DHS Shutdown Ends as CISA Faces Long Recovery

Bipartisan Deal Funds DHS Components After Record 75-Day Shutdown Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • April 30, 2026

The House voted Thursday to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, ending a record 75-day shutdown that forced federal cyber officials into a limited operational posture as the nation's cyber defense agency faced mounting pressure to restore preventive services, stakeholder support and federal network defense work.

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The bipartisan measure, signed the same afternoon to President Donald Trump, funds DHS components including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Transportation Security Administration, FEMA, the Coast Guard and the Secret Service while leaving immigration enforcement funding to a separate legislative track. The vote gives DHS cyber teams their first full-year funding certainty in months after a prolonged lapse that left CISA operating under constraints and deepened concerns over the agency ...