Mullin's Homeland Security Shakeup: Reactions Split

0:00On April 18th, Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen just weeks into the job after a March 23rd confirmation vote of 54 or 2. 45 is already catching heat from all sides. The former Oklahoma Senators swore in the next day and jumped straight into shaking up the department left messy by his predecessor, Christie Knowham. He reversed her rule needing personal sign-off on contracts over $100,000, reinstated a deputies she clashed with, and fired one, of her picks accused of messing up. Meanwhile, the department is overhauling its messaging to make things feel more human, with Mullen hitting TV and social media hard. Officials say he's charging a head on President Trump's goals, like border security, and deporting criminal immigrants. Backers point to the contract fix as assigned things are steadying after Knowham's drama, but reactions split sharp along party lines. On the right, immigration hardliners ripped his Fox News line about America being a nation

1:00of immigrants, calling it too soft even after he nodded to. The right kind, voices like Mike Cernovich trashed the pick outright. Democrats, though, slam his moves as surface-level tweaks with no real policy shift. They're digging deeper, too, with Senate letters probing pay-to-play claims against the Knowham advisor for contract favors that might break bribery laws, and Mullen stepped into a funding freeze that sideline workers for weeks over enforcement fights. Republican leaders plan another push next week to unlock the cash, but votes look shaky. Trump himself warned Mullen about the chaos ahead when pulling him from the Senate, while some GOP voices call for patients as early wins like freeing. FEMA funds roll out without the blowups of before. Not sure U.S. News today update, AI powered and always on.