Trump Administration and DHS

President Trump formally swore in Sen. Markwayne Mullin as Homeland Security secretary on March 24, 2026 after a bruising confirmation that advanced out of the Homeland Security Committee 8–7 (with Democrat John Fetterman the lone Democratic yes) and cleared the Senate 54–45 amid tense hearings in which committee chair Sen. Rand Paul opposed him. Mullin takes over amid a weeks‑long partial DHS shutdown that has left roughly 100,000 employees unpaid and strained TSA operations; he has pledged greater use of judicial warrants for home entries even as ICE, as he assumed office, publicized arrests of noncitizens convicted of serious sexual offenses in multiple states.