Get live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes on Sen. Markwayne Mullin's nomination for DHS secretary and the Supreme Court hears arguments on mail-in ballots.

The Homeland Security Department will have a new secretary after the Senate confirmed Markwayne Mullin in a 54-45 vote to the role Monday evening, paving the way for a new chapter

Senate talks aimed at ending the 38-day DHS shutdown hit a new roadblock after President Trump called on Republicans to hold out for passage of the SAVE America Act.

Senators expressed newfound optimism Monday night that they were on the cusp of a deal to end a month-old partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. After a White House meeting with President Donald Trump earlier in the evening,

Newly confirmed Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is inheriting a department in distress. The MAGA senator from Oklahoma, who is replacing “ICE Barbie” Kristi Noem, will contend with a staffing crisis as hundreds of staffers have quit amid the partial government shutdown,

The difficulties for families adds to the patchwork of complaints about immigration oversight and other issues while the department remains without government funding for five weeks.

Over 300 Angel Families represented by The American Border Story are urging Congress to support Markwayne Mullin for DHS, arguing he understands the stakes at play.

The shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security is at risk of shattering the record for the longest-ever funding lapse for any federal agency if President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats can’t strike a deal this week.