Democrats press DHS on election security funding

descriptions off, selected

captions settings, opens captions settings dialog

Subtitles (en), selected

This is a modal window.

Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window.

End of dialog window.

Trending on The Hill - September 3, 2026

Trending on The Hill - September 3, 2026

Two congressional Democrats are pressing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin to “explain the delay as to why federal funds have not yet been provided” to local and state election officials for election security.

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.) sent a letter to Mullin and Nick Anderson, acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), over “grave concern that time is running out” for the agencies “to assist state and local election officials in protecting our elections from cyber and mis- and disinformation threats.”

The lawmakers expressed frustration that it had been more than four........

© The Hill