Senate Advances Trump Nominee to Restore Integrity and Strength at Crucial Cybersecurity Agency

The U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has taken a decisive step by advancing Sean Plankey, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the federal body charged with protecting America’s critical infrastructure—including our election systems. Is America’s Election Security in Safe Hands? Plankey steps into a role fraught with controversy, budgetary constraints, and political polarization that threatens our nation’s fundamental democratic processes. The agency he would lead is responsible for shielding everything from power grids to voting machines—a mission central to preserving American sovereignty against both foreign adversaries and domestic misinformation campaigns....