US EditionSenate approves Markwayne Mullin as next DHS secretary
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, confirmed by a 54-45 Senate vote, faces immediate challenges including a DHS funding shutdown affecting 100,000 employees and demands for immigration enforcement reforms.
- 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 during a 37-day funding shutdown.
- Mounting bipartisan criticism over Noem's handling of a deadly Minneapolis immigration enforcement operation and controversial ad spending prompted her reassignment; the resulting DHS funding lapse left over 100,000 employees unpaid since mid-February.
- Democratic Senators John Fetterman and Martin Heinrich crossed party lines to support Mullin, while Senator Rand Paul opposed him over temperament concerns stemming from past personal clashes detailed during a contentious confirmation hearing.
- Addressing hours-long airport security lines, Mullin pledged to require judicial warrants for most Immigration and Customs Enforcement property entries and shift ICE toward transport operations rather than aggressive enforcement tactics.
- Mullin now leads the agency responsible for President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda while navigating stalled funding negotiations; the administration continues deploying immigration agents to assist airport operations during the standoff.
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Duckworth Votes Against Confirmation of Markwayne Mullin as DHS Secretary
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today issued the following statement after voting against the nomination of U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) to serve as Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary. The Senate confirmed Mullin tonight by a 54-45 vote.“While Senator Mullin lacks the qualifications for the job and has a troubling pattern of anger issues, his confirmation does nothing to change the fact that two innoce…
One Republican votes no as U.S. Senate confirms new DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin * WorldNetDaily * by Andi Shae Napier, Daily Caller News Foundation
The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday night, the 38th day of the department’s partial shutdown. The Senate confirmed Republican Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin as DHS Secretary the same day the administration sent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to airports to assist with security while thousands of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees work…
U.S. Senate Confirms Markwayne Mullin as Homeland Security Secretary in 54–45 Vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate on March 23, 2026, confirmed Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) as the new United States Secretary of Homeland Security, approving his nomination in a 54–45 vote largely along party lines. Mullin, an Oklahoma Republican and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was nominated by President Donald Trump to [...] The post U.S. Senate Confirms Markwayne Mullin as Homeland Security Secretary in 54–45 Vote app…
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Senate confirms Mullin as next Homeland Security secretary
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on March 3, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)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. The 54-45 vote means that Mullin, a Republican senator from Oklahoma, will take over the department in the …
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