations, understanding the availability of any patches, and liaising with federal agencies. How many of us are trained to do that? And even if we are, how many of us are have practice doing it? There will be delays, both in discovering incidents and remediating them. Some are likely to be missed, and we won’t know what the true extent of the damage is until much later.

My advice to my peers is to be prepared for more work, frustration and burnout. And to remember that this is a midterm election year. If we want to have a functioning government, then we need to elect public servants – because that is what politicians are, even if they forget that much of the time – who will effectively do their jobs. I myself am not going anywhere. I will continue to report on cyber news and issues. I just can’t make any promises on being quick about it.

Posted, 2/17/26

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'They're not trained to do what we do': TSA officer reacts to ICE presence at airports

ICE agents have been deployed to airports across the U.S. as the DHS shutdown continues. Mike Gayzagian, President of A.F.G.E. Local 2617 which is the union that represents TSA employees, joins Katy Tur to share his reaction to the Trump administration's move and to criticize the federal government for not yet funding DHS.