The Trump administration is proposing a large reduction to the agency that protects U.S. systems from online threats.
Washington D.C.: The Trump administration is planning to cut the budget of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) by seven hundred seven million dollars for 2027.
CISA is a U.S. government agency that works to protect computer networks and important systems from hackers.
The budget cut is part of a large spending plan that also wants to change how airport security is run.
The Trump administration says this will focus CISA on its main job of protecting federal computer networks and important buildings or systems from online attacks.
Why is this happening?
President Trump and his team say they want to stop what they call “weaponization and waste” at CISA.
They have repeatedly made claims that CISA was involved in stopping people from sharing information, especially during the 2020 election.
These claims have been checked and found to be not true many times, but the administration continues to say them.
They also want to remove programs that do the same thing as other programs, like school safety programs that already exist.
The budget plans say these changes will make CISA work better.
What could happen next?
If this budget passes, CISA will have less money to pay workers and buy tools to fight cyber attacks.
The agency already lost many workers this year from budget cuts and layoffs.
There has not been a permanent leader for CISA who was approved by the Senate since Trump became president again in 2025.
Even with fewer resources, CISA still faces many online threats from other countries trying to break into U.S. government computer systems.