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Consequent to a court litigation, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has disclosed that it will not abolish the three vital oversight bodies.
In a new court declaration, DHS detailed plans to keep three oversight and civil liberties offices open with significantly slimmed down staffs.
Following the Trump administration’s January closure of the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention — an entity that had symbolized the federal government’s heightened focus on the issue under President Joe Biden — states are increasingly shouldering the responsibility of countering the crisis.
The Trump Administration and DOGE have implemented new phone service restrictions that the Social Security Administration estimates will require people to make over 1.93 million additional trips to understaffed Social Security field offices each year.
Last Thursday, CISA Acting Director Madhu Gottumukkala informed staffers in an email that multiple senior leaders have left. Several more are set to follow suit in the coming days. According to Cybersecurity Dive, the departures will leave five of CISA’s six operational divisions and six of its 10 regional offices without senior leadership.
Security for Trump administration border czar Tom Homan costs more than $500,000 a month, multiple sources within the administration told CBS News, an amount that has drawn attention from allies of President Trump who have been seeking to shrink government spending.
With the start of hurricane season just days away, FEMA, the federal agency tasked with disaster response, is "not ready," internal documents show.