DHS gets new boss as ICE heads to airports
What happened
Former senator Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) was sworn in as secretary of
the Department of Homeland Security this week, as lawmakers struggled to reach a deal to end a weeks-long DHS shutdown that is causing chaos at major airports. The Senate confirmed Mullin by a comfortable 54-45 margin after he sold himself as a more pragmatic alternative to his ousted predecessor, Kristi Noem. But the partial government shutdown has left his department with no new funds since Feb. 14...