Republican lawmakers are celebrating President Donald Trump’s choice to tap Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s replacement while thanking Noem for her leadership. Trump announced Noem’s firing on Truth Social on Thursday afternoon, designating her as the new “Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas,” a new Western Hemisphere security […]

If Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) is confirmed as President Donald Trump’s next head of homeland security, Oklahoma law would trigger a special election that will likely occur during the 2026 midterm elections to fill the remainder of his Senate term.  Mullin, a Republican who was elected to the Senate in 2022 after serving in the […]

The door may be closing on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s tenure in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, but another remains open: running for Senate in her home state of South Dakota, as the filing deadline has not yet passed. Speculation that Noem could mount a run sparked Thursday after President Donald Trump announced he was […]

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) said Thursday that he is “excited” about President Donald Trump’s decision to nominate him to replace Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. After hearing the news himself, the senator revealed he spoke to his father and wife first. “I had to call my dad … because it happened pretty quick, right? I […]