US Senate advances Homeland Security nomination of Mullin, paving way for confirmation vote

Record ID: 2369056

  • Title: US Senate advances Homeland Security nomination of Mullin, paving way for confirmation vote
  • Date: 22nd March 2026
  • Summary: WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES (MARCH 18, 2026) (UNRESTRICTED POOL) WIDE OF CONFIRMATION HEARING FOR TRUMP'S PICK MARKWAYNE MULLIN TO BE THE NEW SECRETARY OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SENATOR RAND PAUL OF KENTUCKY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE U.S. SENATE HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, ADMINISTERING OATH TO MARKWAYNE MULLIN VARIOUS OF MULLIN T
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  • Keywords: Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin Mullin confirmed Trump DHS Trump Mullin new DHS chief
  • Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
  • City: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
  • Country: US
  • Topics: North America,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA003609820032026RP1
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  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT WAS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED ON MARCH 22, AND IS BEING REPUBLISHED WITH NO CHANGES TO THE EDIT / SLUG HAS BEEN UPDATED TO 6098-USA-CONGRESS/MULLIN-FILE
    The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee for Homeland Security secretary, Markwayne Mullin, to replace outgoing Kristi Noem, heralding a shift in leadership as public support for Trump's immigration crackdown has fallen.
    The vote count was 54-45.
    Mullin, a businessman and former mixed-martial arts fighter, backs Trump's hardline immigration view but signaled during a confirmation hearing that he would dial back some aggressive immigration policies, including a directive that said federal immigration officers could forcibly enter private homes or businesses without judicial warrants.
    The new leadership at DHS offers the Trump administration a chance to pivot away from Noem, a former governor of South Dakota who put herself at the forefront of Trump's mass deportation effort.
    Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers sharply criticized Noem at congressional hearings in early March over her remarks painting two U.S. citizens fatally shot by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis as perpetrators of "domestic terrorism" even as video evidence undercut those claims.
    (Production: Colette Luke, Alexandra Sarabia)
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