Pam Bondi, US attorney general, from left, Markwayne Mullin, secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and his wife Christine Mullin during a swearing-in ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. Markwayne Mullin was confirmed Department of Homeland Security secretary, placing the Oklahoma senator in charge of a Trump administration immigration crackdown that has triggered a 37-day funding shutdown of the cabinet agency. Photo by Graeme Sloan/UPI
