US EditionSenate approves Markwayne Mullin as next DHS secretary
Mullin confirmed 54-45 with bipartisan support amid ongoing DHS funding impasse; only Sen. Rand Paul opposed, citing concerns over temperament and leadership during a critical shutdown.
- On Monday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Senator Markwayne Mullin as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in a 54–45 vote, replacing Kristi Noem amid a weeks-long funding shutdown.
- Mounting criticism over Noem's leadership, including a $220 million ad campaign and deadly shootings in Minneapolis during immigration enforcement operations, prompted her dismissal earlier this month.
- Democratic Senators John Fetterman and Martin Heinrich crossed party lines to support the nominee, while Republican Senator Rand Paul opposed the confirmation over concerns about Mullin's temperament.
- Funding lapses left over 100,000 DHS employees unpaid, prompting the administration to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to assist airport security lines during the staffing shortage.
- Mullin pledged to require judicial warrants for home entries during hearings, though he is expected to remain a loyal executor of President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agenda.
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Markwayne Mullin confirmed as next DHS secretary
By Joe Reberkenny, Washington Blade Courtesy of the NLGBTQ Media Association The U.S. Senate confirmed Markwayne Mullin as the next secretary of Homeland Security on Monday, as the agency continues to grapple with what lawmakers have described as a “never-ending” funding standoff, with Democrats attempting to withhold funding from one of the nation’s largest and most costly agencies. Mullin — a Republican senator from Oklahoma, former mixed mart…
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The former MMA fighter running DHS
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) arrives at the Capitol on March 23, 2026. | Heather Diehl/Getty Images President Donald Trump got a mulligan in former Sen. Markwayne Mullin — a second shot at filling the top job at the Department of Homeland Security. Trump fired his first pick, Kristi Noem, amid mounting criticism of her leadership and management of the agency. Mullin, a plumber-turned-MMA fighter-turned-firebrand politician, was confirmed to hi…
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US Senate confirms Mullin to replace Noem at Homeland Security
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted Monday evening to confirm Markwayne Mullin to lead the Department of Homeland Security, which is responsible for carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
New DHS Head Markwayne Mullin Is “Trump Loyalist, Anti-immigrant, Incompetent”: Rep. Delia Ramirez
Markwayne Mullin was sworn in Tuesday as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, replacing Kristi Noem, who was ousted earlier this month. Mullin has served as senator for Oklahoma since 2023 following a decade in the House of Representatives. He joins the Trump administration amid a partial government shutdown, with Democrats demanding reforms to immigration enforcement before fully funding DHS. “This agency of terror needs to be dism…
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